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Method and apparatus for displaying simplified map image for navigation system

  • US 7,869,938 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2007
  • Issued: 01/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display method for a navigation system, comprising the following steps of:

  • setting either a simple map mode or a normal map mode in the navigation system;

    checking whether the simple map mode or the normal map mode is set for displaying a map image on a monitor screen of the navigation system;

    determining which map elements are selected to be displayed when the simple map mode is set; and

    displaying either the map image with only the selected map elements when the simple map mode has been set or the map image with all the map elements when the normal map mode has been set;

    wherein the setting between the simple map mode and the normal map mode is conducted without changing a display range of the map image, and wherein said step of setting the simple map mode or the normal map mode is conducted automatically by an operation of a map scroll function in which the map image is scrolled from one location to another.

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