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Navigation device and method

  • US 8,914,224 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2008
  • Issued: 12/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation device comprising:

  • a processor that is configured to generate a navigation map of a local environment;

    an input device connected to said processor and configured to receive instructions from a user to display the location of points of interest;

    a display controllable by said processor and configured to display said navigation map and location markers for any of said points of interest within said local environment; and

    an indicator generation module for generating an indicator for one or more of said points of interest outside of a displayed navigation map,said processor being responsive to said indicator generation module to control said display to display said navigation map and display any said location markers and any said generated indicators on said navigation map;

    wherein the indicator generation module is configured to populate the indicator with a plurality of information elements comprising;

    a representation of the distance between a reference point on said displayed navigation map and the location of the point of interest; and

    an icon representative of the type of the point of interest.

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