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Vehicular navigation apparatus enabling easy recognition of displayed traffic information

  • US 5,739,773 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1996
  • Issued: 04/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicular navigation apparatus comprising:

  • traffic information acquiring means for acquiring road traffic information;

    self vehicle position detecting means for detecting a present position of a self vehicle;

    means for changing a display form of the traffic information in accordance with a distance of the traffic information from the present position of the self vehicle such that traffic information is displayed in a first form when said traffic information is a first distance from said present position and is displayed in a second form when said traffic information is a second distance from said present position;

    means for storing map information;

    means for changing a display form of the map information in accordance with a distance of the map information from the present position of the self vehicle; and

    display means for displaying the display-form-changed traffic information and the display-form-changed map information.

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