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Method and apparatus for displaying house number and building footprint in arrival screen for navigation system

  • US 7,865,302 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2007
  • Issued: 01/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying an arrival screen for a navigation system, comprising the following steps of:

  • receiving a street address number of a destination specified by a user;

    retrieving map data indicating a road segment which includes the specified street address number thereon from a map information storage;

    estimating a position of the destination based on the street address number of the destination and position data of the road segment;

    detecting whether the user comes within a predetermined distance range from the destination; and

    displaying a destination arrival screen when the user comes within the predetermined distance range from the destination where the destination arrival screen includes a destination indicator which shows a location of the destination and a current position indicator which shows a current location of the user; and

    displaying a house number indicator which indicates a house number at a location corresponding to the current location of the user on the destination arrival screen where the house number indicator is displayed over a building footprint when building footprint data is available in the map data;

    wherein the house number indicator changes its position and the house number to that corresponding to the current location in real time in response to changes of the current position of the user.

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