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Navigation device
Assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
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Filing: 2004-01-05
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Granted: 2006-05-09
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Expires: 2024-01-05
Abstract
Abstract A navigation device in which, in accordance with a scrolling instruction given by a user during display on a first screen, a map image is scrolled along a road on which a vehicle position mark is positioned up to a position in a second screen in which a next main intersection is situated at the center of the screen. Regardless of whether a guide route is set, the map image can be scrolled along the road, and the scrolling is stopped at a main intersection that the user wants to confirm.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuhide Morie
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 11:04
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/36; G01C21/3667; G01C21/367; G01C21/3673
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A navigation device comprising: a map displaying means for displaying a map image together with a vehicle position mark on a screen; an operating means for setting a scroll direction by a user; and a scrolling means for scrolling the map image in the scroll direction set by the user along a road on which the vehicle position mark is located up to a predetermined position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
A navigation device comprising: a map displaying means for displaying a map image together with a vehicle position mark on a screen; an operating means for setting a scroll direction by a user; and a scrolling means for scrolling the map image in the scroll direction set by the user along a road on which the vehicle position mark is located up to a predetermined position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The navigation device of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined position is an intersection that joins a main road.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The navigation device of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined position is any one of an expressway entrance, exit, and junction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The navigation device of claim 2 , further comprising intersection displaying means for indicating with an arrow a next travelable direction starting from the intersection reached by scrolling.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The navigation device of claim 2 , further comprising intersection displaying means for displaying on the screen a name of a next main road ahead connected to the intersection reached by scrolling.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The navigation device of claim 2 , further comprising intersection displaying means for displaying on the screen names of next intersections on roads connected to the intersection reached by scrolling.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
The navigation device of claim 2 , wherein when at the intersection that joins a main road, the user repeats the setting of a scroll direction, the map image is scrolled along a road extending in the set direction from the intersection that joins a main road, and the scrolling is stopped again at an intersection that joins a next main road.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The navigation device of claim 2 , wherein the main road is of a same class as or of a higher class than a collector road.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
The navigation device of claim 5 , wherein the scrolling means is a joystick, and wherein, by only tilting the joystick in a predetermined direction once, the map image is scrolled along a road on which one's vehicle is located, and the scrolling is automatically stopped at an intersection that joins a next main road.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for scrolling images displayed on a navigation device, comprising: providing a vehicle; providing a navigation device for use in the vehicle, said navigation device including a display operable to present map images; receiving a user-selected direction for scrolling of the map images on the display; identifying a direction of travel of the vehicle; identifying a road on which the vehicle is traveling; identifying a next main intersection with the road on which the vehicle is traveling; and scrolling the map images on the display in the user-selected direction until the next main intersection is reached.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for scrolling images displayed on a navigation device, comprising: providing a vehicle; providing a navigation device for use in the vehicle, said navigation device including a display operable to present map images; receiving a user-selected direction for scrolling of the map images on the display; identifying a direction of travel of the vehicle; identifying a road on which the vehicle is traveling; identifying a next main intersection with the road on which the vehicle is traveling; and scrolling the map images on the display in the user-selected direction until the next main intersection is reached.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 10 further comprising the act of setting whether scrolling will stop at the next intersection.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2009-05-08 | 2009-11-07 | 2010-05-09 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2013-05-08 | 2013-11-07 | 2014-05-09 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2017-05-08 | 2017-11-07 | 2018-05-09 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |