Street identification for a map zoom of a navigation system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6178380
SERIAL NO

09176630

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A vehicle location display for a navigation or route guidance system is disclosed. The vehicle location display provides information to a user regarding the current location of the vehicle on a map even when the scale of the map is large. In a preferred embodiment, the map includes a current location field that displays a road segment name associated with the current road segment that the vehicle is located on. In an alternative embodiment, the vehicle location display displays a large scale map wherein the current road segment is highlighted by displaying it in a color and the name of the current road segment is displayed in a current location field on the map.

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Patent OwnerAddress
BEACON NAVIGATION GMBHC/O ACTON TREUHAND AG INNERE GUTERSTRASSE 4 P O BOX 4029 ZUG 6304

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Millington, Jeffrey Alan Rochester Hills, MI 23 1989

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