US Patent No: 6,640,185

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Display method and apparatus for navigation system

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Abstract

A display method and apparatus for navigation system for displaying information for guiding a driver of a vehicle. The navigation system designed to achieve an easy and efficient operation by a user for displaying information or changing displayed images with use of a substantially simplified set of control keys. In he navigation system, an enter (selection) key functions not only to set and select a menu but also to switch between a p screen and a map zoom screen. Cursor (scroll) keys function not only to scroll a map image in the map screen but also to adjust a zoom scale of the map image in the ma zoom screen.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.TOKYO632

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clark, Micchael North Hollywood, CA 1 24
Yokota, Tatsuo Torrance, CA 26 316

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
DeLorme Publishing Co. (1)
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HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
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Pioneer Electronic Corporation (1)
5,617,319 Navigation apparatus with enhanced positional display function 35 1995

Patent Citation Ranking

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TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. (8)
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8,014,939 Point of interest spatial rating search 2 2007
8,107,608 System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network 0 2008
8,019,581 System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network 3 2008
8,099,238 Stateful, double-buffered dynamic navigation voice prompting 0 2008
8,090,796 Position identification method and system 0 2008
8,301,371 Point of interest spatial rating search method and system 0 2011
8,224,572 Stateful, double-buffered dynamic navigation voice prompting 0 2012
 
AUTODESK, INC. (2)
8,044,953 System for interactive 3D navigation for proximal object inspection 0 2006
8,314,789 Navigation system for a 3D virtual scene 0 2008
 
TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V. (2)
7,925,437 Navigation device with touch screen 2 2006
8,160,815 Navigation device and method for informational screen display 1 2007
 
ACTIVEMAP LLC (1)
7,555,725 Interactive electronically presented map 8 2005
 
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC. (1)
6,968,510 Function executing apparatus and menu item displaying method therefor 3 2001
 
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. (1)
7,890,324 Context-sensitive interface widgets for multi-modal dialog systems 1 2002
 
BOSE CORPORATION (1)
7,430,473 Vehicle navigation display 12 2004
 
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED (1)
RE42806 Navigation apparatus 0 2002
 
GENERAL MOTORS LLC (1)
7,155,335 Satellite radio real time traffic updates 35 2003
 
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (1)
7,412,326 Map display device and map display method 1 2006
 
METROBOT LLC (1)
7,076,505 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a graphical user interface with a linear map component 25 2002
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (1)
8,339,399 Declustering point-of-interest icons 0 2007
 
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
6,810,327 Navigation apparatus, map information storage medium, and method of providing information about area lying beyond intersection 5 2003
 
PIONEER CORPORATION (1)
7,779,066 Information distributing device, system and method 1 2002
 
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (1)
7,499,796 Driver information device 0 2003

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