Communications: electrical – Vehicle position indication – Map display
Patent
1996-04-19
1998-05-26
Hofsass, Jeffery A.
Communications: electrical
Vehicle position indication
Map display
340990, 340988, 364444, 364449, G03G 1123
Patent
active
057572909
ABSTRACT:
In apparatus and method for navigating a mobile body (,e.g., an automotive vehicle) through an image display unit using a bird's eye view representation, display colors of individual objects in a road map information of a region to be displayed using the bird's eye view in a road map information of a plurality of road map pieces stored in an external memory unit are varied on the basis of distances from the individual elements (objects) to a viewpoint of the bird's eye view so as to express atmospheric effects in an actual landscape. In addition, various types of external environmental information such as a weather condition information and a traffic congestion information are added into the bird's eye view representation, avoiding a complication in the displayed image screen of the image display unit.
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Kishi Norimasa
Watanabe Masaki
Hofsass Jeffery A.
Lee Benjamin C.
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
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