Navigator for vehicles
August 20, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3653031 3760360 Data terminals having interactive keyboards and displays and data processing apparatus incorporating such terminals Nondestructive cursors in AC plasma displays Navigational display system Area navigation system including a map display unit for establishing and modifying navigation routes Apparatus for vehicle position indication Vehicle locator system Navigational plotting system Moving body track indicator system Patent #: 4400780 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/409855 filed on 08/20/1982US Classes:701/208, For use in a map data base system340/990, With map display340/995.16, Input device342/451, By computer715/968, Interface for database querying and retrieval73/178RNAVIGATIONExaminersPrimary: Chin, GaryAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG01C 21/36 (20060101)G01C 21/10 (20060101) G01C 21/34 (20060101) G01C 21/14 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1981-08-24 JPAbstractIn a navigator for use on a road vahicle, a memory is responsive to an external switch operation to preliminarily store any specific point on a map and a controller is responsive to the generation of a move command to move a cursor indicative of the present position of the vehicle to the specific point stored in the memory. In this way, by preliminarily entering any specific point into the memory, it is possible to easily set the position of the vehicle to the stored specific point. | |
