Patent ID: 11906321
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A map display method comprising:
acquiring traffic information for each lane of a road including a plurality of lanes, traffic information for a first road intersecting the road at a first intersection and traffic information for a second road intersecting the road at a second intersection ahead of the first intersection;
creating a road map image representing the road for each lane, a road map image representing the first road, and a road map image representing the second road using map data having lane link data representing the road by links for each lane, and map data for the first road and the second road; and
causing a display device mounted on a vehicle to display the road map image, wherein
the traffic information is superimposed on the corresponding lane, the first road, and the second road in the road map image and includes at least any of information on degree of congestion and information on a place where an accident occurs.