Patent ID: 6201544
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
A location floor number display method in a vehicle navigation apparatus for displaying the floor number of a floor, in a building, on which a building user serving as a target institution is located, comprising the steps of:storing map information including shapes of buildings and storing building information including the number of floors of each building, user name(s) in a building, and the location floor number of the user(s);displaying a map on a display screen by using the map information;when a building on the map displayed on the display screen is indicated, calculating a user name list of the building from the building information and displaying the user name list on the display screen;when a user is specified from the user list, calculating the floor number of the floor on which the user is located from the building information; anddisplaying the indicated building three-dimensionally and displaying the floor of the specified user such that the floor number can be identified, and/or displaying the floor number by characters.