Patent ID: 9103693
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G01C,G01W,G09B

Abstract:
1. A map display device, comprising: a display monitor at which a display screen displaying a map is divided into a plurality of split areas and a set of weather information is displayed over each of the split areas; a receiver that receives a set of weather information for each of a plurality of pixels within a plurality of regions, wherein each of the split areas overlaps with at least one of the pixels; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor; wherein the processor is programmed to calculate geographical positions on the displayed map that respectively correspond to center positions of the split areas; select, for each of the split areas that overlaps with a plurality of the pixels, one of the pixels containing the calculated geographical position of the split area; extract, for each of the split areas that overlaps with a plurality of the pixels, the set of weather information for the selected pixel among the sets of weather information; and display the map at the display monitor and also display the sets of the extracted weather information for the pixels superimposed on the map by allocating each of the sets of the extracted weather information for the pixels to each center position of each of the split areas on the display screen.