Patent ID: 7590487
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying an arrival screen for a navigation system, comprising the following steps of: receiving a street address number of a destination specified by a user; retrieving data indicating a road segment which includes the specified street address number thereon from a map information storage; estimating positions of the destination and neighboring addresses based on street numbers of the destination, neighboring addresses, and position data of the road segment by interpolating between at least two absolute positions on the road segment and assigning an interpolated location to the destination; detecting whether the user comes within a predetermined distance range from the destination; and displaying a three-dimensional arrival screen when the user comes within the predetermined distance range from the destination; wherein the three-dimensional arrival screen includes the estimated position of the destination, a current position of the user, a road on which the user is moving, all of which are displayed in a three-dimensional manner on the screen, and street address numbers of the destination and the neighboring addresses.