Patent ID: 6748319
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G01C,Y02T

Abstract:
A remaining distance meter of a navigation apparatus for calculating and displaying distance between a destination and a current position from coordinates thereof, comprising:a display unit for exhibiting a graphic display by expanding and compressing a predetermined length of a bar graph depending on a remaining distance, said display unit including a first reference point, defined as an original starting point, the first reference point being fixed at an intermediate point along a length of the display unit, the display unit further including a second reference point representing a distance to the destination on one extreme side of the display unit, wherein at a start of operation of the meter, the bar graph extends substantially from the first reference point representing the original starting point to the second reference point representing the distance to the destination, and thereafter during travel, an end of the bar graph moves to one side or another of the first reference point depending on an increase and decrease of said remaining distance.