Patent ID: 6687613
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
A display method of a navigation system, comprising the following steps of:forming a set of data listing names of business chains (hereafter â€œpreferred listâ€ ), said set of data being registered by a user; displaying a destination selection menu including a search method based on data stored in a storage medium (point of interest data) on a screen of the navigation system wherein the selection menu includes the preferred list; selecting the preferred list in the destination selection menu; displaying the list of names in the preferred list on the screen of the navigation system; selecting one of the names in the preferred list shown on the screen; examining the point of interest data having the same name selected from the preferred list in the storage medium and displaying a resultant set of places within a predetermined distance from a current vehicle position; and specifying one of the places displayed on the screen as a destination.