Patent ID: 7088266
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A map image display device comprising: an input unit configured to input user commands; a display unit configured to display map images; and a control unit operatively coupled to the display unit to display on the display unit a current displayed map image with at least one user selectable distant map name corresponding to a distant location that is not located in the current displayed map image, said control unit being configured to switch from the current displayed map image to a new displayed map image in response to a user input command such that the new displayed map image represents an area including the distant location corresponding to the distant map name selected by the user input command, the control unit being further configured to display the distant map name on the display unit in a peripheral part of the display unit that corresponds to a relative direction of the distant location relative to a center point of the current displayed map image.