Patent ID: 7155339
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A display method for a navigation system for guiding a user to a destination, comprising the following steps of: determining a route to the destination; specifying a search area along the route to the destination by dividing the route from a user position to the destination into distance ranges and by defining a transversal distance from the route; retrieving points of interest (POIs) within the search area; displaying a list of distance ranges where each distance range shows a number of POIs retrieved within the distance range; and displaying a list of POI names in a distance range selected by a user in an order determined by modified distance of the POIs; wherein the modified distance is a combination of a drive length on the route from the user position to a reference point defined on the route and a straight-line length from the reference point to the POI; and wherein said step of displaying the list of distance ranges includes a step of illustrating a mark showing a current position of a user in a user corresponding distance range.