Patent ID: 6684156
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
A charging area display apparatus for vehicle comprising:a storage device that stores in memory roadmap data and charging area data; a current position detection device that detects a current position of a vehicle; a display device that displays a roadmap; an approach judging device that judges whether or not the vehicle is approaching a charging area based upon the current vehicle position detected by the current position detection device and the charging area data; and a scaling factor change device that changes a scaling factor of the roadmap displayed on the display device so as to contain both the current vehicle position and the entirety of the charging area which the vehicle is approaching within a display screen when the vehicle is judged to be approaching the charging area, wherein: the display device displays the current vehicle position and the charging area which the vehicle is approaching on the roadmap, the scaling factor of which has been changed by the scaling factor change device.