Patent ID: 7962280

Claim:
A map displaying device comprising: a display means for displaying map information stored in a map database; a search means for calculating a travel time to an arbitrary point accessible from a reference point; and a time information drawing means for generating travel time information based on the calculated travel time, wherein the time information drawing means displays, in a superimposed manner on a map displayed on the display means, the travel time information by varying a display form of the travel time information in accordance with a scale of the map and/or with a running state of a user's vehicle, wherein the time information drawing means displays the travel time information for connecting, by one or more lines, points of a same travel time to one another or points of a same travel time period to one another, and wherein the time information drawing means displays the travel time information by dynamically changing the travel time information such that a number of the one or more lines displayed on the display means is a constant number.