Patent ID: 8831883

Claim:
A method for outputting navigation instructions in a motor vehicle which has a navigation system and a head-up display device suitable for outputting graphical navigation information, the method comprising the acts of: outputting, by the navigation system to the heads-up display, graphical navigation instructions in at least three instruction categories which differ with respect to an extent of graphical details of a respective navigation instruction; selecting, by the navigation system, the instruction category for the output of a navigation instruction to be output at least as a function of a distance of the motor vehicle to an action point of the navigation maneuver announced by the navigation instruction, wherein: navigation instructions of that instruction category, which is selected for short distances, comprise a perspective lane-exact display of a map section relevant to the navigation maneuver in the head-up display device, a first driving line proposed by the navigation system is depicted in the map section in a lane-exact manner by way of a first graphical line object, a second driving line proposed by the navigation system as an alternative is depicted in the map section in a lane-exact manner by a second graphical line object, which differs from the first line object at least with respect to its graphical object fill, the action point is graphically marked in the map section by an action point marker arranged along the first line object, and a current distance of the motor vehicle to the action point is graphically marked in the map section by way of a distance marker arranged along the first graphical line object, in line with position changes of the motor vehicle, wherein a position of the distance marker, within the first graphical line object, varies as a function of the distance of the motor vehicle to the action point of the navigation maneuver.