Patent Document ID: 20080275634
Application ID: 12178156
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A map information display apparatus that displays a map for a mobile object, said map information display apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an image that includes the map and an estimated transit time of a point on the map; a candidate obtainment unit configured to obtain a plurality of candidate points each of which is a candidate for displaying an estimated transit time; a selection unit configured to select at most a predetermined number of candidate points from among candidate points, of the plurality of candidate points, that are included in a part of a map area of the map displayed by said display unit; an estimated time calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated transit time of each of the selected candidate points; and a display control unit configured to cause said display unit to display the image that includes the map and a combination of the each of selected candidate points and the estimated transit time calculated for the each of selected candidate points, wherein said selection unit includes a division unit configured to divide the map area of the map displayed by said display unit into a plurality of group areas so that at least a predetermined gap is provided between the plurality of group areas and at least one of the plurality of group areas includes a part of a road on which the mobile object is currently located, the part of the road being situated in a travel direction of the mobile object, each of the plurality of group areas being larger than a predetermined size, and said selection unit is configured to select, for each of the plurality of group areas, at most the predetermined number of candidate points from among candidate points that are included in the each of group areas.