Patent Document ID: 5471205
Application ID: 08297549
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A map display method wherein, when displaying a map of a desired area on a display screen of a liquid crystal display or CRT, the current point and the target or objective point, are displayed such that a display area for the current point is defined by a circular region having a predetermined radius and a fan-shaped region which spreads at a predetermined central angle from the current point toward the target or objective point and has substantially the form of a fan or an inverted-triangle, map information included in said display area of the current point being displayed on said display screen, and a display area for the target or objective point is defined by a circular region having a predetermined radius and an inverted-fan-shaped region which spreads at a predetermined central angle from the target or objective point toward the current point and has substantially the form of an inverted-fan or a triangle, map information included in said display area of the target or objective point being also displayed on said display screen.