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(11) EP 1 253 571 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
22.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/04

(43) Date of publication:
30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44

(21) Application number: 02009603.8

(22) Date of filing: 26.04.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G08G 1/0969, G08G 1/0968, G08G 1/0962, G01C 21/34
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.04.2001 JP 2001133361

(71) Applicants:
  • Pioneer Corporation
    Tokyo 153-0063 (JP)
  • Increment P Corporation
    Tokyo 153-0064 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kumada, Satoshi
    Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064 (JP)
  • Shirahama, Toshie
    Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064 (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Navigation terminal device and navigation method


(57) A navigation terminal device includes a map information receiving unit 771 for receiving the map of the region around a reference point from the web server 3 by inputting retrieval information; a display screen 772 for displaying the received map; a route line drawing unit 774 for drawing the destination from the starting point of the reference point by screen scrolling, computing the orientation from the reference point to the destination, and displaying the route line which can be traced from the reference point to the destination; a map information requesting unit 775 for requesting again that the web server 3 distributes the map information of the adjacent peripheral region if the destination is not within the received map of the peripheral region; and a route line re-drawing unit 776 for searching the destination by screen scrolling the updated map information, re-compute the orientation from the reference point to the destination and re-draw the route line which can be continuously traced from the reference point to the destination. In this configuration, the operability of a terminal device having a small capacity of screen can be improved and the burden for the user is relaxed.