Map displaying apparatus
OwnerKeiichi Senda, Kenji Nishimura +3inventors
InventorsKeiichi Senda, Kenji Nishimura, Hitoshi Araki, Masato Yuda, Yoshiteru Kawasaki
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Abstract
A map displaying apparatus includes a map data storing unit that stores map data, a map drawing data generating unit that generates map drawing data, a sound data inputting unit that stores sound data and inputs sound data into the map drawing data generating unit, a drawing unit that carries out a drawing process for the map drawing data generated by the map drawing data generating unit to generate an image to be displayed on a screen, and a displaying unit that displays the image generated by the drawing unit on an actual screen.
Claims25
A map displaying apparatus that displays a map, comprising:
- a map data storing unit operable to store map data;
- a sound data obtaining unit operable to obtain sound data;
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- an image generating unit operable to generate map drawing data based on the map data stored in the map data storing unit and the sound data obtained from the sound data obtaining unit.
A map displaying method for displaying a map, comprising:
- a map data storing step of storing map data;
- a sound data obtaining step of obtaining sound data;
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- an image generating step of generating map drawing data based on the map data stored in the map data storing step and the sound data obtained in the sound data obtaining step.
A program for a map displaying apparatus that displays a map, comprising:
- a map data storing step of storing map data;
- a sound data obtaining step of obtaining sound data;
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- an image generating step of generating map drawing data based on the map data stored in the map data storing step and the sound data obtained in the sound data obtaining step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.