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US 2009/0265102 A1Published application
Navigation System and Method
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMarcello Tava, Wilfried Steins, Bernd Biechele, Uwe Koch
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Abstract
A navigation system has a display device for displaying a predefined maximal number of graphic driving lane objects. A control device is operatively configured such that the actual number of driving lanes of a street or road is determined, and only a maximal number of graphic driving lane objects is displayed on the display device when the maximal number is smaller than the actual number of driving lanes.
Claims18
A navigation system, comprising:
- a display device for displaying a predefined maximal number of graphic driving lane objects;
- a control device operatively configured to determine an actual number of driving lanes of a road, wherein the control device causes the display device to display only the maximal number of graphic driving lane objects if the maximal number is less than the actual number of driving lanes of the road.
A method of providing driving lane information to a user of a navigation system, the method comprising the acts of:
- determining an actual number of lanes of a road;
- displaying on a display device for the user only a predefined maximal number of graphic driving lane objects if the maximal number is lower than the determined actual number of the lanes of the road.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.