US Patent 7398156 Point search apparatus and in-vehicle navigation apparatus

Patent 7398156 was granted and assigned to Alpine Electronics (company) on July, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Alpine Electronics (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7398156

Date of Patent

July 8, 2008

Patent Application Number

11511852

Date Filed

August 29, 2006

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 11860923 Providing a thumbnail image that follows a main image

Patent Primary Examiner

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Khoi H Tran

Patent abstract

There are provided a point search apparatus and an in-vehicle navigation apparatus capable of searching destination candidates from which a user can view a visual target that he/she desires. A search means is formed so as to search destination candidates from which the user can see a visual target specified by visual target specifying means based on information regarding the three-dimensional position of the visual target and information regarding the three-dimensional position of a point that fulfills a search condition determined by a search condition determining means, and which exists around the visual target.