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Article: Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicle Navigation System with Multi-Use Display
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 22 -- Yoshikazu Koshiji and Yoichi Hori, both of Ann Arbor, Mich., have developed a vehicle navigation system with multi-use display.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "vehicle navigation system (e.g., global positioning system) with multi-use display generator that provides for the switching of a displayed image from a navigational based image to a non-navigational image such as a favorite photo. This versatility allows for the user of a vehicle navigation to avoid having to look at a boring display of map images and instead view more desirable non-navigation images such as full 100 percent displays of a favorite photo ...