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Navigation apparatus for a vehicle and program which controls the apparatus

US7209828B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by
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14Claims
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Filing dateDec 23, 2003
Grant dateApr 24, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3484
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation apparatus for a vehicle registers a place of departure, a destination, and a route traveled by the vehicle; determines whether an input place of departure and input destination are respectively substantially the same as a place of departure and destination of a registered route, an input place of departure and an input destination being substantially the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a particular registered route when the input place of departure is within a predetermined distance of the place of departure of the particular registered route and the input destination is within the predetermined distance of the destination of the particular registered route; reads out the particular registered route from registered route information; and performs route guidance based on a route returned.

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