Navigation apparatus
US7366607B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/3629
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A navigation apparatus includes a guidance-information creating unit that creates guidance information by acquiring a guiding direction, in which a vehicle should be guided, from preset route information and current position information; an acoustic-image creating unit that creates an acoustic image for notifying a driver of the guidance information; and an acoustic-image control unit that changes at least one of a movement start position of the acoustic image, a direction change position of the acoustic image, a moving amount of the acoustic image, a moving speed of the acoustic image, and a moving locus of the acoustic image according to the current position information and a guiding position in the preset route information.
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