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Automobile navigation device with guidance

US7421336B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateAug 16, 2004
Grant dateSep 2, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/34
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation device decreasing the frequency at which a user data stored in a data storage section, the navigation device includes a route receiving section for receiving route data, a data selecting section for selecting candidate location data indicating at least one location which exists on the route represented by the route data or in a vicinity of the route, and a location-change designating section for designating a location of change at which a guiding method is to be changed. Further, the navigation device includes a determination section for determining whether a user has arrived at the location of change, and a navigation guidance section for guiding the user to the destination with a relatively detailed method when the determination section determines that the user has arrived at the location of change.

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