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Navigation apparatus

US7477990B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 2004
Grant dateJan 13, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/096861
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation apparatus for guiding a vehicle to a destination, a data storing section stores an information set including at least location information for identifying a location of a travel burden point on a road network, link information indicating a road linked to the travel burden point, and a reference hesitation value indicating a degree of a driver's hesitation to go through the travel burden point, and a characteristic value of the driver. A point guidance data generating section generates point guidance data representing guidance for the travel burden point based on a current location derived by a location deriving section, a path obtained by a path obtaining section, and the information set and the driver characteristic value stored in the data storing section.

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