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Navigation device, navigation method, and navigation program

US8239131B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2008
Grant dateAug 7, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3658
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation device displays, on a screen, a route guidance object indicating a route along which the vehicle is to travel, and includes: an image pickup section that obtains a photographed image ahead of the vehicle; a white line detection section that detects a road white line in the photographed image; a map information storage section that stores map information including road shape data which represents the road shape; a road shape data correction section that corrects the road shape data, based on a detection result of the road white line, such that the route guidance object is displayed along the road white line; a route guidance object generation section that generates the route guidance object, based on the corrected road shape data; and the display section that displays the generated route guidance object on the screen.

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