Vehicle navigation apparatus and vehicle navigation program
US8265869B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/3655
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vehicle navigation apparatus includes: a vehicle position information obtaining unit detecting a vehicle position; a special section detecting unit detecting a special section from a guidance route ahead of the vehicle position; a leading lane shift detecting unit detecting a shift of the vehicle from a main line to the leading lane in the special section; and a branch guiding unit conducting branch guidance for a branch point with a leading lane and conducting, in response to the detection of the shift of the vehicle into the leading lane detected by the leading lane shift detecting unit, travel guidance for a branch path.
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