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Navigation apparatus for a vehicle and program which controls the apparatus

  • US 20040148094A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2003
  • Published: 07/29/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation apparatus for a vehicle comprising:

  • a registration means for registering a place of departure, a destination, and a route traveled by the vehicle;

    a determination means for determining whether an input place of departure and input destination are respectively substantially the same as a place of departure and destination of a registered route, an input place of departure and an input destination being substantially the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a particular registered route when the input place of departure is within a predetermined distance of the place of departure of the particular registered route and the input destination is within the predetermined distance of the destination of the particular registered route;

    a route search means for reading out the particular registered route from registered route information; and

    a control means for performing route guidance based on a route returned by the search means.

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