Navigation apparatus for a vehicle and program
First Claim
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;
a route search means for reading out a portion of a particular registered route from registered route information, the particular registered route having substantially the same place of departure and destination as the respective input place of departure and input destination, and the portion of the particular registered route being that portion of the particular registered route within a predetermined layer of map data which has been organized into layers; and
a control means for performing route guidance based on a route returned by the search means.
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Abstract
A navigation apparatus for a vehicle including 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; a route search means for reading out a portion of a particular registered route from registered route information, the particular registered route having substantially the same place of departure and destination as the respective input place of departure and input destination, and the portion of the particular registered route being that portion of the particular registered route within a predetermined layer of map data which has been organized into layers; and a control means for performing route guidance based on a route returned by the search means.
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20 Claims
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1. A navigation apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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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;
a route search means for reading out a portion of a particular registered route from registered route information, the particular registered route having substantially the same place of departure and destination as the respective input place of departure and input destination, and the portion of the particular registered route being that portion of the particular registered route within a predetermined layer of map data which has been organized into layers; and
a control means for performing route guidance based on a route returned by the search means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing guidance based on registered route information, comprising:
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inputting a place of departure;
inputting a destination;
comparing the input place of departure and input destination to respective places of departure and destinations of registered routes;
determining if the input place of departure and input destination are substantially the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a registered route;
reading out, if the input place of departure and input destination are substantially the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a particular registered route, a portion of that particular registered route that is within a predetermined layer of map data which has been organized into layers; and
providing guidance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A storage medium storing a set of program instructions executable on a data processing device and usable for providing guidance on a navigation apparatus, the set of program instructions comprising:
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instructions for inputting a place of departure;
instructions for inputting a destination;
instructions for comparing the input place of departure and input destination to respective places of departure and destinations of registered routes;
instructions for determining if the input place of departure and input destination are substantially the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a registered route;
instructions for reading out, if the input place of departure and input destination are substantially the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a particular registered route, a portion of that particular registered route that is within a predetermined layer of map data which has been organized into layers; and
instructions for providing guidance. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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