Navigation system and route setting method
First Claim
1. A navigation system comprising:
- an image display unit at which various images including a map are displayed;
a touch panel operation detection unit that detects a touch panel operation performed by a user based upon a contact position at which the user has touched the image display unit;
a specified road detection unit that detects a road segment specified by the user by tracing a corresponding road portion present in the map, based upon a locus of the contact position resulting from the touch panel operation detected by the touch panel operation detection unit; and
a route setting unit that extends the detected road segment along a direction in which the road portion has been traced by the user and sets the extended road segment as a route to follow.
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Abstract
A navigation system comprises an image display unit at which various images including a map are displayed, a touch panel operation detection unit that detects a touch panel operation performed by a user based upon a contact position at which the user has touched the image display unit, a specified road detection unit that detects a road segment specified by the user by tracing a corresponding road portion present in the map, based upon a locus of the contact position resulting from the touch panel operation detected by the touch panel operation detection unit, and a route setting unit that extends the detected road segment along a direction in which the road portion has been traced by the user and sets the extended road segment as a route to follow.
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16 Claims
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1. A navigation system comprising:
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an image display unit at which various images including a map are displayed;
a touch panel operation detection unit that detects a touch panel operation performed by a user based upon a contact position at which the user has touched the image display unit;
a specified road detection unit that detects a road segment specified by the user by tracing a corresponding road portion present in the map, based upon a locus of the contact position resulting from the touch panel operation detected by the touch panel operation detection unit; and
a route setting unit that extends the detected road segment along a direction in which the road portion has been traced by the user and sets the extended road segment as a route to follow. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for setting a route in a navigation system, comprising:
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displaying any of various types of images, such as a map, at a display monitor;
detecting a touch panel operation performed by a user based upon a contact position at which the user has touched the display monitor;
detecting a road segment specified by the user by tracing a corresponding road portion present in the map, based upon a locus of the contact position resulting from the touch panel operation;
extending the detected road segment along a direction in which the road portion has been traced by the user; and
setting the extended road segment as a route to follow. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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