Navigation system

• US 20070260395A1
• Filed: 12/07/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Xanavi Informatics Corporation (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ishii, Takaaki, Yoshimaru, Takashi, Owaki, Tsugumichi, Matsuoka, Yoji, Ishida, Teruyuki, Mutou, Keisuke, Nomura, Mami
• Granted Patent: US 7,788,028 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map

Abstract

A navigation system includes: a detection unit that detects a vehicle to be in a stationary state or in a traveling state; a display monitor at which a roadmap is displayed; and a manual route specification unit that allows a road traced on the display monitor to be specified as a route when the vehicle is detected to be in a stationary state by the detection unit and does not allow the road traced on the display monitor to be specified as the route when the vehicle is detected to be in a traveling state by the detection unit.

Claims

1. A navigation system, comprising:

a detection unit that detects a vehicle to be in a stationary state or in a traveling state;

a display monitor at which a roadmap is displayed; and

a manual route specification unit that allows a road traced on the display monitor to be specified as a route when the vehicle is detected to be in a stationary state by the detection unit and does not allow the road traced on the display monitor to be specified as the route when the vehicle is detected to be in a traveling state by the detection unit.

2. A navigation system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit in which a route having been specified via the manual route specification unit is stored, wherein;

if the detection unit detects that the vehicle has entered a traveling state while the route is being specified via the manual route specification unit, processing for route specification by the manual route specification unit is interrupted, the route having been specified so far is stored into the storage unit, and the manual route specification unit reads the route stored in the storage unit and resumes the processing for the route specification as the detection unit subsequently detects that the vehicle has shifted into a stationary state.

3. A navigation system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit in which a route having been specified via the manual route specification unit is stored, wherein;

if the detection unit detects that the vehicle has entered a traveling state while the route is being specified via the manual route specification unit, processing for route specification by the manual route specification unit is interrupted, the route having been specified so far is stored into the storage unit, and the manual route specification unit reads the route stored in the storage unit and resumes the processing for the route specification as the detection unit subsequently detects that the vehicle has been in a stationary state over a predetermined length of time or longer.

4. A navigation system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input setting unit that sets a destination input thereto;

a position detection unit that detects a current position of the vehicle;

a route search unit that searches for a route from the current position of the vehicle detected by the position detection unit to the destination input and set at the input setting unit;

a selection unit that selects either a route specification via the manual route specification unit or a route search by the route search unit; and

a display switching unit that displays a manual route input screen at the display monitor when the route specification via the manual route specification unit is selected at the selection unit and displays a route search input screen at the display monitor when the route search by the route search unit is selected at the selection unit.