Navigation apparatus, method, and program
First Claim
1. A navigation apparatus for providing guidance to a vehicle user, comprising:
- a memory that stores map/road data including information on parking lots;
a sensor unit that provides position information on a position of the vehicle;
an output unit that outputs guidance information; and
a controller that;
processes the position information and the map/road data to generate guidance information;
make a first determination whether the vehicle enters a first threshold area around a target destination;
makes, in response to the first determination, a second determination that the vehicle has not been parked before a parking notification output condition is fulfilled; and
outputs parking notification information on the output unit in response to the second determination.
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Abstract
A navigation apparatus, method, and program store map/road data including information on parking lots, provide position information on a position of the vehicle, and output guidance information. The apparatus, method, and program process the position information and the map/road data to generate guidance information, and make a first determination whether the vehicle enters a first threshold area around a target destination. The apparatus, method, and program make, in response to the first determination, a second determination that the vehicle has not been parked before a parking notification output condition is fulfilled and output parking notification information on the output unit in response to the second determination.
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15 Claims
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1. A navigation apparatus for providing guidance to a vehicle user, comprising:
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a memory that stores map/road data including information on parking lots;
a sensor unit that provides position information on a position of the vehicle;
an output unit that outputs guidance information; and
a controller that;
processes the position information and the map/road data to generate guidance information;
make a first determination whether the vehicle enters a first threshold area around a target destination;
makes, in response to the first determination, a second determination that the vehicle has not been parked before a parking notification output condition is fulfilled; and
outputs parking notification information on the output unit in response to the second determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A navigation method for providing guidance to a vehicle user, comprising:
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storing map/road data including information on parking lots;
providing position information on a position of the vehicle;
outputting guidance information; and
processing the position information and the map/road data to generate guidance information;
making a first determination whether the vehicle enters a first threshold area around a target destination;
making, in response to the first determination, a second determination that the vehicle has not been parked before a parking notification output condition is fulfilled; and
outputting parking notification information in response to the second determination. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable on a data processing device, the program comprising:
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instructions for storing map/road data including information on parking lots;
instructions for providing position information on a position of the vehicle;
instructions for outputting guidance information; and
instructions for processing the position information and the map/road data to generate guidance information;
instructions for making a first determination whether the vehicle enters a first threshold area around a target destination;
instructions for making, in response to the first determination, a second determination that the vehicle has not been parked before a parking notification output condition is fulfilled; and
instructions for outputting parking notification information in response to the second determination.
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