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Car Navigation Apparatus

  • US 20090018764A1
  • Filed: 06/13/2005
  • Published: 01/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A car navigation apparatus comprising:

  • a map data acquiring means for acquiring map data including road data, intersection information, and facility information;

    a current position detecting means for detecting a current position of a car;

    a route searching means for searching for a route to a destination based on the map data acquired by said map data acquiring means;

    an intersection searching means for searching intersections in a vicinity of the current position from among intersections which exist on the route searched by said route searching means and which exists between the current position detected by said current position detecting means and the destination;

    an intersection name outputting means for outputting intersection names given to the intersections searched by said intersection searching means;

    an intersection selecting means for selecting an intersection by specifying an intersection name outputted by said intersection name outputting means;

    a facility searching means for searching for facilities which exist in a vicinity of the intersection selected by said intersection selecting means through the map data acquired by said map data acquiring means;

    a facility name outputting means for outputting facility names given to the facilities searched by said facility searching means;

    a facility selecting means for selecting a facility by specifying a facility name outputted by said facility name outputting means; and

    a facility information outputting means for extracting facility information about the facility selected by said facility selecting means from the map data acquired by said map data acquiring means, and for outputting the facility information.

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