Navigation Apparatus

• US 20090119011A1
• Filed: 11/04/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: KONDO, Keisuke, Kinoshita, Hirofumi, Murayama, Toru
• Application Number:
  US12/264,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 2009/04777 with additional push or pull action on the handle
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 2009/04781 with additional rotation of the controlling member

Abstract

A navigation apparatus includes: an input operating unit; a map image storage member; a current position detecting member; a destination determination member; a visiting order determination member which determines a visiting order of each of the plurality of destinations in an revisable manner; a display control member which displays on the display member the map image on which the current position of the user and positions of all of the plurality of destinations are displayed; and a route calculation member which calculates a route from the current position by way of all of the plurality of destinations according to the visiting orders.

Claims

1. A navigation apparatus comprising:

an input operating unit which receives instructions of a user;

a map image storage member which stores a map image;

a display member capable of displaying the map image;

a current position detecting member which detects the current position of a user;

a destination determination member which determines a plurality of destinations;

a visiting order determination member which determines a visiting order of each of the plurality of destinations in an revisable manner;

a display control member which displays on the display member the map image on which the current position of the user and positions of all of the plurality of destinations are displayed; and

a route calculation member which calculates a route from the current position by way of all of the plurality of destinations according to the visiting orders.

2. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the route calculation member starts the calculation of the route after displaying the map image on which the current position of the user and the positions of all of the plurality of destinations are displayed.

3. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the route calculation member starts the calculation of the route after a user instruction to execute the calculation through the input operating unit.

4. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control member displays the visiting orders corresponding to each of the destinations on the map image.

5. A navigation method comprising:

displaying a map image on a display member;

detecting the current position of a user;

obtaining a plurality of destinations;

determining or revising visiting orders of each of the plurality of destinations;

displaying on the display member the map image on which the current position and positions of all the destinations; and

calculating a route connecting the current position and all the destinations according to the visiting orders.

6. The navigation method according to claim 5, wherein calculating the route starts is performed after displaying the destinations.

7. The navigation method according to claim 5, wherein calculating the route starts is performed after an instruction of the user to perform the calculation.

8. The navigation method according to claim 5, wherein when displaying the destinations on the map image, the visiting order corresponding to each of the destinations is displayed.