NAVIGATION APPARATUS

• US 20090119012A1
• Filed: 11/05/2008
• 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:
  US12/265,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119012A1
• 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 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map

Abstract

The navigation apparatus includes: a storage member which stores map data; a display member which displays the map data and related information to an operator; a current position detecting member which detects the current position of the operator; a destination obtaining member which obtains one or a plurality of destinations according to an input by the operator; a vicinity facility searching member which searches for facilities in the vicinity of a search range set by the operator from the map data, and adds a new destination from a search result according to the input by the operator; and a visiting order setting member which determines a visiting order for each of the destinations.

Claims

1. A navigation apparatus comprising:

a storage member which stores map data;

a display member which displays the map data and related information to an operator;

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

a destination obtaining member which obtains one or a plurality of destinations according to an input by the operator;

a vicinity facility searching member which searches for facilities in the vicinity of a search range set by the operator from the map data, and adds a new destination from a search result according to the input by the operator; and

a visiting order setting member which determines a visiting order for each of the destinations.

2. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a destination selecting member which selects one of the destinations according to the input by the operator, and determines the search range to be the vicinity of the selected destination.

3. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an inter-destination route selecting member which selects two of the destinations according to the input by the operator, and determines the search range to be the vicinity of a route between the selected two destinations.

4. The navigation apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the inter-destination route selecting member selects two of the destinations which are adjacent in the visiting order.

5. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation member which is rotational around an axial line and receives a rotational operation by the operator.

6. The navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display member displays a destination selecting menu in which the one or plurality of the destinations are sorted according to the visiting orders.

7. The navigation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display member displays alternately (i) a first state in which one of the destinations is selected on the destination selecting menu, and (ii) a second state in which adjacent two of the destinations are selected on the destination selecting menu, according to the input by the operator.

8. A navigation method comprising:

displaying map data and related information stored at a storage member to an operator;

detecting the current position of the operator;

obtaining one or a plurality of destinations according to an input by the operator;

searching for facilities present in the vicinity of a search range set by the operator from the map data;

adding a new destination from a search result according to the input by the operator; and

determining a visiting order for each of the destinations according to the input by the operator.

9. The navigation method according to claim 8, further comprising, selecting one of the destinations according to the input by the operator, and setting the vicinity of the selected destination as the search range.

10. The navigation method according to claim 8, further comprising, selecting two of the destinations according to the input by the operator, and setting a route therebetween as the search range.

11. The navigation method according to claim 10, wherein two of the destinations adjacent in the visiting order are selected according to the input by the operator.

12. The navigation method according to claim 8, further comprising, displaying a destination selecting menu on which the destinations are listed in an order sorted by the visiting order.

13. The navigation method according to claim 12, further comprising, alternately displaying (i) a first state in which one of the destinations is selected on the destination selecting menu and (ii) a second state in which adjacent two of the destinations are selected on the destination selecting menu, according to the input by the operator.