METHOD FOR SELECTING A DESTINATION
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Abstract
A method for selecting a driving destination from a set of stored localities, a locality name being inputted for comparison of the inputted locality name with stored locality names, and at least one of the stored localities being determined, from the comparison of the inputted locality name, as a possible driving destination, in which a further locality is determined, a vicinity of the further locality is determined, and a locality determined as possible from the comparison is outputted for selection as a driving destination when the locality is in the determined vicinity of the further locality.
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Citations
22 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A method for selecting a driving destination from a set of stored localities, the method comprising:
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inputting a locality name; comparing the inputted locality name with stored locality names, at least one of the stored localities being determined, from the comparison of the inputted locality name, as a possible driving destination; determining a further locality, a vicinity of the further locality; and outputting a locality determined from the comparison as a possible driving destination for selection as a driving destination when the locality is in the determined vicinity of the further locality. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A navigation apparatus in a vehicle, comprising:
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an input unit to input locality names; a memory unit to store the locality names; a processing unit to compare an inputted locality name with the locality names stored in the memory unit and for determining a vicinity of a further locality for limiting the comparison to a comparison of the inputted locality name with locality names of localities in the vicinity of the further locality; and an output unit to output, as a proposed driving destination, at least one locality resulting from the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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Specification