Navigation Device and Navigation Method
First Claim
1. A navigation device, comprising:
- a storage unit adapted to store street name information and connection point information among streets;
a street identifying unit adapted to receive an input of a first keyword and an input of a second keyword and identifies, based on the street name information, a first street having a street name which includes at least in part the first keyword and a second street having a street name which includes at least in part the second keyword; and
a connection point identifying unit adapted to identify, based on the connection point information, at least one connection point of the first street and the second street.
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Abstract
Provided is a technology of a navigation device which is capable of identifying an intersection or the like based on designation of an incomplete name of a street in which an input of a first keyword and an input of a second keyword are received, and a connection point of a first street having a street name which includes at least in part the first keyword and a second street having a street name which includes at least in part the second keyword is identified, to thereby save the user, who is not always familiar with the geography of a search target area, from the inconvenience of inputting a complete name of the first street, based on which the second street is retrieved and selected and an intersection point of the first street and the second street is identified.
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18 Claims
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1. A navigation device, comprising:
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a storage unit adapted to store street name information and connection point information among streets; a street identifying unit adapted to receive an input of a first keyword and an input of a second keyword and identifies, based on the street name information, a first street having a street name which includes at least in part the first keyword and a second street having a street name which includes at least in part the second keyword; and a connection point identifying unit adapted to identify, based on the connection point information, at least one connection point of the first street and the second street. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A navigation method for a navigation device,
wherein the navigation device comprising the storage unit adapted to store street name information and connection point information among streets, and the navigation method comprising: -
a street identifying step of receiving an input of a first keyword and an input of a second keyword and identifying, based on the street name information, a first street having a street name which includes at least in part the first keyword and a second street having a street name which includes at least in part the second keyword; and a connection point identifying step of identifying, based on the connection point information, at least one connection point of the first street and the second street. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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