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NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD AND PROGRAM

  • US 20110166775A1
  • Filed: 12/20/2010
  • Published: 07/07/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation device comprising:

  • a position information acquisition section which acquires position information of a current position;

    a final destination setting section which sets a final destination;

    a stop-off genre setting section which sets a genre of a facility to be stopped at before arriving at the final destination;

    a stop-off point selection section which selects a stop-off point from among facilities included in the genre set by the stop-off genre setting section based on a route from the current position to the final destination;

    a route search section which searches for the route from the current position to the final destination and a route from the current position to the stop-off point; and

    a route guidance section which performs notification of the route to the stop-off point at a branch point between the route to the final destination and the route to the stop-off point while showing the route to the final destination, when detecting that the position information of the current position acquired by the position information acquisition section enters the route to the stop-off point from the branch point, switches a guidance destination to the stop-off point and shows the route to the stop-off point, and when detecting arrival at the stop-off point based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section, switches the guidance destination to the final destination.

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