Vehicular navigation system providing direction data
First Claim
1. A navigation system for a vehicle, comprising:
- present-position sensing means for calculating present position of the vehicle;
input means for entering information necessary for calculating a route;
output means for giving notification of information for carrying out route guidance;
an information storage device in which all data necessary to carry out route guidance has been stored;
route calculating means for calculating a route based upon the information entered by said input means; and
a central processor having route storage means for temporarily storing the route calculated by said route calculating means, and guidance control means for outputting guidance information relating to the route to said output means;
said information storage device storing branch-point data and road data connected to branch points and having destination direction data indicative of a departing road with respect to an approach road connected thereto by a branch point;
said guidance control means comprises determination means for determining whether or not destination direction data of a departing road with respect to an approach road connected thereto by a branch point is available in said route storage means, and an arithmetic means for calculating advancing direction based on angular difference which the departing road forms with the approach road and in case it is determined by said determination means that the destination direction data is available guidance information is outputted to the output means based on the destination direction data, and in case it is determined that the destination direction data is not available, advancing direction is calculated by said arithmetic means, and guidance information is outputted to the output means based on said advancing direction.
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Abstract
In order to provide a driver with guidance for a direction of travel without confusing the driver even in a case where the angular difference between an approach road and a departing road at a branch point is very small or even when a branch point has a complicated shape, a navigation system is provided with present-position sensor for calculating present position of the vehicle; an input for entering information necessary for calculating a route; an output for giving notification of information for carrying out route guidance; an information storage device in which all data necessary to carry out route guidance has been stored; route calculator for calculating a route based upon the information entered by the input; route storage for temporarily storing the route calculated by the route calculator; and a guidance control unit for outputting guidance information relating to the route to the output. The information storage device stores branch-point data and road data connected to branch points and has direction data indicative of a departing road with respect to an approach road connected thereto by a branch point. The guidance control unit outputs the guidance information to the output based upon the direction data.
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8 Claims
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1. A navigation system for a vehicle, comprising:
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present-position sensing means for calculating present position of the vehicle; input means for entering information necessary for calculating a route; output means for giving notification of information for carrying out route guidance; an information storage device in which all data necessary to carry out route guidance has been stored; route calculating means for calculating a route based upon the information entered by said input means; and a central processor having route storage means for temporarily storing the route calculated by said route calculating means, and guidance control means for outputting guidance information relating to the route to said output means; said information storage device storing branch-point data and road data connected to branch points and having destination direction data indicative of a departing road with respect to an approach road connected thereto by a branch point; said guidance control means comprises determination means for determining whether or not destination direction data of a departing road with respect to an approach road connected thereto by a branch point is available in said route storage means, and an arithmetic means for calculating advancing direction based on angular difference which the departing road forms with the approach road and in case it is determined by said determination means that the destination direction data is available guidance information is outputted to the output means based on the destination direction data, and in case it is determined that the destination direction data is not available, advancing direction is calculated by said arithmetic means, and guidance information is outputted to the output means based on said advancing direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A navigation system for a vehicle, comprising:
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present-position sensing means for calculating present position of the vehicle; input means for entering information necessary for calculating a route; output means for giving notification of information for carrying out route guidance; information storage means in which all data necessary to carry out route guidance has been stored; route calculating means for calculating a route based upon the information entered by said input means; and guidance control means for reading out data, which has been stored in said information storage means, along the route calculated by said route calculating means, and outputting this data to said output means; wherein said information storage means stores route-guidance auxiliary information data, and said guidance control means reads data relating to a branch point at which guidance is required for travel forward of the present position, which has been sensed by said present-position sensing means, out of data relating to a route, which has been stored in said information storage means, in a case where the present position is on a route, currently being suggested, calculated by said route calculating means, said guidance control means having determination means for determining whether the route-guidance auxiliary information data is to be added onto guidance relating to said branch point, wherein when it has been determined by said determination means that the route-guidance auxiliary information is to be added onto the guidance relating to the branch point, said guidance control means adds the route-guidance auxiliary information onto the guidance relating to the branch point and then outputs the result to said output means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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