Navigation apparatus
First Claim
1. A navigation apparatus comprising:
- a condition setting section for setting a facility searching condition;
a facility searching section for searching for facilities which satisfy the facility searching condition set by the condition setting section;
a drawing section for drawing a search image in which a plurality of the facilities found by the facility searching section are displayed in a list form on a screen as choices, and in which, when one of the facilities is specified as a selection candidate, path information of a path to the specified facility is displayed on the same screen as the listed facilities;
a display section for displaying the search image drawn by the drawing section on a screen; and
a search-candidate specifying section for specifying a displayed facility as a selection candidate.
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Abstract
When a facility is specified from a facility list indicating facilities which satisfy a facility searching condition, a path searching processing section searches for a driving path with the specified facility being set as a destination, and obtains information such as driving distance and driving time required when a vehicle travels the driving path to the destination. A text-information generating and drawing section generates drawing data for displaying text information, such as the driving distance and the driving time, and stores the drawing data in a VRAM. A map drawing section generates drawing data for displaying a map image of an area which includes the driving path and stores the drawing data in the VRAM. An image synthesis section synthesizes the drawing data stored in the VRAM and the drawing data supplied from an operation-screen generation section, and causes a display apparatus to display a search image which includes the facility list, the text information, and the map image on one screen.
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20 Claims
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1. A navigation apparatus comprising:
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a condition setting section for setting a facility searching condition;
a facility searching section for searching for facilities which satisfy the facility searching condition set by the condition setting section;
a drawing section for drawing a search image in which a plurality of the facilities found by the facility searching section are displayed in a list form on a screen as choices, and in which, when one of the facilities is specified as a selection candidate, path information of a path to the specified facility is displayed on the same screen as the listed facilities;
a display section for displaying the search image drawn by the drawing section on a screen; and
a search-candidate specifying section for specifying a displayed facility as a selection candidate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
a path searching section for searching for a driving path to a facility searched for by the facility searching section; and
a path-information generation section for generating the path information for a facility according to a result of searching performed by the path searching section.
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3. A navigation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the path information includes at least one of a driving distance and a driving time to reach the facility.
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4. A navigation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the path information includes a map image which includes a driving path to reach the facility.
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5. A navigation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the path information includes a driving charge for a toll road when the toll road is included in a driving path to reach the facility.
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6. A navigation apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a position detection section for detecting the position of a vehicle,
wherein the map image includes a driving path which connects the facility serving as the selection candidate specified by the search-candidate specifying section and the position of the vehicle detected by the position detection section. -
7. A navigation apparatus according to claim 6,
wherein the drawing section is capable of displaying the facility serving as the selection candidate and the position of the vehicle in an emphasized manner; -
the drawing section is capable of displaying the driving path in an emphasized manner; and
the drawing section displays a toll road included in the driving path in an identifiable manner.
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8. A navigation apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the drawing section draws the search image which has a first area in which the choices are included and a second area in which the path information is included. -
9. A navigation apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein only a portion of the facilities searched for by the facility searching section is included in the search image in the screen displayed by the display section, and the path searching section applies searching processing to the displayed portion of the facilities. -
10. A navigation apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the drawing section specifies the order of the choices to be displayed in a list form, according to one of a driving time or a driving distance to reach each facility along a driving path searched for by the path searching section.
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11. A navigation apparatus comprising:
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a condition setting section for setting a facility searching condition;
a facility searching section for searching for facilities which satisfy the facility searching condition set by the condition setting section;
a drawing section for drawing a search image including a plurality of the facilities found by the facility searching section;
a display section for displaying the search image drawn by the drawing section on a screen;
a search-candidate specifying section for specifying, when the search image is displayed on the screen of the display section, a facility included in the search image as a selection candidate;
a path searching section for searching for a driving path to reach a facility searched for by the facility searching section; and
a path-information generation section for generating path information corresponding to a driving path searched by the path searching section;
wherein the path information is displayed on the same screen as the found facilities. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
wherein the map image includes a driving path which connects the facility serving as the selection candidate specified by the search-candidate specifying section and the position of the vehicle detected by the position detection section. -
16. A navigation apparatus according to claim 15,
wherein the drawing section is capable of displaying in an emphasized manner at least one of the facility serving as the selection candidate and the position of the vehicle; - the driving path; and
a toll road included in the driving path.
- the driving path; and
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17. A facility searching method for a navigation apparatus, comprising:
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setting a facility searching condition;
searching for facilities which satisfy the set facility searching condition;
drawing a search image in which a plurality of the facilities found in the facility search are displayed in a list form on a screen as choices, and in which, when a facility is specified as a selection candidate, path information of a path to the specified facility is displayed on the same screen as the listed facilities;
displaying the drawn search image on a screen; and
specifying, when the search image is displayed on the screen, a facility included in the search image as the selection candidate. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
wherein the map image includes a driving path which connects the facility serving as the specified selection candidate and the detected position of the vehicle.
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Specification