Navigation device and method of searching route
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1. A navigation device comprising:
- position detecting means for detecting a position of a mobile body;
map data acquiring means for acquiring map data;
route searching means for searching for a guide route from the detected position to an input destination based on the acquired map data;
surrounding information searching means for searching for favorable places in proximity to candidate routes from the detected position to the destination based on information in the acquired map data; and
output means for outputting route guide information including search results from said route searching means, wherein said route searching means is operable to search for the guide route based on proximity to the favorable places searched for by said surrounding information searching means without any of the favorable places being input as the destination.
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Abstract
A navigation device includes a scenic information searching unit for searching for drop-in information about a favorable place for drop-in around a guide route leading from a departing place to a destination based on the drop-in information set in acquired map data. A route searching unit searches for the guide route via a drop-in route running through the favorable place for the drop-in based on the drop-in information searched by the surrounding drop-in information searching unit and calendar information detected by the time computing unit.
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1. A navigation device comprising:
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position detecting means for detecting a position of a mobile body;
map data acquiring means for acquiring map data;
route searching means for searching for a guide route from the detected position to an input destination based on the acquired map data;
surrounding information searching means for searching for favorable places in proximity to candidate routes from the detected position to the destination based on information in the acquired map data; and
output means for outputting route guide information including search results from said route searching means, wherein said route searching means is operable to search for the guide route based on proximity to the favorable places searched for by said surrounding information searching means without any of the favorable places being input as the destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of searching for a guide route from a current position to a destination on map data, comprising the steps of:
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searching for information about favorable places based on proximity to candidate routes from the current position to the destination based on information set in the map data; and
searching for a guide route according to proximity to the favorable places based on results of the searching step without any of the favorable places being set as the destination. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A navigation device comprising:
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route searching means for searching for a guide route from the detected position to a destination based on acquired map data;
surrounding information searching means for searching for favorable places in proximity to candidate routes to the destination based on the map data and calendar information; and
output means for outputting route guide information including search results from said route searching means, wherein said route searching means is operable to search for the guide route based on proximity to the favorable places searched for by said surrounding drop-in information searching means, and wherein the calendar information includes at least one of a determined current season, current time, and day of the week.
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