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Navigation device and method of searching route

  • US 6,922,633 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2002
  • Issued: 07/26/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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