Vehicle navigation apparatus and program
First Claim
1. A vehicle navigation apparatus for searching for a route from an inputted place of departure to an inputted destination and performing guidance, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller that;
registers a traveled route by associating a traveled route with a place of departure and a destination;
judges whether the inputted place of departure and the inputted destination are the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a registered route;
searches, if it is judged that a registered route has the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination, for a route by reading out information of the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination and lowering a search weight for the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination; and
performs guidance based on a route found by the search.
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Abstract
A vehicle navigation apparatus for searching for a route from an inputted place of departure to an inputted destination and performing guide, the apparatus comprising: a registration unit for associating a traveled route with a place of departure and a destination and thus registering the traveled route; a judgment unit for judging whether the same place of departure and destination as a place of departure and a destination of a registered route are inputted or not; a route search unit for reading out information of the registered route when it is judged by the judgment unit that the same place of departure and destination are inputted, and lowering weighting in searching for the route so as to search for the route; and a control unit for performing guide of the route found by the search by the route search unit. Thus, route guide preferred by a user can be performed.
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13 Claims
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1. A vehicle navigation apparatus for searching for a route from an inputted place of departure to an inputted destination and performing guidance, the apparatus comprising:
a controller that; registers a traveled route by associating a traveled route with a place of departure and a destination; judges whether the inputted place of departure and the inputted destination are the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a registered route; searches, if it is judged that a registered route has the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination, for a route by reading out information of the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination and lowering a search weight for the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination; and performs guidance based on a route found by the search. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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5. A method for searching for a route from an inputted place of departure to an inputted destination, comprising:
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registering a traveled route by associating a traveled route with a place of departure and a destination; judging whether the inputted place of departure and the inputted destination are the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a registered route; searching, if it is judged that a registered route has the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination, for a route by reading out information of the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination, and lowering a search weight for the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination; and performing guidance based on a route found by the search. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A vehicle navigation apparatus for searching for a route from an inputted place of departure to an inputted destination and performing guidance, the apparatus comprising:
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a registration means for registering a traveled route by associating a traveled route with a place of departure and a destination; a judgment means for judging whether the inputted place of departure and the inputted destination are the same as a respective place of departure and destination of a registered route; a search means for, if it is judged that a registered route has the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination, searching for a route by reading out information of the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination and lowering a search weight for the registered route with the same place of departure and same place of destination as the respective inputted place of departure and inputted destination; and a guidance means for performing guidance based on a route found by the search.
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Specification