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Navigation device and method of presenting information corresponding to travel course stage

  • US 7,280,915 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2005
  • Issued: 10/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A navigation device that calculates a current position of a vehicle and displays a road map around the current position on a display, comprising:

  • traveling state acquisition means for acquiring a parameter indicative of a current traveling state of the vehicle; and

    course stage prediction means for predicting whether the vehicle is running in a “

    first stage”

    , a “

    middle stage”

    , or a “

    last stage”

    of a travel course when destination and guidance settings are not made, according to the acquired parameter indicative of the current traveling state of the vehicle, wherein information is presented to a passenger in a controlled manner according to the predicted course stage.

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