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Navigation apparatus and navigation method

  • US 8,589,068 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2009
  • Issued: 11/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A navigation apparatus comprising:

  • a location obtaining portion to obtain a present location;

    a destination point setting portion to set a point of destination;

    a departure point setting portion to set a point of departure;

    a facility extraction portion to, at prescribed time intervals, extract facility information of a facility located in a neighborhood of a route from said point of departure to said point of destination from among facility information included in map information; and

    a notification portion to give notification at a prescribed timing if at least one facility information is extracted by said facility extraction portion,wherein said notification portion includes a light emission portion capable of emitting light and a light emission control portion to allow said light emission portion to blink at intervals determined based on a distance between said obtained present location and a facility, located in a neighborhood of the route, determined by said facility information extracted by said facility extraction portion.

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