Guiding route generation device and guiding route generation method
First Claim
1. A guiding route generating device comprising:
- storage means for storing a route generated based on specification of a position as a guiding route to be used for route guidance;
display means for displaying on a screen the guiding route stored in the storage means with roads in the periphery of the guiding route;
specified road specifying means for specifying a predetermined road among the roads displayed with the guiding routes as a specified pass-through road based on a user'"'"'s operation tracing the surface of the screen by the user'"'"'s finger;
intersection specifying means for specifying the presence and the number of intersections of the specified pass-through road and the guiding route stored in the storage means;
user-specified route generating means for generating two routes between the specified pass-through road and the guiding route and generating a user-specified route which is the specified pass-through road extended with the generated two routes, when the intersection specifying means specifies that there is no intersection, and generating a route between the specified pass-through road and the guiding route and generating a user-specified route which is the specified pass-through road extended with the generated route, when the intersection specifying means specifies only one of the intersections;
updated guiding route generating means for generating an updated guiding route by connecting the user-specified route with the guiding route stored in the storage means at their intersections.
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Abstract
When a user specifies a road that he/she wants to pass through, a guiding route generation device generates a guiding route that passes through the specified road up to a destination. A guiding route (37) generated based on waypoints specified is stored in a storage device (15) of the guiding route generation device. A display device (11) displays the guiding route (37) along with roads in the periphery. The guiding route generation device specifies a certain road as the specified pass-through road from among the roads displayed along with the guiding route (37), and further, finds and determines whether there are crossings and the number of the crossings between the specified pass-through road and the guiding route (37).
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20 Claims
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1. A guiding route generating device comprising:
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storage means for storing a route generated based on specification of a position as a guiding route to be used for route guidance; display means for displaying on a screen the guiding route stored in the storage means with roads in the periphery of the guiding route; specified road specifying means for specifying a predetermined road among the roads displayed with the guiding routes as a specified pass-through road based on a user'"'"'s operation tracing the surface of the screen by the user'"'"'s finger; intersection specifying means for specifying the presence and the number of intersections of the specified pass-through road and the guiding route stored in the storage means; user-specified route generating means for generating two routes between the specified pass-through road and the guiding route and generating a user-specified route which is the specified pass-through road extended with the generated two routes, when the intersection specifying means specifies that there is no intersection, and generating a route between the specified pass-through road and the guiding route and generating a user-specified route which is the specified pass-through road extended with the generated route, when the intersection specifying means specifies only one of the intersections; updated guiding route generating means for generating an updated guiding route by connecting the user-specified route with the guiding route stored in the storage means at their intersections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A guiding route generating method comprising the steps of:
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displaying on a screen a guiding route generated based on specification of a position and stored in a storage means with roads in the periphery of the guiding route; specifying a predetermined road among the roads displayed with the guiding route as a specified pass-through road based on a user operation tracing the surface of the screen by the user'"'"'s finger; specifying the presence and the number of intersections of the specified pass-through road and the guiding route stored in the storage means; generating two routes between the specified pass-through road and the guiding route and generating a user-specified route which is the specified pass-through road extended with the generated two routes, when it is determined as no intersection is present and generating a route between the specified pass-through road and the guiding route and generating a user-specified route which is the specified pass-through road extended with the generated route, when only one of the intersections is identified; and generating updated guiding route by connecting the user-specified route with the guiding route stored in the storage means at their intersections.
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9. A guiding route generating device comprising:
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storage means for storing route generated based on specification of a position as a guiding route to be used for route guidance; display means for displaying the guiding route stored in the storage means with roads in the periphery of the guiding route; user-specified route generating means for generating a user-specified route which is available as a part of the route from a starting point to an ending point of the guiding route based on passage specification by a user for the road displayed with the guiding route; and intersection determining means for determining whether a route which connects the user-specified route generated by the user-specified route generating means with the guiding route stored in the storage means is regulated for traffic in the direction from a starting point to an ending point of the route that connects the routes at intersections between the user-specified route and the guiding route or not. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A guiding route generating method performed by a guiding route generating device comprising storage means for storing a route generated based on specification of a position as a guiding route to be used for route guidance, display means, user-specified route generating means, and intersection determining means,
the method comprising the steps of: -
displaying the guiding route stored in the storage means with roads in the periphery of the guiding route by the display means; generating a user-specified route which is available as a part of the route from a starting point to an ending point of the guiding route based on passage specification by a user for the road displayed with the guiding route by the user-specified route generating means; and determining whether a route which connects the user-specified route generated by the user-specified route generating means with the guiding route stored in the storage means is regulated for traffic in the direction from a starting point to an ending point of the route that connects the routes at intersections between the user-specified route and the guiding route or not by the intersection determining means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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