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Route searching device, terminal device, and route searching method

  • US 9,835,463 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2013
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A route searching device that searches for a route to a destination, comprising:

  • an input unit through which a user selects a route priority for a vehicle;

    a presentation unit that presents information for a route to the destination; and

    one or more processors configured to;

    find both of a charging lane that charges a battery of the vehicle while the vehicle travels on the charging lane, and a charging spot that charges the battery of the vehicle while the vehicle is stopped on the charging spot;

    determine information (a) and (b) when the user selects on the input unit a priority for a first route in which use of the charging lane has a higher priority than use of the charging spot, where information (a) and (b) are(a) information for a route to the destination using the charging lane when the vehicle can reach the charging lane without charging the battery at the charging spot, and(b) information for a route to the destination using both the charging spot that the vehicle can reach when the vehicle cannot reach the charging lane without charging the battery at the charging spot and the charging lane closest to the charging spot; and

    present on said presentation unit an applicable one of information (a) and (b).

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