Systems and method for providing a navigation route on a geographical map based on a road portion selected by a pointer placed thereon
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1. A navigation system, comprising:
- a display that displays a geographic map, the geographical map including a plurality of road portions;
a display detector that prompts a pointer to be placed at one of the plurality of road portions in the display to select a specific road portion in the geographical map, and detects a geographical location of the selected road portion, wherein the display detector is connected to the display via wired or wireless connections; and
a route finder that determines a route based on the geographical location of the selected road portion, the route connecting a starting geographical location and a destination geographical location via at least one of the plurality of road portions, wherein the route finder is connected to at least one of the display and the display detector via wired or wireless connections.
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Abstract
A navigation system includes a display that displays a geographic map, the geographical map including a plurality of road portions; a display detector that detects, when a pointer is placed on one of the plurality of road portions to select a specific road portion on the geographical map, a geographical location of the selected road portion; and a route finder that determines a route based on the geographical location of the selected road portion, the route connecting a starting geographical location and a destination geographical location via at least one of the plurality of road portions.
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1. A navigation system, comprising:
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a display that displays a geographic map, the geographical map including a plurality of road portions;
a display detector that prompts a pointer to be placed at one of the plurality of road portions in the display to select a specific road portion in the geographical map, and detects a geographical location of the selected road portion, wherein the display detector is connected to the display via wired or wireless connections; and
a route finder that determines a route based on the geographical location of the selected road portion, the route connecting a starting geographical location and a destination geographical location via at least one of the plurality of road portions, wherein the route finder is connected to at least one of the display and the display detector via wired or wireless connections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing a route on a navigation system, comprising:
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displaying a geographic map on a display, the geographical map including a plurality of road portions;
prompting a pointer to be placed in the display at one of the plurality of road portions to select a specific road portion in the geographical map;
detecting a geographical location of the selected road portion; and
determining a route based on the geographical location of the selected road portion, the route connecting a starting geographical location and a destination geographical location via at least one of the plurality of road portions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21)
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19. A navigation system, comprising:
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means for displaying a geographic map, the geographical map including a plurality of road portions;
means for prompting a pointer to be placed at one of the plurality of road portions to select a specific road portion in the geographical map displayed on the means for displaying, and for detecting a geographical location of the selected road portion, wherein the means for detecting is connected to the means for displaying via wired or wireless connections; and
means for determining a route based on the geographical location of the selected road portion, the route connecting a starting geographical location and a destination geographical location via at least one of the plurality of road portion, wherein the means for determining is connected to at least one of the means for displaying and the means for detecting via wired or wireless connections, wherein the means for displaying displays at least one portion of the route, the at least one portion of the route being superimposed on the geographical map, wherein the navigation system prompts the pointer to select the specific road portion by touching or pressing the means for displaying at the specific road portion on the geographical map; and
wherein the determined route is a new route that modifies an old route that was previously superimposed and displayed on the geographical map, the new route and the old route are substantially identical except for a difference related to the selected road portion, the difference including that the new route includes or excludes the selected road portion and the old route excludes or includes, respectively, the selected road portion. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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