Navigation system
First Claim
1. A navigation system mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- operating means for inputting a departure position of the vehicle;
means for detecting a present position of the vehicle from an amount of change in bearing of the vehicle and a distance traveled by the vehicle from the departure position;
first storing means for storing map data about roads;
second storing means for reading information from the map data of a road existing ahead of the present position of the vehicle detected by said vehicle position detecting means, converting said information to a string of shape sign data, and storing the result therein as forward road data in the form of shape sign data;
means for detecting a change-in-road section in which a road orientation greatly varies, from the forward road data stored in said second storing means, by calculating curvatures at points on the road ahead from said forward road data to detect the change-in-road section and judging whether the change-in-road section exists within a range in which a notification is required; and
notifying means for notifying the operator of the vehicle when the notification has been judged necessary by said change-in-road detecting means.
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Abstract
A navigation system comprises a vehicle position detecting unit for determining the present position of a vehicle from the amount of change in vehicle bearing and a distance traveled by the vehicle, a forward road data storage unit for reading a road existing ahead of the present vehicle position from a map data storage unit based on the present vehicle position detected by the vehicle position detecting unit and storing it therein as data, a change-in-road detecting unit for detecting a change-in-road section in which the orientation of the road greatly varies, from the stored forward road data and judging whether the change-in-road section exists within a range in which a notification is required, and a notification unit for notifying the present vehicle position to a driver and notifying a change-in-road section in which the notification has been judged necessary, to the driver.
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1. A navigation system mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
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operating means for inputting a departure position of the vehicle; means for detecting a present position of the vehicle from an amount of change in bearing of the vehicle and a distance traveled by the vehicle from the departure position; first storing means for storing map data about roads; second storing means for reading information from the map data of a road existing ahead of the present position of the vehicle detected by said vehicle position detecting means, converting said information to a string of shape sign data, and storing the result therein as forward road data in the form of shape sign data; means for detecting a change-in-road section in which a road orientation greatly varies, from the forward road data stored in said second storing means, by calculating curvatures at points on the road ahead from said forward road data to detect the change-in-road section and judging whether the change-in-road section exists within a range in which a notification is required; and notifying means for notifying the operator of the vehicle when the notification has been judged necessary by said change-in-road detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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