Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Navigation apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 导航仪
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Application No.: US12442051Application Date: 2007-10-05
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Publication No.: US08050859B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Hiroshi Machino
- Applicant: Hiroshi Machino
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-327401 20061204
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/069613 WO 20071005
- International Announcement: WO2008/068954 WO 20080612
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00

Abstract:
A navigation apparatus includes a route searching unit 130 for searching for a route from a current position determined by a current position determining means to a destination inputted by an input unit on the basis of map data acquired by a map data acquiring means, and for, when a road where a car pool lane is also provided is included in a route acquired through the route search, presenting, as a recommended route, the route using the car pool lane if the distance from an entrance of the road to an entrance of the car pool lane is equal to or longer than a predetermined value, or if the distance from an exit of the car pool lane to an exit of the road is equal to or longer than a predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090248294A1 NAVIGATION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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