Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

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Sanyo Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.

Tomoyuki Yoshimura

Yuichi Abe

Susumu Iida

Akiyoshi Yamamoto

Tadashi Sakai

Kazuya Murakami

Kazuhiro Yamane

Toshiyuki Irie

Ryo Watanabe

Tomoaki Maeta

A navigation device which stores a captured image of an area ahead of user in a moving direction after turning at an intersection and displays the captured image before turning at the intersection, includes: a first storage unit (HDD recording/playback unit) storing a map; a display unit (display unit); and a control unit (control unit) displaying the map on the display unit, and the navigation device further includes a second storage unit (HDD recording/playback unit) storing a captured image of an area to be entered after a turn is made at an intersection, and the control unit displays the captured image stored in the second storage unit on the display unit before a mobile body reaches the intersection.

Navigation device and image management method

The present invention is directed to a navigation apparatus capable of performing a proper voice guidance even in such a case that signals transmitted from GPS satellites cannot be received, but a current location cannot be judged. The navigation apparatus of the present invention is featured by such a navigation apparatus in which signals transmitted from GPS satellites are received so as to measure a current location, the measured current location is displayed on a screen in connection with a map, a guidance route up to a destination place is set, and a guidance is notified every predetermined guidance point. In this navigation apparatus, when the signals transmitted from the GPS satellites cannot be received, if a current location is located on the guidance route, then a virtual current location is displayed in such a manner that the virtual current location is moved on the guidance route at a predetermined speed, and a guidance is notified every predetermined guidance point.

Navigation system

Navigation apparatus has a controller that performs map-matching in which present position detected by a position detector is checked against a road on a map. When a road on which the present position lies is found, the controller causes the apparatus to display a name of the road. When a road on which the present position lies is not found, the controller causes the apparatus to display area information indicative of the present position.

Navigation apparatus

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Tottori, Japan

Tomoyuki Yoshimura