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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2010
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A navigation device that can access map data and avoidance data, the avoidance data including information for identifying undesirable locations, receive location information representing a geographical location and direction of travel in relation to the map data; and establish, based on the location information and map data, whether the geographical location and direction of travel approach a navigation decision point having a plurality of navigation choices, where each navigation choice corresponds to an onward route leaving the navigation decision point; determine, based on the map data and avoidance data, for at least one onward route leaving the navigation decision point, whether the onward route unavoidably includes an undesirable location; and provide result information to the output section based, at least in part, on the determination.