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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Rie Murai, Tokyo, JP;
Keiko Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G09B 29/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A navigation system which performs route guidance from a vehicle departure location to a target location. After a vehicle has arrived at the target location and completed the route guidance, if the vehicle has moved away from the target location and thereafter has approached the target location again, the navigation system: determines that the vehicle is disorientated and unable to arrive at the target location; and resumes the route guidance.