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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1994
Shouiti Maegawa, Hyogo, JP;
Chisato Yoshida, Hyogo, JP;
Shuichi Nishikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Kakitani, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicle guidance system capable of showing a recommendable route between the present position of the vehicle and a destination on a map. The vehicle guidance system comprises a routing unit for finding a recommendable route between the present position of the vehicle and a destination by using road data, a congestion detecting unit detects traffic congestion on the basis of the traveling mode of the vehicle, and a congested place estimating unit estimates presumably congested roads on the recommendable route by using the road data when the congestion detecting unit detects traffic congestion.