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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1995
Katsuzi Okazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An in-car navigation apparatus capable of searching an optimal or a quasi-optimal route always, and further capable of shortening the waiting time until a route is obtained, has an operating section which receives a starting point, a destination and searching conditions for searching from a handling section to read digital map data to be used for searching from the map database section of the apparatus. The operating section holds a plurality of weighting factors of each heuristic term to be used in an evaluation function or computing formulae to be used for the evaluation function, and searches an optimal or a quasi-optimal route by selecting an appropriate one in accordance with the road conditions and the searching conditions of the map data read in when searching is performed.
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