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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1997
Akira Ishida, Kawagoe, JP;
Kenichiro Yano, Kawagoe, JP;
Pioneer Electronics Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
A target method for use in a navigation system for navigating a movable body is provided with: a selection process of selecting a target attribute which is an attribute of a reach target, to which the movable body is to reach; an extraction process of extracting one of a pularity of reach targets, which has the selected target attribute; and a calculation process of giving a degree of priority to the extracted one of the reach targets in correspondence with a moving condition of the movable body, and of calculating a priority coefficient which indicates the degree of priority for the extracted one of the reach targets. The target searching process is also provided with a display process of displaying the extracted one of the reach targets on the basis of the calculated priority coefficient.