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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hitoshi Kaneko, Kawagoe, JP;
Masaya Hashida, Kawagoe, JP;
Yoshiaki Matsumoto, Kawagoe, JP;
Tatsuya Okamoto, Kawagoe, JP;
Motoki Ishiguro, Kawagoe, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701207 ; 701208 ; 701209 ; 7317 / ; 340988 ;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus provided with: a vertical movement detecting device for detecting a presence or absence of a movement in a vertical direction of a moveable body associated with the movement of the movable body; a judging device for judging a position in the vertical direction of the movable body on the basis of the presence or absence of the movement in the vertical direction detected by the detecting device; and a notifying device for notifying a present position of the movable body on the basis of the position in the vertical direction judged by the judging device.