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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Makoto Hijikata, Kawagoe, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/130 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/130 ;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus which can improve convenience of navigation by starting assisting of the movement without delay by inferring a predetermined route. This navigation apparatus includes a system controlling unit for setting a predetermined route which a vehicle travels, for inferring whether or not the vehicle deviates from a predetermined route and continues during travel of the vehicle along a predetermined route, when it is inferred that the vehicle deviates from the predetermined route, which then begins to set an inferred predetermined route where the vehicle should travel after deviating from the predetermined route.