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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kenichiro Yano, Tsurugashima, JP;

Motoyuki Yamashita, Tokyo-to, JP;

Koji Koga, Tokyo-to, JP;

Motohiko Takayanagi, Tokyo-to, JP;

Assignee:

Poineer Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/130 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/130 ;
Abstract

A navigation system is provided with: an operation section that selects a scheduled route along which a vehicle is scheduled to move; a system controller that searches for a different route while the vehicle is moving along the scheduled route, the different route serving to reach a destination for which the mobile unit moves along the scheduled route, and compares the searched different route with the scheduled route for movement of the vehicle from a current position of the vehicle onward; and a display section that gives notice of a comparison result obtained by the controller.


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