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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:
Apr. 27, 2004

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yasuhiro Monde, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuya Tabata, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/132 ;
Abstract

A destination navigation method is disclosed, which includes locating present position and destination, searching route to the destination. The method includes giving driving guidance along a route set on basis of a predetermined evaluation index or selection of driver and further determining whether searched route contains a short distance lane change section, where a road having many lanes and distance between an entryway to the road having many lanes and a junction (exit way) is short in order to give notice that it is coming and for driver to avoid it if necessary because the short distance lane change section may cause stress and fatigue especially for an unskilled driver.


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