The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Takanori Kaji, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsuhiro Nimura, Okazaki, JP;
Kunihiro Yamada, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroyoshi Masuda, Okazaki, JP;
Takanori Kaji, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsuhiro Nimura, Okazaki, JP;
Kunihiro Yamada, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroyoshi Masuda, Okazaki, JP;
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle navigation apparatus for searching for a route from an inputted place of departure to an inputted destination and performing guide, the apparatus comprising: a registration unit for associating a traveled route with a place of departure and a destination and thus registering the traveled route; a judgment unit for judging whether the same place of departure and destination as a place of departure and a destination of a registered route are inputted or not; a route search unit for reading out information of the registered route when it is judged by the judgment unit that the same place of departure and destination are inputted, and lowering weighting in searching for the route so as to search for the route; and a control unit for performing guide of the route found by the search by the route search unit. Thus, route guide preferred by a user can be performed.