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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Chihiro Hirose, Saitama, JP;
Ippei Nambata, Saitama, JP;
Kenichiro Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A route provision apparatus includes: a veering detecting unit for employing the current positioning data obtained by a position acquisition unit and route data for an originally determined travel route to detect whether a vehicle has veered away from a determined travel route; and a travel route determination unit for determining a new travel route when the vehicle has veered away from the determined travel route, wherein the travel route determination unit employs the detection results obtained by the veering detecting unitto determine a new travel route in accordance with one or more of route determination conditions.