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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Masakuni Tsuge, Minato-ku, JP;
Masakuni Tsuge, Minato-ku, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a navigation apparatus and a navigation server capable of providing information to the user enabling comparison between a route that the user is actually traveling and a different route. According to a car navigation apparatus, a route setup unitsets up plural routes. An actual route recognition unitrecognizes an 'actual route' of the vehicle M. Further, a virtual route recognition unitrecognizes a 'virtual route' that differs from the actual route. Moreover, a virtual travel information recognition unitrecognizes a “virtual travel information” containing a virtual position of the vehicle M on the virtual route. The actual travel information, the actual route, the virtual travel information and the virtual route are displayed on a liquid crystal panel