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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2005
Akio Sumizawa, Zama, JP;
Wataru Oikubo, Zama, JP;
Hiroshi Minagawa, Zama, JP;
Kishiko Maruyama, Kokubunji, JP;
Akinori Asahara, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsushi Hiroike, Kokubunji, JP;
Akio Sumizawa, Zama, JP;
Wataru Oikubo, Zama, JP;
Hiroshi Minagawa, Zama, JP;
Kishiko Maruyama, Kokubunji, JP;
Akinori Asahara, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsushi Hiroike, Kokubunji, JP;
Xanavi Informatics Corporation, Zama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus includes a route searching unit that searches for a plurality of routes from a departure point to a destination and a map display control unit that displays a map of the plurality of routes searched out by the route searching unit upon a display monitor, and, if any two or more among the plurality of routes overlap upon and pass along a same road, the map display control unit displays the overlapping portions as shifted.