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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Kunihiro Yamada, Okazaki, JP;
Shino Kimura, Okazaki, JP;
Kihachi Hayashida, Okazaki, JP;
Minoru Ootake, Okazaki, JP;
Akihiro Nakajima, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuo Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Atsuya Ooshima, Okazaki, JP;
Kunihiro Yamada, Okazaki, JP;
Shino Kimura, Okazaki, JP;
Kihachi Hayashida, Okazaki, JP;
Minoru Ootake, Okazaki, JP;
Akihiro Nakajima, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuo Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Atsuya Ooshima, Okazaki, JP;
AISIN AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus includes a memory that stores registered routes, wherein each registered route includes a previously traveled route, a corresponding starting point, and a corresponding destination point. The navigation apparatus includes a controller that searches for a route from a specified starting point to a specified destination point, compares the searched route with the registered routes, and utilizes, if a corresponding starting point is substantially identical to the specified starting point or a corresponding destination point is substantially identical to the specified destination point, a portion of a registered route including the substantially identical starting point or the substantially identical destination point as a navigation route.