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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Teruyuki Ishida, Zama, JP;
Keisuke Mutou, Zama, JP;
Yoji Matsuoka, Zama, JP;
Takaaki Ishii, Kokubunji, JP;
Mami Nomura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takashi Yoshimaru, Kokubunji, JP;
Tsugumichi Owaki, Kokubunji, JP;
Teruyuki Ishida, Zama, JP;
Keisuke Mutou, Zama, JP;
Yoji Matsuoka, Zama, JP;
Takaaki Ishii, Kokubunji, JP;
Mami Nomura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takashi Yoshimaru, Kokubunji, JP;
Tsugumichi Owaki, Kokubunji, JP;
Xanavi Informatics Corporation, Zama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A navigation system includes: a roadmap display unit that displays a roadmap at a display monitor; a current position detection unit that detects a current position of the navigation system; a setting unit that sets a right turn instruction or a left turn instruction for an intersection displayed in the roadmap; and a guidance unit that provides guidance based upon the right turn instruction or the left turn instruction having been set, as the detected current position moves to a point at or within a predetermined distance to the intersection having been set via the setting unit.