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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2006
Applicant:
Kengo Hayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Inventor:
Kengo Hayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A navigation system for use in a subject vehicle for organizing a navigation instruction of a navigation route toward a destination in map data includes a closeness determination function for determining that a current position of the subject vehicle from the destination is a predetermined range, and a partial route audio navigation provision function for collectively providing the navigation instruction in an audible manner from the current position of the subject vehicle to the destination based on determination by the closeness determination function.