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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Applicant:
Hisayuki Watanabe, Iwaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hisayuki Watanabe, Iwaki, JP;
Assignee:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A navigation apparatus and a driving direction guiding method are capable of clearly indicating a correct direction in which a vehicle should be driven at an exit when the vehicle exits a parking area through the exit. When a position measurement unit detects that the vehicle has entered a parking area based on measured position information, a CPU clearly indicates, on a display, a correct direction in which the vehicle should be driven at an exit of the parking area so that a user can know in advance the correct direction in which to drive his/her vehicle after passing through the exit of the parking area.