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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Kouji Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kouji Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Increment P Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processorof a navigation deviceacquires current position information about a current position of a vehicle. The processorthen generates current traffic-jam information about a current traffic-jam condition based on VICS data from a VICS receiveror the like. The processorrecognizes a direction indicating a point at which a traffic jam is currently occurring relative to the current position based on current position information and current traffic-jam information. The processordisplays the recognized direction with a traffic-jam direction icon on a terminal display section