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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Minoru Sekine, Shinagawa, JP;
Kohei Otsuki, Iwaki, JP;
Takashi Wakasugi, Shinagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Konishi, Haga, JP;
Masayuki Arai, Haga, JP;
Minoru Sekine, Shinagawa, JP;
Kohei Otsuki, Iwaki, JP;
Takashi Wakasugi, Shinagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Konishi, Haga, JP;
Masayuki Arai, Haga, JP;
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mobilemedia Brain Association, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus is disclosed comprising update functions to update nationwide updated version map data using route-specific update data, and to update the nationwide updated version map data to the next nationwide updated version map data using nationwide update data. A map update processing portion of this navigation apparatus performs updates of map data in the background of navigation control, gives priority to update processing using the route-specific update data over update processing using the nationwide update data, and, if map files to be updated using route-specific update files included in the route-specific update data have not been updated using the nationwide update data, performs updates using the nationwide update data, and then performs updates using route-specific update files.