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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2006
Masanori Oumi, Gifu, JP;
Takamitsu Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kousuke Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Oumi, Gifu, JP;
Takamitsu Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kousuke Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Denso IT Laboratory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a vehicle deviates from a guide route at a first branch point, the state of the first branch point is memorized. Afterward, when a second branch point becomes a target for a route guide and the state of the second branch point is similar to the memorized state, a user of the vehicle is provided with a guide for preventing deviation from the guide route at the second branch point with a manner of the guide changed. This procedure allows learning of tendency of the user with respect to a state apt to cause the user to mistake a guide route. A guide to help prevent a user from deviating from a guide route at a branch point can be thus performed appropriately.