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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Shin Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Navitime Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A navigation apparatus includes: a route acquiring unit that acquires a route that connects a departure place and a destination, the route including a plurality of section routes for which different kinds of transportations are used; a guiding unit that performs a guidance based on the route acquire by the route acquiring unit; and a guidance controller that receives an instruction whether to perform the guidance for each of the section routes, and controls the guiding unit to perform the guidance for a section route for which an instruction to perform the guidance is received.