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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 13, 2004
Applicant:
Akihiko Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiko Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Route guidance is provided for traveling to a lane opposite to a present traveling lane. If a user operates a return button, a main control unit calculates a position closest to a present position in a lane of the traveling direction opposite to that of a present traveling lane on a present traveling path as a destination, and sets the destination to destination data. Then, the route search unit searches for a guide route to the destination indicated by the destination data. A navigation image indicating the searched guide route along with the present position and the destination is displayed.