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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Mikio Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Sakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Sakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Xanavi Informatics Corporation, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle is guided to a lane that the vehicle should run, even if map data do not include lane information of a tollgate. A navigation processing partmakes a vehicle running path calculation partcalculate a running path of the vehicle from a point of a prescribed distance from the tollgate until an ETC receipt signal receiving partreceives an ETC receipt signal. Then, the navigation processing partcalculates an approximate position of an ETC lane on the basis of the running path, and accumulates the calculated approximate position in a storage unit. Further, when the vehicle approaches to the tollgate within a prescribed distance from the tollgate, the navigation processing partobtains the approximate position of the ETC lane of the tollgate from the storage unit, and displays the approximate position through a display processing part, to guide the user to the ETC lane.