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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Shinji Sugiyama, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Minako Fujishiro, Ota-ku, JP;
Shinji Sugiyama, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Minako Fujishiro, Ota-ku, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A navigation devicehaving a function to modify a route comprises an operational object detecting partconfigured to detect a point or a section on the route as an operational object, a fixed point setting partconfigured to set as fixed points two points on the route sandwiching the operational object therebetween, an operational object displacement detecting partconfigured to detect a displacement of the operational object, a path changing partconfigured to change a path of the route depending on the displacement of the operational object while elongating or contracting a line connecting the operational object and the fixed point, and a route re-searching partconfigured to re-search and display an alternate route continuously depending on the changing path.