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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Masato Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Otsuru, Tokyo, JP;
Kotoyu Sasayama, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Otsuru, Tokyo, JP;
Kotoyu Sasayama, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a navigation device including a guidance route calculation unitfor calculating a guidance route by using point information about a destination, point information about a current position, and map information, a guidance map generating unitfor generating a guidance route map by using the calculated guidance route and the map information, a guidance route surrounding facility icon arrangement unitfor extracting a facility icon required for the calculated guidance route according to a facility icon extraction rule, and for determining an offset arrangement position of this facility icon, and a display unitfor attaching the facility icon at the above-mentioned determined offset arrangement position on the above-mentioned guidance route map to display the facility icon.