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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Toshiaki Minami, Okazaki, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiaki Minami, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems, methods, and programs store a plurality of combinations of departure points and destination points that have been set in the past, store pre-update map information, and store post-update map information. The systems, methods, and programs compare, for each of the combinations of departure points and destination points, a route retrieved using the pre-update map information and a route retrieved using the post-update map information, and transmit the comparison results to the navigation apparatus so that a user of the navigation apparatus can appreciate the benefits of updating map information.