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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Takashi Irie, Tokyo, JP;
Kumi Nishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Irie, Tokyo, JP;
Kumi Nishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation system has a current position detecting unitfor detecting a current position, a map data acquiring unitfor acquiring map data including road data representing an HOV lane and an ordinary lane in a single link; a driving link decision unitfor identifying a link of driving from the current position information indicating the current position detected by the current position detecting unitand from the road data included in the map data acquired by the map data acquiring unit, and for outputting as a driving link; and a driving lane decision unitfor making a decision as to whether the driving lane is the HOV lane or ordinary lane from the driving link identified by the driving link decision unit