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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Hiromitsu Yuhara, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Habaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Hiromitsu Yuhara, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Habaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a navigation device wherein when a first and a second character string are input (STEP), a search category to which the first character string pertains and to which the second character string pertains are recognized (STEP); each of combination patterns of the first and the second search category is assigned with a priority score (STEP); a weighting is applied to the priority score of a combinations pattern related to a search item composed of a first search character string including the first character string and a second search character string including the second character string according to a distance from a self vehicle to a geographic area specified by the first or the second search character string (STEP); and a facility as a destination candidate in order from a search item having a higher priority is searched (STEPto STEP).