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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Takeyuki Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Sachiko Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Takeyuki Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Sachiko Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a navigation device including: a target candidate extracting unit for extracting target candidates located along a guidance route from a map database on a basis of a vehicle position, the guidance route, and intersection information about a target intersection for guidance; a target determining unit for determining a target on a basis of knowledge about target determination from among the target candidates extracted by the target candidate extracting unit; a guidance sentence generating unit for generating a guidance sentence by using the target determined by the target determining unit; and a sound output unit for outputting voice guidance on a basis of the guidance sentence generated by the guidance sentence generating unit.