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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Yoko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shigehara, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Otsuru, Tokyo, JP;
Kotoyu Sasayama, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo, JP;
Yoko Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shigehara, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Otsuru, Tokyo, JP;
Kotoyu Sasayama, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation device includes a road periphery display change unitthat selects a road R which connects to, intersects with, or is adjacent to a guidance route/a travel plan routefrom a map database, and displays the road in a high contrast on the inside of a predetermined distance from the guidance route/the travel plan route, displays the road in a low contrast on the outside of the predetermined distance, and displays the road by changing continuously or stepwise a gradation in an intermediate region between the inside and the outside.