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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3644 (2013.01); G01C 21/3647 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to a navigation device of the invention, at the time of performing turning guidance for a user who drives a vehicle, it is possible to perform the guidance in a way easy-to-understand for the user. Namely, a presentation of a preceding vehicle is made using an actual image or a graphic image of a vehicle that is the same as the actually seen vehicle, so that the user who drives the vehicle in traveling will understand that he/she only has to follow the preceding vehicle actually traveling ahead. This results in such route guidance that does not cause misunderstanding of a turning point and is very easy-to-understand.