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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2010
Akio Sumizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Arata Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kurihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Sumizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Arata Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kurihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama-shi, JP;
Abstract
Provided are navigation technologies capable of preferentially guiding a vehicle to a route of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met. A navigation device is provided with a storage unit adapted to store lane information including the presence or absence of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met (hereinafter referred to as a conditional lane), a conditional-lane determining unit adapted to determine whether a vehicle equipped with the navigation device meets the conditions for driving in the conditional lane, and a route searching unit adapted to search a recommended route to a destination, wherein said route searching unit uses lane information to preferentially search for a route which utilizes a road including the conditional lane, when the conditional-lane determining unit determines that the aforementioned conditions are met.