Vehicle navigation device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuya Fujita
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Abstract
The vehicle navigation device guides a user of a vehicle to a destination. The vehicle navigation device includes a car navigation system that acquires the destination, a head-up display that displays various information, and a body ECU that controls the information displayed on the head-up display based on the destination acquired by the car navigation system. The body ECU is configured to cause, on the assumption that the user alights from the vehicle at a current location, the head-up display to display post-alighting guidance information which is information for guiding the user to the destination regarding, for example, walking.
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A vehicle navigation device that guides a user of a vehicle to a destination, the vehicle navigation device comprising:
- a processor programmed to function as an acquisition unit configured to acquire the destination;
- a display;
- and
- an electronic control unit configured to function as a display control unit that is configured to control the display based on the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, the display control unit, the acquisition unit and the display being in-vehicle devices, and
- wherein the display control unit is configured to cause, on an assumption that the user alights at a current location, the display to display post-alighting guidance information that is information for guiding the user to the destination regarding a form of transportation after the user alights from the vehicle, and the display control unit is configured to cause the display to display the post-alighting guidance information before the vehicle is parked,
- wherein the post-alighting guidance information includes a direction from the current location to the destination, the destination being located outside a parking space,
- wherein the display control unit is further configured to control the display to display, at a same time, (a) first post-alighting guidance information corresponding to a first age of a potential user and (b) second post-alighting guidance information corresponding to a second age of another potential user, the second age being different from the first age, and
- wherein the display control unit is further configured to control the display to display information of the first age and information of the second age, and the first post-alighting guidance information and the second post-alighting guidance information, on the display in a manner showing a relation to each other, respectively.
A vehicle navigation device that guides a user of a vehicle to a destination, the vehicle navigation device comprising:
- a processor programmed to function as an acquisition unit configured to acquire the destination;
- a display;
- and
- an electronic control unit configured to function as a display control unit that is configured to control the display based on the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, the display control unit, the acquisition unit and the display being in-vehicle devices, and
- wherein the display control unit is configured to cause, on an assumption that the user alights at a current location, the display to display post-alighting guidance information that is information for guiding the user to the destination regarding a form of transportation after the user alights from the vehicle,
- wherein the post-alighting guidance information includes a direction from the current location to the destination, and
- wherein the display control unit is configured to display the post-alighting guidance information along with information for guiding the user to the destination regarding the vehicle on the display at a timing when the vehicle is traveling at a speed less than a predetermined speed, before the vehicle is parked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.