# US 12,601,601 B2 · Vehicle navigation apparatus and vehicle navigation system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,601,601 B2 - Document ID: US12601601B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/360,120 - Filed: 2023-07-27 - Published: 2024-02-15 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-13 - Assignees: Subaru Corporation - Applicants: Subaru Corporation - Inventors: Yuina Hori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601601B2 ## CPC - G01C 21/3415: {Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents} - G01C 21/3484: {Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles} - G01C 21/3617: {using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement} - G01C 21/362: {received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application} - G01C 21/3667: {Display of a road map (G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635)} - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) ## Abstract A vehicle navigation apparatus includes an apparatus-side map storage, a driver characteristic information storage, a communicator, a route searching unit, and a coincidence determination unit. The communicator transmits driving operation characteristic information of a driver to a mobile terminal, and receives, from the mobile terminal, recommended route information retrieved based on the driving operation characteristic information of the driver. The route searching unit executes searching for route information, based on apparatus-side map information. The coincidence determination unit determines a coincidence between the recommended route information retrieved based on the driving operation characteristic information of the driver and the route information based on the apparatus-side map information. The route searching unit executes re-searching for route information, when the coincidence determination unit determines that the coincidence is less than a predetermined coincidence. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle navigation apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the vehicle navigation apparatus comprising: an apparatus-side map storage configured to store apparatus-side map information including route information; a driver characteristic information storage configured to store information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of a driver of the vehicle; a communicator configured to transmit the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver to a mobile terminal, and receive, from the mobile terminal, recommended route information retrieved based on the actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver; a route searching unit configured to execute searching for route information, based on the apparatus-side map information; and a coincidence determination unit configured to determine a degree of coincidence between the recommended route information retrieved based on the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver and the route information based on the apparatus-side map information, wherein the route searching unit is configured to, when the coincidence determination unit determines that the degree of coincidence is less than a predetermined threshold, execute re-searching for route information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior information comprises personal information and driving operation information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A vehicle navigation system comprising: the vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 2; the mobile terminal; and a server, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a receiver configured to receive the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the recommended route information generated by the server to the vehicle navigation apparatus, and the server comprises a server-side map storage configured to store server-side map information comprising route information, and a recommended route information generation unit configured to generate the recommended route information using the server-side map information, based on information comprising the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the re-searching for route information is to be executed, the communicator is configured to transmit, to the mobile terminal, section information indicating a section in which the route information based on the apparatus-side map information and the recommended route information do not coincide with each other, and receive recommended route information retrieved based on the section information by the mobile terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A vehicle navigation system comprising: the vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 4; the mobile terminal; and a server, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a receiver configured to receive the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the recommended route information generated by the server to the vehicle navigation apparatus, and the server comprises a server-side map storage configured to store server-side map information comprising route information, and a recommended route information generation unit configured to generate the recommended route information using the server-side map information, based on information comprising the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when executing the re-searching for route information, the route searching unit is configured to execute the re-searching for route information, based on a parameter designated by a user of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A vehicle navigation system comprising: the vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 6; the mobile terminal; and a server, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a receiver configured to receive the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the recommended route information generated by the server to the vehicle navigation apparatus, and the server comprises a server-side map storage configured to store server-side map information comprising route information, and a recommended route information generation unit configured to generate the recommended route information using the server-side map information, based on information comprising the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a parameter designation unit configured to accept designation of a parameter by a user of the vehicle when the route searching unit executes the re-searching for route information; a parameter designation history storage configured to store a designation history of the parameter designated by the parameter designation unit; and a designation tendency analysis unit configured to perform an analysis of a designation tendency of the designated parameter, wherein, when executing the re-searching for route information, the route searching unit is configured to execute the re-searching for route information, based on a result of the analysis by the designation tendency analysis unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A vehicle navigation system comprising: the vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 8; the mobile terminal; and a server, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a receiver configured to receive the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the recommended route information generated by the server to the vehicle navigation apparatus, and the server comprises a server-side map storage configured to store server-side map information comprising route information, and a recommended route information generation unit configured to generate the recommended route information using the server-side map information, based on information comprising the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the driver characteristic information storage is provided in a charger configured to charge the mobile terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A vehicle navigation system comprising: the vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 10; the mobile terminal; and a server, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a receiver configured to receive the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the recommended route information generated by the server to the vehicle navigation apparatus, and the server comprises a server-side map storage configured to store server-side map information comprising route information, and a recommended route information generation unit configured to generate the recommended route information using the server-side map information, based on information comprising the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A vehicle navigation system comprising: the vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1; the mobile terminal; and a server, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a receiver configured to receive the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the recommended route information generated by the server to the vehicle navigation apparatus, and the server comprises a server-side map storage configured to store server-side map information comprising route information, and a recommended route information generation unit configured to generate the recommended route information using the server-side map information, based on information comprising the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle navigation system according to claim 12, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to execute a process of re-searching for route information based on section information transmitted from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined threshold is settable by the driver, and when the driver sets the predetermined threshold higher than a predetermined value, the vehicle navigation apparatus outputs a message prompting the driver to reset the predetermined threshold. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to: supply, to the route searching unit, information on a section in which the recommended route information and the route information do not coincide with each other; and control the route searching unit to execute re-searching for route information based on the section information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is external to the vehicle navigation apparatus and physically separate from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 17 A vehicle navigation apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the vehicle navigation apparatus comprising: an apparatus-side map storage configured to store apparatus-side map information including route information; a driver characteristic information storage configured to store information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of a driver of the vehicle; a communicator configured to transmit the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver to a mobile terminal, and receive, from the mobile terminal, recommended route information retrieved based on the actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver; and circuitry configured to: execute searching for route information, based on the apparatus-side map information; and determine a degree of coincidence between the recommended route information retrieved based on the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver and the route information based on the apparatus-side map information, wherein the circuitry is configured to, when the circuitry determines that the degree of coincidence is less than a predetermined threshold, execute re-searching for route information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the mobile terminal is external to the vehicle navigation apparatus and physically separate from the vehicle navigation apparatus. ### Claim 19 A vehicle navigation apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the vehicle navigation apparatus comprising: an apparatus-side map storage configured to store apparatus-side map information including route information; a driver characteristic information storage configured to store information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of a driver of the vehicle; a communicator configured to transmit the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver to a mobile terminal, and receive, from the mobile terminal, recommended route information retrieved based on the actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver; a route searching unit configured to execute searching for route information, based on the apparatus-side map information; and a coincidence determination unit configured to determine a degree of coincidence between the recommended route information retrieved based on the information indicative of actual vehicle-operation behavior of the driver and the route information based on the apparatus-side map information, wherein the route searching unit is configured to, when the coincidence determination unit determines that the degree of coincidence is less than a predetermined threshold, execute re-searching for route information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vehicle navigation apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the mobile terminal is external to the vehicle navigation apparatus and physically separate from the vehicle navigation apparatus.