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US 2001/0044694 A1Published application
Navigation device and navigation method
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiko Ukita
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Abstract
A route from a present position of a vehicle to a destination is displayed, the names of intersections existing on the route and the distance to the intersections are also displayed.
Claims16
A navigation device comprising:
- a route searching means which searches a route from a present position of a vehicle to a destination;
- a route guiding means which extracts intersections existing on the route searched by said route searching means and calculates a distance from the present position of the vehicle to each of the intersections;
- and
- a display means which displays the route searched by said route searching means and further displays the distance to each intersection and a name of each intersection extracted by said route guiding means.
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A navigation method comprising the steps of:
- searching a route from a present position of a vehicle to a destination;
- extracting intersections existing on said route;
- calculating a distance from the present position to each intersection;
- and
- displaying the route, the distance to each intersection and the name of each intersection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.