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US 2003/0171871 A1Published application
Facility searching device, facility searching method, and vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuya Tabata
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Abstract
A facility searching device includes a road selecting unit for selecting an arbitrary road from road data stored in a storage unit, and a road facility searching unit for searching for facilities located along the road selected by the road selection unit. Therefore, the facility searching device can search for facilities located along an arbitrary road by allowing users to select the arbitrary road regardless of whether or not a route is provided.
Claims9
A facility searching device comprising:
- a road selecting means for selecting an arbitrary road from road data stored in a storage means;
- and
- a road facility searching means for searching for facilities located along the arbitrary road selected by said road selection means.
A facility searching method comprising the steps of:
- selecting an arbitrary road from road data stored in a storage means;
- and
- searching for facilities located along the arbitrary road selected in said road selecting step.
A vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus comprising:
- a facility searching device including a road selecting means for selecting an arbitrary road from road data stored in a storage means, and a road facility searching means for searching for facilities located along the arbitrary road selected by said road selection means;
- a vehicle position determination means for determining a current position of a vehicle;
- an input means for inputting information from said facility searching device and information from said vehicle position determination means;
- and
- a display means for displaying the information from said facility searching device and the information from said vehicle position determination means.
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