Navigation system and program for the same
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorKengo Hayashi
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Abstract
A navigation system for use in a subject vehicle for organizing a navigation instruction of a navigation route toward a destination in map data includes a closeness determination function for determining that a current position of the subject vehicle from the destination is a predetermined range, and a partial route audio navigation provision function for collectively providing the navigation instruction in an audible manner from the current position of the subject vehicle to the destination based on determination by the closeness determination function.
Claims9
A navigation system for use in a subject vehicle for organizing a navigation instruction of a navigation route toward a destination in map data comprising:
- a closeness determination means for determining that a current position of the subject vehicle from the destination is within a predetermined range;
- a partial route audio navigation provision means for collectively providing the navigation instruction in an audible manner from the current position of the subject vehicle to the destination based on determination by the closeness determination means;
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- a route calculation means for calculating a plurality of navigation routes to the destination from the current position within the predetermined range of the destination and for identifying the navigation route from among the plurality of navigation routes having a lowest audio navigation cost, the audio navigation cost representing a degree of difficulty in provisioning navigation instructions in an audible manner;
- wherein the partial route audio navigation provision means collectively provides the navigation instructions in the audible manner for the identified navigation route.
A navigation system comprising:
- a navigation route evaluation means for determining a navigation route having a lower audio navigation cost in comparison with a plurality of the navigation routes toward a destination, wherein the audio navigation cost represents evaluation of difficulty of provision of navigation instructions in an audible manner;
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- a navigation instruction provision means for providing the navigation instructions for the navigation route determined by the navigation route evaluation means.
A computer program for a navigation system comprising a computer usable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling generation of a control program in a computer, the computer program logic comprising:
- a closeness determination procedure for determining that a current position of the subject vehicle from the destination is a predetermined range;
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- an audio navigation provision procedure for collectively providing the navigation instruction in an audible manner from the current position to the destination based on determination by the closeness determination procedure;
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- a route calculation procedure for calculating a plurality of navigation routes to the destination from the current position within the predetermined range of the destination and for identifying the navigation route from among the plurality of navigation routes having a lowest audio navigation cost, the audio navigation cost representing a degree of difficulty in provisioning navigation instructions in an audible manner;
- wherein the audio navigation provision procedure collectively provides the navigation instructions in the audible manner for the identified navigation route.
A program for a navigation system comprising a computer usable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling generation of a control program in a computer, the computer program logic comprising:
- a navigation route evaluation procedure for determining a navigation route having a lower audio navigation cost in comparison with a plurality of the navigation routes toward a destination, wherein the audio navigation cost represents evaluation of difficulty of provision of navigation instructions in an audible manner;
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- a navigation instruction provision procedure for providing the navigation instructions for the navigation route determined by the navigation route evaluation procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.