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Title:
NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF SEARCHING ROUTE BY THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/081157
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are navigation technologies capable of preferentially guiding a vehicle to a route of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met. A navigation device is provided with a memory means for storing lane information including the presence or absence of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met (hereinafter referred to as a conditional lane), a conditional-lane determining means for determining whether a vehicle equipped with the navigation device meets the conditions for driving in the conditional lane, and a route searching means for searching a recommended route to a destination, wherein said route searching means uses lane information to preferentially search for a route which utilizes a road including the conditional lane, when the conditional-lane determining means determines that the aforementioned conditions are met.

Inventors:
SUMIZAWA AKIO (JP)
HAYASHI ARATA (JP)
FUJIWARA HIDEO (JP)
KURIHARA SATOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2010/073616
Publication Date:
July 07, 2011
Filing Date:
December 27, 2010
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Assignee:
CLARION CO LTD (JP)
SUMIZAWA AKIO (JP)
HAYASHI ARATA (JP)
FUJIWARA HIDEO (JP)
KURIHARA SATOSHI (JP)
International Classes:
G01C21/00
Foreign References:
JP2008209422A2008-09-11
JP2005061988A2005-03-10
JP2001183159A2001-07-06
JP2009162740A2009-07-23
JP2009126418A2009-06-11
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shoyo Intellectual Property Firm (JP)
Patent business corporation SHOYO Intellectual Property Firm (JP)
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