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Title:
NAVIGATION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/098958
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An objective of the present invention is to provide a navigation device and method which mitigate user annoyance associated with boundary guidance, and prevent the user from misidentifying a region which the user is moving through. A navigation device according to the present invention comprises: a prefectural border detection means (9) as a boundary detection means for searching on the map in the forward direction of travel of a vehicle (100) as a moving body and detecting a plurality of boundaries (prefectural borders) on the map; and a guidance means (12) as a boundary guidance means for providing comprehensive guidance to a user about the plurality of boundaries (prefectural borders) which are present in a prescribed range, on the basis of the results of the detection in the prefectural border detection means (9).

Inventors:
KINOSHITA RYUSUKE (JP)
KOMATSU NAOMIKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/080280
Publication Date:
July 04, 2013
Filing Date:
December 27, 2011
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
KINOSHITA RYUSUKE (JP)
KOMATSU NAOMIKI (JP)
International Classes:
G01C21/26
Foreign References:
JP2011191211A2011-09-29
JP2010122003A2010-06-03
JP2010038727A2010-02-18
JP2001056232A2001-02-27
JPH10311733A1998-11-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YOSHITAKE Hidetoshi et al. (JP)
Hidetoshi Yoshitake (JP)
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