US 8,649,971 B2
NAVIGATION DEVICEGeneral
US 8,649,971 B2
NAVIGATION DEVICE
Tech Center:
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security and License and Review
Examiner:
Muhammad Shafi
Art Unit:
3667 Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
Inventors:
Hiroshi Machino
Assignee:
OPTIMUM VECTOR DYNAMICS LLC
Priority:
08/23/10
Filed:
08/23/10
Granted:
02/11/14
Expiration:
06/28/30
Abstract
A navigation device includes a route searching unit for searching for a whole route leading to a destination via waypoints set by a setting unit, a route guidance unit for carrying out route guidance according to the whole route, an output unit for outputting a message showing that a vehicle has deviated from a route leading to a first next waypoint toward which the vehicle has been heading when the route guidance unit determines that the vehicle has deviated from the route to a predetermined distance or more and is traveling along a route after the first next waypoint, and an input unit for inputting a command indicating whether or not to travel via the first next waypoint in response to the message outputted by the output unit.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G01G01C21/3415G01CG09B29/106G09B