Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Navigation – Employing position determining equipment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-23
2005-08-23
Hernandez, Olga (Department: 2144)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Navigation
Employing position determining equipment
C701S208000, C701S200000, C701S023000, C701S025000, C701S028000, C340S988000, C340S990000, C340S995190, C073S17800T
Reexamination Certificate
active
06934628
ABSTRACT:
The technology comprises a CD/DVD-ROM controller for storing in advance the map information to show the names of roads and facilities located in respective areas, a current position detector for detecting the current position of the vehicle, a position specification section for specifying any position on the map, a retrieval section for retrieving facilities of a plurality of genres around a specified position based on the map information, an extraction section for extracting retrieved facilities in increasing order of distance to the specified position, a display10for displaying extracted facilities on the map based on the map information, a route setting section42for calculating/setting the route from the current position to a destination based on the map information by selecting any one of the displayed facilities as the destination, and a guidance section for guiding the vehicle along the specified route.
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Clarion Co. Ltd.
Hernandez Olga
McGinn & Gibb PLLC
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