Navigation apparatus, method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8990016-B2
Application number	US-87808907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2007
Priority date	Jul 27, 2006
Publication date	Mar 24, 2015
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015

Abstract

A navigation apparatus, method, and program store map/road data including information on parking lots, provide position information on a position of the vehicle, and output guidance information. The apparatus, method, and program process the position information and the map/road data to generate guidance information, and make a first determination whether the vehicle enters a first threshold area around a target destination. The apparatus, method, and program make, in response to the first determination, a second determination that the vehicle has not been parked before a parking notification output condition is fulfilled and output parking notification information on the output unit in response to the second determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A navigation apparatus for providing guidance to a vehicle user, comprising:
a memory that stores map/road data including information on parking lots;
a sensor unit that provides position information on a position of the vehicle;
an output unit that outputs guidance information; and
a controller that:
processes the position information and the map/road data to generate guidance information;
makes a first determination whether the vehicle enters a fi…

Assignees

• Kashalkar Sanjay
• Aisin Aw Co

Inventors

• Kashalkar Sanjay

Classifications

• G01C21/3679 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01C21/3605

  Physics · mapped topic