Patent ID: 6167346
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G01C,G01S

Abstract:
A navigation system carried on a first mobile body, comprising:a time generating means for consecutively generating time data representative of time;a first storing means for storing start position data of a start point and destination data of a destination as title data on a movement of the first mobile body, wherein time data is generated at a desired time interval while the first mobile body moves from the start point to the destination, and position data of a position and direction of the first mobile body at the time represented by the time data;a second storing means for storing bi-dimensional position data on a map;an operating means, wherein said operating means includes:a time interval inputting means to enable an operator to define the desired time interval at which the position data of the moving mobile body is stored, anda first position inputting means to enable the operator to define start point and destination positions for the first mobile body so as to produce said first start position and destination data; anda control means which is operative in response to both of said operating and time generating means for controlling said first and second storing means.