Patent ID: 8265867
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A route search system comprising: a map data storing unit which stores a roadmap data containing, as the attribute of a road, whether the road is a road located within a flat-rate pay area where a fixed fare is charged on a mobile unit transiting the area regardless of the number of times the mobile unit transits the area within a fixed period of time; a position detecting unit which detects the current position of the mobile unit; a flat-rate pay area transit recording unit which stores that the mobile unit has transited the flat-rate pay area, when the current position detected by the position detecting unit came to be on a road located within the flat-rate pay indicated by the attribute of the roadmap data stored in the map data storing unit; an input unit which inputs whether to permit the transit of the flat-rate pay area for each of first and second operation modes separately set by first and second users, the first and second users being different from one another; and a route calculating unit which is programmed to: