Patent ID: 6175800
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
A route searching device for searching a route from a departure place to a destination, comprising:means for storing a list containing facilities each of which can be indicated as a stopover or destination on the route to be searched by a user, at least one of the facilities being associated with a predetermined road;means for accepting a user's indication of a facility as the stopover or destination on the route to be searched; andsearch means for searching the route from the departure place to the destination in such a manner that when the facility indicated by the user is not associated with a predetermined road in the list, a place on a road in the neighborhood of the facility indicated by the user is set as a place on the route, and when the facility indicated by the user is associated with the predetermined road in the list, a place on the predetermined road in the neighborhood of the facility indicted by the user, is set as a place on the route.