Patent ID: 6928365
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation apparatus comprising: a current location recognizing section for recognizing the current location of a moving vehicle; a destination recognizing section for recognizing the destination of the moving vehicle; a map information storage section for storing map information including road information relating to the locations of forks and the road to be followed by the moving vehicle from each fork to the next; a route of movement defining section for defining the route of movement to be followed by the moving vehicle from the current location recognized by the current location recognizing section to the destination recognized by the destination recognizing section on the basis of the road information in said map information; a guidance notification section for notifying guidance relating to the movement of the moving vehicle on the basis of the route of movement to be followed as defined by said route of movement defining section and the current location recognized by said current location recognizing section; and a guidance notification control section for controlling the notification by said guidance notification section on the basis of the current road bearing the moving vehicle on said route of movement, the road continuing from the fork located immediately ahead of said moving vehicle in the moving direction of the vehicle, road information relating to the roads from said fork other than the one continuing on said route of movement, and a predetermined number of correlations among the characteristics of the roads.