Patent ID: 7487038
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation device that is capable of managing path information, the device comprising: a data transmission-reception portion sending data to a portable terminal, and receiving data from the portable terminal; an address list cooperation portion receiving address list data from the portable terminal and managing the received address list data; a schedule cooperation portion receiving schedule data from the portable terminal and managing the received schedule data; a candidate location specifying information recording portion searching and extracting, from the address list data, one or more pieces of candidate location information specifying a location corresponding to a schedule item contained in the schedule data and recording the extracted one or more pieces of candidate location specifying information; a position specifying information obtaining portion obtaining one or more of pieces of position specifying information that specifies a position of a destination or a location on a path that corresponds to each piece of the recorded one or more pieces of candidate location specifying information; a selecting portion selecting one piece of position specifying information from among the obtained one or more pieces of position specifying information; and a path managing portion determining the position of the destination or the location on the path in accordance with the selected one piece of position specifying information and managing the path information.