Patent ID: 7933715
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G01C,G09B

Abstract:
1. A navigation device which guides a mobile body on the basis of communication with a navigation server, comprising: a first processing unit which recognizes a departure position and a destination position of the mobile body, and which sets and outputs a first navigation route for guiding the mobile body to the destination position; and a second processing unit which makes the navigation server recognize the departure position and the destination position of the mobile body on the basis of communication with the navigation server, which recognizes individual link constituting a support route set by the navigation server for guiding the mobile body to the destination position, and which sets and outputs a second navigation route for guiding the mobile body to the destination position on the basis of individual link; wherein the second processing unit sets and outputs the second navigation route including a part of the first navigation route taking a position departing from the current position of the mobile body by a first distance as a terminal point, in a condition where the first navigation route is set by the first processing unit, and wherein the first processing unit determines whether or not the mobile body is traveling before the second processing unit sets the second navigation route, and sets the first navigation route on condition that it is determined that the mobile body is traveling.