Patent ID: 6941222
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A navigation system comprising: a receiving device which receives current position information used for measuring a current position of a mobile body; a recognizing device which recognizes the current position of the mobile body based on the received current position information; a database which stores destination point information including at least one of position information about a position of a destination point that was set in the past and route information about a route along which the mobile body traveled up to a destination point that was set in the past; a predicting device which predicts a destination point towards which the mobile body is currently heading based on the recognized current position of the mobile body and the destination point information stored in the database; and a notifying device which gives notification of the destination point towards which the mobile body is currently heading that has been predicted by the predicting device. wherein: the predicting device predicts the destination point towards which the mobile body is currently heading using additional information that includes at least information on a date and time when the mobile body is moving as a condition for the prediction.