Patent ID: 6253153
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G01C,G06Q

Abstract:
A navigation system for a vehicle, comprising:a controller;a positioning device which specifies a present position of said vehicle and inputs the present position into said controller;an input device through which a vehicle operator inputs a destination into said controller;map data including road information which is read by said controller; andan indicator which indicates information for said vehicle operator and which is controlled by said controller; wherein said controller determines a route between the present position specified by said positioning device and the destination inputted by said vehicle operator through said input device according to said map data, identifies a next intersection to be turned at in said map data, counts a number of guiding intersections to be passed between the present position specified by said positioning device and the next intersection to be turned at according to said map data and said determined route, controls said indicator to indicate a number relating to the counted number, updates said present position during travel of said vehicle, counts an updated number of guiding intersections remaining until said intersection to be turned at, and controls said indicator to indicate said updated number.