Patent ID: 7636633
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation system that is provided in a vehicle and has a location function to detect a vehicle position of the vehicle and a route guidance function to indicate a route to a destination, the system comprising: a remote control device that allows a driver to manually input an instruction for a vehicle-mounted device; a vibration guiding unit that provides guidance by vibrating the remote control device when the vehicle position approaches a guidance point during execution of the route guidance function; a voice output unit that performs voice guidance during execution of the route guidance function when the vehicle position approaches the guidance point; a detection unit that detects whether or not the driver touches the remote control device; and a stop unit that stops the voice guidance using the voice output unit for the entire duration that the detection unit detects that the driver is touching the remote control device, and thereafter releases the stopped voice guidance when the detection unit detects that the driver is not touching the remote control device.