Patent ID: 8965697
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation device which includes a position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a mobile object, and which provides route guidance based on the position of the mobile object acquired by the position acquisition unit, and map data, the navigation device comprising: a voice acquisition unit that detects and acquires an inputted voice; a voice recognition unit that constantly recognizes voice data acquired by the voice acquisition unit when the navigation device is activated; a location name storage that stores a place name and a facility name as a location name; a route setting expression storage that stores a route setting expression used when a user performs a route setting; a keyword extraction unit that extracts a location name and a route setting expression from a recognition result of the voice recognition unit by referring to the location name storage and the route setting expression storage; a route setting action storage that stores a route setting action corresponding to the route setting expression in association with the route setting expression; a route setting action acquisition unit that and acquires the corresponding route setting action based on the route setting expression extracted by the keyword extraction unit by referring to the route setting action storage; a route determination unit that searches for a route to a location identified from the location name extracted by the keyword extraction unit based on the route setting action acquired by the route setting action acquisition unit, and sets the searched route; and a location identification unit that, when there exist the plurality of locations identified from the specific location name extracted by the keyword extraction unit, identifies the location at one place from the plurality of locations, wherein the route determination unit searches for the route to the location identified by the location identification unit based on the route setting action acquired by the route setting action acquisition unit, and sets the searched route.