Patent ID: 7010427

Claim:
A route guidance system for a vehicle, the route guidance system comprising: a route setting means for setting a guidance route to a destination; a voice guidance means for providing voice guidance of respective guidance landmarks located in the set guidance route before starting driving of the vehicle along the guidance route; an instructing means for requesting an editing operation of a currently guided portion of the guidance route while the voice guidance means is providing the voice guidance of the respective guidance landmarks located in the guidance route set by the route setting means, wherein the currently guided portion of the guidance route corresponds to a current one of the guidance landmarks currently guided by the voice guidance means; a command input means for inputting a voice command, wherein the voice command indicates details of the editing operation, which is requested from the instructing means to edit the currently guided portion of the guidance route; and an editing means for performing the editing operation of the currently guided portion of the guidance route based on the details of the editing operation, which is indicated by the voice command inputted from the command input means.