Patent ID: 8676499

Claim:
A movement guidance system comprising: a memory that store branch point data; and a controller configured to: set a guidance route for guiding a movement of a movable body; set a guidance branch point on the guidance route, the guidance branch point being a branch point along the guidance route about which guidance will be given; acquire a position and a shape of the guidance branch point from the stored branch point data; acquire a position and a shape of a prior non-guidance branch point from the stored branch point data, the prior non-guidance branch point existing on a departure point side of the guidance route with respect to the guidance branch point, the prior non-guidance branch point being a branch point along the guidance route about which no guidance will be given; determine whether the prior non-guidance branch point is adjacent based on the acquired position and the shape of the guidance branch point and the acquired position and the shape of the prior non-guidance branch point, the prior non-guidance branch point being adjacent when the prior non-guidance branch point exists within a first predetermined distance from the guidance branch point and is connected with a road in a same direction as the guidance branch point; and when it is determined that the prior branch point is adjacent, provide verbal guidance for the guidance branch point that completes at a timing at which the movable body is located at a guidance end point that is located a second predetermined distance before the prior non-guidance branch point, the verbal guidance for the guidance branch point including a phrase indicating that the guidance branch point is a furthestmost branch point in a moving direction of the movable body among a plurality of branch points consecutively existing ahead of the movable body.