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Navigation system to be mounted on vehicles

Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1994-08-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-08-09
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Abstract

Abstract A navigation system to be mounted on a vehicle for carrying out a route search and displaying the searched route. Traffic jam information and the like are obtained by an beacon receiver and an input part inputs time as a driving condition. An ECU executes a predetermined calculation based on map data of a CD-ROM and traffic jam data and to obtain a range and routes reachable within the input time and to display the same. In case of residual fuel as a condition, the reachable range by this fuel is displayed. A display of gasoline stands as information for expanding reachability is also executed. Hence, a driver can plan a driving based on these information. Also, a reachable range within 2 hours is displayed and the use of railways is guided when the driver cannot reach the destination within a predetermined time.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hirota Masaharu
  • 👤 Ito Toru
  • 👤 Endo Norikazu
  • 👤 Nojima Akihiko
  • 👤 Kato Yoshitaka

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 20:08
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962; G08G1/0968; G08G1/096805; G08G1/096827; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/3453; G01C21/3469; G01C21/3492; G01C21/36; G01C21/3697; G08G1/096833; G08G1/096838; G08G1/096844; G08G1/096855; G08G1/096872

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim 56 words
A navigation system to be mounted on a vehicle for carrying out a route search on the basis of map information and displaying the searched route, comprising: reachable place estimating means for estimating reachable places of a route starting from a present position under a predetermined condition; and display means for displaying the reachable places estimated.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 32 words
The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is time and a range reachable in a fixed time from the present position is displayed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is an amount of fuel being carried in the vehicle and a range reachable from the present position using the amount of fuel is displayed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means further includes a kind of destination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 27 words
The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the display of the reachable places in the display means is a display of a reachable range on a map.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 27 words
The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the display of the reachable places in the display means is a display of a reachable route on a map.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 23 words
The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the display of the reachable places in the display means includes a display of reachable points.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 40 words
The navigation system of claim 5, wherein the display of the reachable range in the display means includes a changing of a reduction scale of a display map on the basis of a distance to at least one reachable point.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 30 words
The navigation system of claim 7, wherein the display of the reachable points in the display means is a display of a plurality of points determined in order of reachability.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 30 words
The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the reachable places in the reachable place estimating means is corrected at any time on the basis of dynamic information received while driving.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 81 words
A navigation system to be mounted on a vehicle for carrying out a route search on the basis of map information and displaying the searched route, comprising: reachable place estimating means for estimating reachable places on a route starting from a present position under a predetermined condition; reachable place expanding information receiving means for receiving reachable place expanding information for expanding the reachable places obtained; and display means for displaying the reachable places estimated and the reachable place increasing information received.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 38 words
The navigation system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is time and the reachable place expanding information in the reachable place expanding information receiving means is information about a rest place.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 38 words
The navigation system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is fuel and the reachable place expanding information in the reachable place expanding information receiving means is information about a refuel station.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 34 words
The navigation system of claim 11, wherein the reachable places in the reachable place estimating means is corrected at any time on the basis of dynamic information changing at all times in a driving.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 63 words
A navigation system to be mounted on a vehicle for carrying out a route search on the basis of map information and displaying the searched route, comprising: input means for inputting a destination; reachable place estimating means for estimating reachable places from a present position up to the input destination under a predetermined condition; and display means for displaying the reachable places estimated.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 33 words
The navigation system of claim 15, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is time and possibility reachable to the destination in fixed time from the present position is displayed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 40 words
The navigation system of claim 15, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is an amount of fuel mounted on the vehicle and possibility reachable to the destination from the present position using the fuel is displayed.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 34 words
The navigation system of claim 15, wherein the reachable places in the reachable place estimating means is corrected at any time on the basis of dynamic information changing at all times in a driving.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 87 words
A navigation system to be mounted on a vehicle for carrying out a route search on the basis of map information and displaying the searched route, comprising: input means for inputting a destination; reachable place estimating means for estimating reachable places from a present position up to the input destination under a predetermined condition; reachable place expanding information receiving means for receiving reachable place expanding information for expanding the reachability obtained; and display means for displaying the reachable places estimated and the reachable place expanding information received.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 37 words
The navigation system of claim 19, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is time and the reachable place expanding information in the reachable place expanding information receiving means is information about alternative transportation.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 38 words
The navigation system of claim 19, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is fuel and the reachable place expanding information in the reachable place expanding information receiving means is information about a refuel station.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 41 words
The navigation system of claim 19, wherein the predetermined condition in the reachable place estimating means is fuel and the reachable place expanding information in the reachable place expanding information receiving means is information about a warning of an uneconomic driving.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 34 words
The navigation system of claim 19, wherein the reachable places in the reachable place estimating means is corrected at any time on the basis of dynamic information changing at all times in a driving.

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