Navigation system for vehicles and waypoint entering and storage method

Claim 2

A navigation system for vehicles, comprising: input means for inputting any desired point by marking a point on a displayed map; storage means for storing a data relating to the displayed map; position coordinates calculating means for calculating position coordinates of the desired point on the map input by said input means; street name searching means for selecting a street based on a distance from the calculated position coordinates of the desired point, to a street in the vicinity of the desired point, and searching for the selected street name from the map data stored in the storage means; registration means for registering the desired point by associating the street name searched by said street name searching means with the position coordinates calculated by said position coordinates calculating means; display means for displaying the street name registered by said registration means in response to a request of a user; and destination setting means for setting the position coordinates registered by associating with the street name displayed by said display means as coordinates of the destination.

Claim 3

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 1, wherein said street name searching means searches for a name of a street nearest to the position coordinates of any desired point input by said input means from said storage means.

Claim 4

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 2, wherein said street name searching means calculates a distance from the input point to the street by drawing a perpendicular line from the input point to the street.

Claim 5

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 3, wherein said street name searching means searches for a structure related to any desired point input by said input means under the condition that the street name could not be found, and said registration means registers a name of the searched structure.

Claim 6

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 4, wherein said registration means registers position coordinates of the input point under the condition that said searching means could not find a structure related to any desired point input by said input means.

Claim 7

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 1, wherein said street name searching means searches for a structure related to any desired point input by said input means under the condition that the street name could not be found, and said registration means registers a name of the searched structure.

Claim 8

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 6, wherein said registration means registers position coordinates of the input point under the condition that said street name searching means could not search a structure related to any desired point inputted by said input means.

Claim 9

A navigation system for vehicles, comprising; input means for inputting any desired point by marking a point on a displayed map; storage means for storing map data and structure configuration map data stored therein; position coordinates calculating means for calculating position coordinates of the desired point on the map input by said input means; searching means for searching for structure configuration map data corresponding to the calculated position coordinates of the desired point from said storage means; registration means for searching for the structure configuration map data stored in said storage means under the condition that said searching means could find the structure, for selecting a street based on a distance from the calculated position coordinates of the desired point, to a street in the vicinity of the desired point, and for searching for the selected street name from the map data stored in the storage means under the condition that said searching means could not find the structure, and for registering the desired point by associating the structure configuration map data or the street name searched by said searching means with the position coordinates calculated by said position coordinates calculating means; display means for displaying the structure configuration map data or the street name registered by said registration means in response to a request of a user; and destination setting means for setting the position coordinates registered by associating with the street name displayed by said display means as coordinates of the destination.

Claim 10

A navigation system for vehicles, comprising; input means for inputting any desired point by marking a point on a displayed map; storage means for storing map data and structure configuration map data stored therein; position coordinates calculating means for calculating position coordinates of the desired point on the map input by said input means; searching means for searching for structure configuration map data corresponding to the calculated position coordinates of the desired point from said storage means; registration means for searching for the structure configuration map data stored in said storage means under the condition that said searching means could find the structure, for selecting a street based on a distance from the calculated position coordinates of the desired point, to a street in the vicinity of the desired point, and for searching for the selected street name from the map data stored in the storage means under the condition that said searching means could not find the structure, and for registering the desired point by associating the structure configuration map data or the street name searched by said searching means with the position coordinates calculated by said position coordinates calculating means; display means for displaying the structure configuration map data or the street name registered by said registration means in response to a request of a user; and destination setting means for setting the position coordinates registered by associating with the street name displayed by said display means as coordinates of the destination.

Claim 11

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 8, wherein said searching means searches for a structure nearest to any desired point input by said input means under the condition that the structure configuration map data or the street name could not be found, and said registration means registers the name of the searched structure.

Claim 12

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 9, wherein said registration means registers position coordinates of the input point under the condition that said searching means could not find a structure related to any desired point input by said input means.

Claim 13

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 8, wherein the structure configuration map data searched for by said searching means is an address of the structure.

Claim 14

The navigation system for vehicles according to claim 11, wherein the address of the structure searched by said searching means is a street name and a street number.