Navigation device
View Patent ↗A navigational device in which a position is storable by actuating a control element and this position may be input as a driving destination by re-actuating the control element. This simplifies the input of an often frequented driving destination such as a place of residence.
1. A navigational device for navigating a vehicle through a road network, comprising:
a first arrangement to provide a driving route from a starting point to a destination point;
a second arrangement to determine a current vehicle position; and
a control element that is actuatable to store the current vehicle position in a memory arrangement, and that is re-actuatable to input stored position for use as the destination point.
2. The navigational device of claim 1 , wherein the current vehicle position is stored by actuating the control element at least for a specified length of time.
3. The navigational device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a display to display at least one of a place, an address, and a geographical point;
wherein a position of at least one of a selected place, address and geographical point is storable by actuating the control element at least for a predefined length of time.
4. The navigational device of claim 3 , wherein the display is operable to display a map that prominently shows the stored position.
5. The navigational device of claim 1 , wherein a route direction from the current vehicle position to the stored position is automatically started upon input of the stored position as the driving destination.
6. The navigational device of claim 3 , wherein at least one of a distance, a travel time and a direction from the current vehicle position to the stored position is displayable by actuating the control element.
7. The navigational device of claim 1 , wherein the control element includes at least one pushbutton.
8. The navigational device of claim 7 , wherein the control element includes two adjacent buttons, and the control element is actuatable by at least approximately simultaneously actuating the two adjacent buttons.
9. The navigational device of claim 1 , wherein the control element includes a selection area of an operating surface.