IP Library Granted Patent US 8,306,730
Granted Patent B2
US 8,306,730 · App. 13/067,333 · Granted Nov 6, 2012

Navigation system

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,306,730
App. No.
13/067,333
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A navigation system includes: a map information acquiring unit for acquiring map information; an HOV lane decision unit for deciding whether an HOV lane is included in a road represented by the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit or not; a road number processing unit for performing, when the HOV lane decision unit decides that the HOV lane is included, processing of adding information representing the HOV lane to a road number of the road including the HOV lane; and a display processing unit or a voice information unit for causing the road number passing through the processing by the road number processing unit to be displayed on the guide map or output in voice.

Claims (12)

1. A navigation system comprising:

a map information acquiring unit for acquiring map information;

an HOV lane decision unit for deciding whether an HOV lane is included in a road represented by the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit or not;

an HOV lane entrance/exit extracting unit for extracting, when the HOV lane decision unit decides that the HOV lane is included, an entrance/exit section between a lane other than the HOV lane and the HOV lane;

a following vehicle detecting unit for detecting presence or absence of a following vehicle traveling in a lane which is adjacent to a current lane and to which a lane change is to be made; and

a guidance unit for giving information in accordance with the presence or absence of the following vehicle detected by the following vehicle detecting unit in the HOV lane entrance/exit section extracted by the HOV lane entrance/exit extracting unit.

2. A navigation system comprising:

a map information acquiring unit for acquiring map information;

an HOV lane decision unit for deciding whether an HOV lane is included in a road represented by the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit or not;

a vehicle information extracting unit for extracting vehicle information including information indicating a type or a size of a vehicle;

a control unit for making a passable/impassable decision of the HOV lane from the vehicle information extracted by the vehicle information extracting unit when the HOV lane decision unit decides that the HOV lane is included; and

a guidance unit for giving information in accordance with the passable/impassable decision about the HOV lane made by the control unit.

Assignments (1)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
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