IP Library Granted Patent US 6,909,967
Granted Patent B2
US 6,909,967 · App. 10/466,084 · Granted Jun 21, 2005

Navigation device and route retrieving device

Assignee: Xanavi Informatics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 6,909,967
App. No.
10/466,084
Granted
Jun 21, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A navigation device includes: a display device which displays a map; a route search device which searches a route based upon a departure location, an enroute location, and a destination location which have been inputted; an enroute location addition device which adds the enroute location with an enroute location addition screen which is displayed upon the display device; and a display control device which displays the enroute location addition screen with the map upon the display device.

Claims (19)

1. A navigation device, comprising:

a display device;

a route search device which searches a route based upon a departure location, an enroute location, and a destination location which have been inputted;

a display control device which displays a map and an enroute location addition screen for addition of an enroute location upon the display device; and

an enroute location addition device which adds an enroute location with the enroute location addition screen which is being displayed upon the display device, the enroute location addition screen including a display which shows a departure location, a display which shows a destination location, and a display of a plurality of enroute location addition fields between the display which shows the departure location and the display which shows the destination location;

a designation device which designates a specified around point upon the map;

a selection device which selects any one of a plurality of enroute location addition fields which are provided upon the enroute location addition screen; and

an addition control device which adds the specified around point which has been designated by the designation device to the enroute location addition field which has been selected by the selection device, with the map and the enroute location addition screen being displayed upon the display device.

2. A navigation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a map scale change designation device which designates scale change of the map; and

a scale change device which changes the scale of the map which is being displayed upon the display device, when scale change designation has been performed by the map scale change designation device while the map and the enroute location addition screen are being displayed upon the display device.

3. A navigation device, comprising:

a display device:

a route search device which searches a route based upon a departure location, an enroute location, and a destination location which have been imputed;

a display control device which displays a map and an enroute location addition screen for addition of an enroute location upon the display device;

an enroute location addition device which adds an enroute location with the enroute location addition screen which is being displayed upon the display device; and

a designation device which designates a specified ground point upon the map, wherein:

the enroute location addition screen includes a display which shows a departure location, a display which shows a destination location, and a display of a plurality of enroute location addition fields between the display which shows the departure location and the display which shows the destination location; and

the display control device, along with displaying the map upon the display device, before displaying the enroute location addition screen, displays a display screen which inquires whether the ground point which has been designated by the designation device is to be a destination location or an enroute location, and displays the enroute location addition screen when it has been selected to be an enroute location.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: CLARION CO., LTD.
To: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073914/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: NEONAV LLC
Reel/Frame 073915/0232 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 8, 2014
From: XANAVI INFORMATICS CORPORATION
To: CLARION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032631/0424 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2003
From: HIRANO, HIDEAKI; ISHIKAWA, KAZUAKI; KOGA, KOSUKE; TAKEHARA, NOBUYUKI
To: XANAVI INFORMATICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014714/0802 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-004248 · Jan 11, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040064250A1 · Apr 1, 2004