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Title:
NAVIGATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013072745
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a navigation device for vehicle capable of presenting the location of sea to a user when a tsunami warning is issued and enabling the user to evacuate in an appropriate direction.

A navigation device for vehicle includes: a current position detection part for detecting a current position of a vehicle; a map information storage part for storing map information which includes sea area information; a display part for displaying a map image based on the current position information and the map information; a sea area detection part for detecting the nearest sea area from the current position on the basis of the sea area information; a tsunami information receiving part for receiving tsunami information; and a scale changing part which changes the scale of the map image when the tsunami information is received, in such a manner that the current position and the detected sea area are displayed in the display part.


Inventors:
SAKAI KEN
OKADA KAZUYA
Application Number:
JP2011211832A
Publication Date:
April 22, 2013
Filing Date:
September 28, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SANYO ELECTRIC CO
International Classes:
G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G08B27/00; G09B29/00; G09B29/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaaki Ohashi