Car Navigation System Car navigation systems are rapidly becoming highly advanced information and communication terminals offering a range of new services for car users. DENSO, with its technological expertise in almost all areas of automobiles as well as communications, is at the forefront of this evolution.

DENSO now supplies advanced navigation systems to markets in more than 30 countries.

DENSO navigation systems provide guidance tailored to each country’s road conditions, and operate accurately in any environmental and driving conditions. Through DENSO navigation systems, drivers can easily operate other systems such as a car air conditioner and audio equipment.

DENSO is striving to improve navigation systems to comply with drivers’ and car manufacturers’ needs.

Product types

• Navigation system with a separate display and navigation ECU
  
• Audio visual navigation system with an integrated display and navigation ECU
  
• Radio wave beacon for Japan’s vehicle information and communication system (VICS)
  
• Related equipment including GPS antenna, VICS module and data communication module

DENSO Technology – Leading the World

• In 1987, DENSO launched a car navigation system using digitized map data stored in on-board CD-ROMs.
  
• The car navigation system DENSO introduced in 1991 performed the world’s first route guidance – showing the route from your position to your destination.
  
• In 1995, DENSO launched the world’s first navigation system that could access information externally using a cellular phone.
  
• In 1997, DENSO began using a hard disc for the car navigation system.
  
• In 2003, DENSO launched the world’s first software that used Bluetooth wireless technology to wirelessly connect car navigation systems and cell phones.

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