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A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5790975 | Onboard navigational system An onboard navigation system detects a condition that a recognized present position of the vehicle belongs to a map of a peripheral part of a region covered by map data groups recorded on a recording disc. If a changer type driver is used as a player for ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5742923 | Method of correcting distance error of navigation apparatus and navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus displays a present position and an advance direction of a movable body on map information including road position information, and includes a measuring device for detecting a travelling distance and the advance direction and periodi... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5483456 | Navigation system and a method of calculating GPS measuring deviation A navigation system includes: GPS receiving device for receiving satellite information including accuracy information supplied from a plurality of GPS satellites and outputting at least the accuracy information, a measuring position as a receiving point c... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5442559 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus is provided with: a measurement unit for measuring a self-position and outputting self-position data; a memory unit for storing map data which includes crossing data and road data; a map-matching unit, for map-matching the self-posi... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5424953 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus performs operations for detecting and indicating at least the driving direction of a moving vehicle. The apparatus comprises an angular velocity sensor for detecting an angular velocity according to a change in driving direction of ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5404307 | Navigation apparatus with detected angular speed correction A navigation apparatus for detecting and displaying at least an azimuth of a movable body, includes: an angular speed sensor for detecting an angular speed accompanied by the change in the azimuth of the movable body, and outputting angular speed data, wh... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5349530 | Direction detecting device A direction detecting device includes the following elements. A position measurement unit receives an electric wave from a satellite and generates first direction data from the electric wave. A geomagnetic sensor generates second direction data. A memory ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5331563 | Navigation device and direction detection method therefor The navigation device includes vehicle condition discriminating unit for discriminating whether the vehicle is stopped or not, angular velocity detecting unit for detecting change of direction of the vehicle and producing angular velocity data on the basi... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5276451 | Navigation system with navigational data processing A navigation system for use on an automobile, for example, has a GPS positioning device for determining a present position thereof from radio waves transmitted from GPS satellites, and a stand alone type positioning device including an direction sensor an... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5157614 | On-board navigation system capable of switching from music storage medium to map storage medium An on-board navigation apparatus which uses a driver having a changer function to selectively reproduce any of music- and map-containing storage media. When it becomes necessary to read map data during reproduction of a music-containing medium, the curren... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5087919 | On-board navigation apparatus An on-board navigation apparatus having a GPS receiver detects a difference between the current and the previous values of the estimated current position in terms of the longitude and latitude information gained from GPS data. The difference is added to t... | 02/11/1992 |
