Directional voice-type navigation apparatus
December 3, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesAtomizing pump dispenser Controlling perceived sound source direction Navigation system with capability of instructing running direction Audio speaker system for automotive vehicle Navigation apparatus Vehicle route planning system Automobile navigation system using real time spoken driving instructions Apparatus for expanding and controlling sound fields Patent #: 5305386 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 160785 filed on 12/03/1993US Classes:701/211, Having audio or visual route guidance340/996, Prerecorded message describes position381/86, VEHICLE701/209Including route searching or determining deviceExaminersPrimary: Zanelli, Michael J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 015/50G01C 021/00 Foreign Application Priority Data1992-12-04 JPAbstractA voice-type navigation apparatus is disclosed for giving voice instructions regarding a route to be taken by a vehicle. The instructions are indicated by an audible voice. A memory is provided for storing various voice data for guiding a driver to maintain a route to be traveled by the vehicle. A voice data selection device is provided to select voice data from the memory according to the routes to be maintained. A voice output device audibly outputs the voice data selected by the voice data selection device so that a driver perceives that an audible voice is coming from a particular direction with reference to the driver. The particular direction is determined in accordance with the content of the selected voice data which represents the instruction to be given to the driver regarding the route to be taken by the vehicle. | |
