Apparatus for and method of controlling vehicular systems while travelling

Patent 6009374 Issued on December 28, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 11, 2016. 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.

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Inventor

Urahashi, Kazuyoshi

Application

No. 730669 filed on 10/11/1996

US Classes:

701/209, Including route searching or determining device340/988, VEHICLE POSITION INDICATION701/200, NAVIGATION701/208For use in a map data base system

Examiners

Primary: Cuchlinski, William A. Jr.
Assistant: Donnelly, Arthur D.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, LLP

Foreign Patent References

59-200847 JP. 11/12/1984
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International Class

G06F 165/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-10-24 JP

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted travel control system including a navigation system control section which controls a storage section, a position detection section for detecting the present position of the vehicle, a course decision section for deciding an intended travel course of the vehicle. The travel control system also includes a central control section for managing control sections based on information of various sensors installed in the vehicle. The system also includes a terminal device which is connected to the navigation system control section and the central control section. The terminal device is adapted to determine at least one predetermined time responsive to an actual vehicle speed based on actual vehicle speed information transferred from said central control section, and the navigation system control section is adapted to determine an intended travel position after elapse of a predetermined time with reference to the present position of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed and predetermined time transferred from the terminal device.