Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America

John Qiu

Padmanaban Kanagaraj

Garrett Laskowski

Katherine Wilbert

Maria Rohrer

A vehicle includes a camera capturing an image of a road sign associated with a road that the vehicle is traveling on. A first processing device is communicatively coupled to the camera and recognizes text characters in the captured image. A second processing device is communicatively coupled to the first processing device and converts the recognized text characters into an electronic speech signal. A loudspeaker is communicatively coupled to the second processing device and converts the electronic speech signal into audible speech that can be heard by the driver of the vehicle.

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Northville, MI, United States of America

John Qiu