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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1985
Fumio Tsujii, Mito, JP;
Yoji Matsuoka, Mito, JP;
Takanori Shibata, Hitachi, JP;
Akira Endo, Mito, JP;
Hiroshi Shirai, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation system for displaying, on a display screen, road map information and running traces of a car superimposed thereon comprises a cathode ray tube for displaying the road map information and information regarding the car running traces and the like, bearing sensors for detecting a running direction of the car, a detector for detecting a running distance of the car by detecting a revolution of the car wheel, and a controller receiving outputs from the bearing sensors and the running distance detector, for computing a current position of the car and selecting road map information corresponding to the current position for display thereof on the cathode ray tube. The controller sets specified circular areas centered on respective crossings on the road map information, detects arrival of the car at an entrance to a specified area, determines an angular difference between an approaching running direction of the car and a destination bearing at the entrance, and gives, on the basis of the determined angular difference, a voice instruction for running of the car at the crossing to the driver.