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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shoji Yokoyama, Anjo, JP;
Kyomi Morimoto, Nishio, JP;
Akimasa Nanba, Chiryu, JP;
Kiyohide Katoh, Chiryu, JP;
Kenji Kuroda, Sabae, JP;
Hiroshi Kishi, Toyota, JP;
Toru Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364449 ; 364444 ; 340990 ; 340995 ;
Abstract
In a vehicle navigation system, when a voice control part, which is displayed on a screen, is switched off, a voice control part inhibits voice guidance from being output to a speaker. Now, if a current-location/guide selection key is operated, the voice control part creates voice guidance according to the operation of the selection key and outputs the voice guidance from the speaker. With this navigation system, aural route guiding is possible only at the driver's request.