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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:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Sawada, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3644493 ; 3644495 ; 340990 ; 340995 ;
Abstract
A car navigation system including route judgment means for judging whether an input place name is suitable for a route extending to a destination, and judgment result output means for outputting a judgment result, so that a car can be guided and navigated along a suitable route extending to the destination by inputting a place name written on a road sign or the like. The judgment result is output with a voice message or image display. When plural place names are input, the judgment is made on each of the place names, and the most suitable place name is selected and output.