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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. 10, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Sakanashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Matsuoka, Fukuoka, JP;
Kouta Okada, Kasuga, JP;
Takayoshi Murahashi, Kasuga, JP;
Keiichi Zenmyo, Nakagawa-machi, JP;
Taro Ura, Kasuga, JP;
Kenichi Nakano, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Ikeda, Dazaifu, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701207 ; 735043 ; 701217 ; 702 87 ; 702 94 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a navigation sppratus for finding a vehicle location by calculating on the basis of an output data of an acceleration detecting means for detecting a vehicle acceleration. The navigation apparatus provides at least one acceleration detecting means for detecting a vehicle acceleration and stop judge means for judging a vehicle stopping state from the output variation of the acceleration detecting means.