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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704260 ; 704270 ;
Abstract
A multiplexed-information receiving apparatus and a navigation system for converting character information as received into speech information for presentation of the information in a voice. The multiplexed-information receiving apparatus includes a receiver-unit for receiving character-multiplexed information, a demultiplexing unit for demultiplexing the character-multiplexed information received by the receiver unit, a speech synthesizing unit for converting character information outputted from the demultiplexing unit into speech information, and a speech output unit for outputting the speech information in a voice signal.