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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1998
Tomoki Kubota, Tokyo-to, JP;
Koji Hori, Tokyo-to, JP;
Manabu Mazda, Chiba-ken, JP;
Kazuhide Adachi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kouji Mukai, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
A device is mounted in a vehicle which allows one or more of personified agent or imaginary living body to appear before a driver or passengers in the vehicle for communication therewith. A current status sensor (,) detects predetermined vehicle current status data, and a memory (,) stores study data in response to entry of the latest current status data. One of a plurality of communication programs stored in a program table (,) may be selected in accordance with the current status data and/or the study data. An agent control unit (,) controls activity of the agent in accordance with the selected communication program. The determined agent activity is outputted through a display (,) and a speaker (,) for communication with the driver.