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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Yoshimasa Kunimatsu, Aichi-ken, JP;
Chikao Nagasaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masato Nishikawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshihisa Hirano, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Isogai, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An automatic control system is provided that allows a driver to decide whether some or all of an automatic control content for accessory devices for an automobile is to be executed. Trigger information for performing automatic control is detected by a detecting circuit such as a navigation system,and, on the basis of the detected trigger information, control contents are established at a control circuit,, and the established control contents are announced to the driver through the navigation system,and an audio system,. The driver replies to each of the corresponding announced contents (the contents to be automatically controlled) by operating an answer switch,. At the control section,, automatic control is performed in accordance with results of replies from the driver operating the answer switch