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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Tetsuya Ohishi, Iwaki, JP;
Kiyoto Hiruta, Iwaki, JP;
Tatsuki Nakamura, Iwaki, JP;
Hiroshi Shishido, Iwaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Nemoto, Iwaki, JP;
Koji Hayashida, Iwaki, JP;
Fumio Saito, Leonia, NJ (US);
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A navigation system having a navigation controller includes a voice recognition unit for recognizing a predetermined word from the spoken utterances of a user. It also includes a destination supposition and suggestion unit for predicting an appropriate destination desired by a user, based on a user's speech, and audibly suggests the predicted destination, and destination entry unit. If the suggested destination satisfies a user, the destination entry unit enters into the navigation controller the suggested destination.