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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Tomoki Kubota, Tokyo-to, JP;
Koji Hori, Tokyo-to, JP;
Manabu Mazda, Chiba-ken, JP;
Kazuhide Adachi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for assisting designation of a specific destination in a vehicle navigation system that guides a driver along a scheduled drive route from a current position of a vehicle to a designated destination. A menu selection table describes correlation between current status data (date-and-time-related data, purpose-related data, location-related data, vehicle-related data and user-related data) and “events” such as invitation to restaurants or sightseeing spots. When a specific event is determined by reference to the menu selection table, a personified agent questions the user to confirm if the detected event is to be executed. When the user inputs an affirmative answer, a specific condition to be applicable to retrieval of destination is determined by reference to a condition selection table.