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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshikazu Takeuchi, Tsurugashima, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/78 ;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus which assists traveling of the movable body is provided. The navigation apparatus includes a position detecting device, a route setting device, and a sound outputting device. The position detecting device detects a current position of the movable body. The route setting device sets a route on which the movable body travels. Then the sound outputting device continuously outputs a sound corresponding to the route at least while the movable body is traveling along the route.