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Patent No.:

US 6591172 B1

Date of Patent:

Jul. 08, 2003

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2002

Automatic vehicle guidance system, control apparatus in automatic vehicle guidance system, automatic vehicle guidance method, and computer-readable data recorded medium in which automatic vehicle guidance system program is recorded

Applicant:

Inventors:

Tamami Oda, Tsurugashima, JP;

Tomo Watanabe, Tsurugashima, JP;

Tsuyoshi Sato, Tsurugashima, JP;

Assignee:

Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Richard M Camby

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G05B 1/00 ;

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G05B 1/00 ;

Abstract

An automatic guidance system is comprised of a navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a control server apparatus fixedly installed in an automatic travel control center which controls traveling in an automatic traveling section. The control server apparatus and the navigation apparatus establish a communication line through a mobile communication network. The navigation apparatus makes a search for a route to a destination. If at least part of the automatic traveling section is used in a route set by the search, the automatic traveling section is registered in the control server apparatus through the communication line.

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