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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Nagamune, Tokyo-to, JP;
Hiroshi Miyahara, Tokyo-to, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/134 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/134 ;
Abstract
A communication navigation system includes a server that transmits items of route guidance information to terminal units via a communication network such as the Internet, a processing subsystem, provided in each terminal unit, for determining whether or not the items of route guidance information from the server are necessary, a display subsystem for performing guidance using only one or more items of route guidance information determined to be necessary by the processing subsystem, and a speech output subsystem.