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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Reiko Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuzo Maruta, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information apparatus for use in mobile unit, which is mounted on a mobile unit, includes a broadcast receiver receiving a signal containing a station name; a recognition dictionary registering the station name; and a recognition section that, referring to the dictionary, tunes to the station associated with the station name. The apparatus further includes a recognition dictionary update section updating the dictionary in response to signal reception; and a dictionary update deciding section that decides, based on the update mode of the dictionary during updating, if any change occurs between the station transmitting the signal and the update mode, and alters, if change occurs, an update frequency of the dictionary by the dictionary update section in response to a traveling condition of the mobile unit or to a receiving condition of the signal.