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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Hiroshi Tomita, Anjo Aichi, JP;
Junichiro Igawa, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Tomita, Anjo Aichi, JP;
Junichiro Igawa, Okazaki Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a vehicle is located within the area of coverage of a radio station, a navigation system outputs audio guidance on the basis of traffic information received from the radio station, provided a predetermined audio output condition related to a congested area is satisfied or stores the traffic information in a storage section if the predetermined audio output condition is not satisfied. Then, when the vehicle is located outside of the area of coverage of the radio station, the navigation system outputs the stored traffic information as audio guidance.