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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Shinichi Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Arie, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To use the same onboard apparatus and navigation system in many kinds of vehicles. A table in which manufacturers and vehicle types are connected with designs and functions has been previously stored in a navigation system module. The navigation system moduleitself sends the center controllera query about vehicle information (the country that manufactured, manufacturer, vehicle type, using country, manufacturing number), recognizes the vehicle information supplied from the center controller, and automatically sets the screen design, function, etc., suitable to the vehicle on which the onboard apparatus is mounted.