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Navigational information announcing system for motor vehicle

US4291373A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateJan 19, 1979
Grant dateSep 22, 1981
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Expiry dateJan 19, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F2025/005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A navigation information announcing system for a motor vehicle comprises a tape player, circuitry for measuring the distance actually travelled by the vehicle, circuitry for reproducing distance information pre-recorded on a magnetic tape, and a comparator. A distance indicated by a reproduced datum from a magnetic tape is compared with the distance actually travelled so that the tape player performs a pause operation until the two distances equal each other. When these distances equal each other, the normal playback operation is reestablished so as to reproduce oral information pre-recorded on the magnetic tape, supplying the vehicle driver with directional information.

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