Patent · US Expired

Navigation system

US4954959A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateDec 27, 1988
Grant dateSep 4, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/3878
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A first external storage device which may be a CD stores data representing standard map of a particular area and that required for guidance, and a second external storage device which may be an IC card stores individual data which cannot be complemented by said data representing the standard map and said guidance data. Since the data is stored in both CD and IC card, the number of data can be reduced. This makes the operation simpler and enables a data that meets the demand of a user to be selectively supplied to the user. In consequence, guided navigation is made possible from any starting point to a destination, and data updating can be made relatively easy.

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