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Vehicle navigation system

US5155688A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 1990
Grant dateOct 13, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/50
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a vehicle location detecting system having a self-contained type location detecting section for determining the accumulation type location data, a satellite navigation type location detecting section for determining the satellite type location data from satellite navigation data, a synthesizing section calculates synthetic location data from the accumulation type location data and the satellite navigation type location data. An on-road location determining section determines an on-road location of the vehicle in accordance with the synthetic location data and road map data stored in a road map memory. A display sectin displays the on-road location determined by the on-road location determining section.

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