Patent · US Expired

Navigation apparatus, navigation method and automotive vehicles

US6064323A · kind A · utility

30Cited by

9References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Kazuo Ishii · Shizuoka, JP
Eiji Yamamoto · Kodaira, JP
Miyuki Tanaka · Tokyo, JP
Hiroshi Kakuda · Yokohama, JP
Yasuharu Asano · Yokohama, JP
Hiroaki Ogawa · Kariya, JP
Masanori Omote · Rue de l'Église, US
Katsuki Minamino · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 1996
Grant date	May 16, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/0969
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation apparatus and navigation method for an automobile in which a map is visually displayed and a desired destination can be set by speaking the name of such destination. A voice recognition section recognizes the destination and marks it on the map that is being displayed and the best route to the displayed destination is then shown on the map to be followed by the driver of the automobile.

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