公开(公告)号：US5850618A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-15

申请号：US579675

申请日：1995-12-28

申请人： Masahiro Suetsugu ,  Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Hiroaki Kondo

发明人： Masahiro Suetsugu ,  Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Hiroaki Kondo

IPC分类号： G01C21/36 ,  G09B29/10 ,  G06F165/00

CPC分类号： G01C21/3682 ,  G01C21/367 ,  G09B29/106

摘要： Goals desired by a user are searched based on the search reference data that serve as reference for searching the goals, the order of priority of the goals is determined from a relationship between the data of goals and the data of a reference position, and the data of the thus determined order of priority are indicated. Even when the car is running, therefore, the user is allowed to easily select within a short time the goals that conform to his desire with reference to the order of priority. Accordingly, the user can devote himself to driving. When the goals are to be indicated, a map scale is so determined that the goals are indicated in a predetermined number or in a number not less than the predetermined number, and the goals are indicated on the map of this scale. Therefore, the scale of the map picture indicating the goals is automatically so adjusted, and can be easily discerned by the user. Therefore, the user is liberated from the need to manually adjust the reduced scale.

摘要翻译： 基于用作搜索目标的参考的搜索参考数据来搜索用户期望的目标，根据目标数据和参考位置的数据之间的关系确定目标的优先级顺序，并且数据 指示了如此确定的优先顺序。 因此，即使汽车正在运行，使用者能够在短时间内根据优先顺序容易地选择符合他的愿望的目标。 因此，用户可以投入到驾驶中。 当要指示目标时，如此确定地图比例尺，使得目标以预定数量或不少于预定数量的数字指示，并且目标在该比例的地图上指示。 因此，指示目标的地图图像的比例自动如此调整，并且可以容易地被用户识别。 因此，用户被解除了手动调整缩小比例的需要。

公开(公告)号：US5452212A

公开(公告)日：1995-09-19

申请号：US106952

申请日：1993-08-17

申请人： Shoji Yokoyama ,  Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Mitsuhiro Nimura ,  Akimasa Nanba ,  Hiroyoshi Masuda

发明人： Shoji Yokoyama ,  Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Mitsuhiro Nimura ,  Akimasa Nanba ,  Hiroyoshi Masuda

IPC分类号： G01C21/36 ,  G07B15/06 ,  G08G1/0969 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07B15/063 ,  G01C21/3629 ,  G01C21/3644 ,  G01C21/367 ,  G08G1/0969

摘要： A navigation system for use in a vehicle including a route-calculating section and a route guide control section. The route-calculating section searches for an optimum route according to conditions set for the search. The guide control section provides displays necessary to guide the driver of the vehicle, and guides the driver by speech. This guide control has a landmark name-setting section which sets the names of landmarks according to information about the landmarks, the information retrieved from a guidance information storage section according to information about the present position from a present position-determining section. A display section displays a whole route map indicating the selected route according to instructions from the route guidance control section. At the same time, the names of the landmarks are presented on the display section. When the navigation system guides the driver to a destination via a tollway such as a toll highway, the name of an entry/exit interchange connecting to the highway is displayed. This permits the driver to take a familiar route up to this interchange.

摘要翻译： 一种用于车辆的导航系统，包括路线计算部分和路线引导控制部分。 路线计算部根据搜索条件搜索最佳路线。 引导控制部分提供引导车辆驾驶员所必需的显示器，并且通过语音引导驾驶员。 该指南控制具有地标名称设定部，其根据关于地标的信息设定地标的名称，根据与当前位置确定部相关的关于当前位置的信息从引导信息存储部检索到的信息。 显示部根据来自路线引导控制部的指示，显示表示所选择的路线的整个路线图。 同时，地标的名称显示在显示部分。 当导航系统通过收费公路等收费站引导驾驶员到目的地时，显示连接到高速公路的进/出交换机的名称。 这样可以让驾驶员熟悉这条交汇路口。

公开(公告)号：US5652706A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-29

申请号：US494891

申请日：1995-06-26

申请人： Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Mitsuhiro Nimura ,  Shigekazu Ohara ,  Kazuteru Maekawa ,  Hiroyoshi Masuda

发明人： Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Mitsuhiro Nimura ,  Shigekazu Ohara ,  Kazuteru Maekawa ,  Hiroyoshi Masuda

IPC分类号： G01C21/34 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06G7/78 ,  G08G1/123

CPC分类号： G01C21/3415 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0278 ,  G05D1/0259 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D2201/0213

摘要： Geographical, guide or search information and route information are stored in storage sections. An arithmetic section provides a route researching function with preference for the traveling direction of a vehicle. A route-calculating section is provided for re-calculating the route, and a route guide control system is also provided, inclusive of a route deviation-detecting section. The re-calculating section calculates either the shortest route from the point of deviation to the previous route or a new route to the destination. In case of the search of the shortest route to the previous route, the shortest route from the present location to the previous route is searched giving preference to the traveling direction, e.g. avoidance of a U-turn, on the basis of the search information relating to the immediate vicinity of the present location, so that the route to rejoin the previous route can be quickly calculated. In case of search of a new route, the whole route from the present location to the destination is searched, again giving weight to the present traveling direction, on the basis of the search information relating to the area between the present location and the destination, to guide the driver along a new route completely different from the previous one.

摘要翻译： 地理，指导或搜索信息和路线信息存储在存储部分。 运算部提供优先考虑车辆行驶方向的路线研究功能。 提供了一种用于重新计算路线的路线计算部分，并且还提供了路线引导控制系统，包括路线偏离检测部分。 重新计算部分计算从偏离点到先前路线的最短路线或到达目的地的新路线。 在搜索到前一路线的最短路由的情况下，搜索从当前位置到先前路线的最短路线，优选行进方向，例如， 基于与当前位置的紧邻相邻的搜索信息来避免U形转弯，从而可以快速地计算重新加入先前路线的路线。 在搜索新路线的情况下，基于与当前位置和目的地之间的区域相关的搜索信息，搜索从当前位置到目的地的整个路线，再次对当前行进方向给予权重， 引导司机沿着与前一个完全不同的新路线。

公开(公告)号：US06317687B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-13

申请号：US08030481

申请日：1993-03-15

申请人： Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Naokazu Ozaki ,  Kiyohide Kato ,  Naoko Sugiura

发明人： Kyoumi Morimoto ,  Naokazu Ozaki ,  Kiyohide Kato ,  Naoko Sugiura

IPC分类号： G01C2100

CPC分类号： B60R16/0373 ,  G01C21/3629

摘要： A vehicle navigation apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a CDROM (2) for storing all the data required for navigation processing such as maps and voice data, and a buffer (4-1) for accessing CDROM (2) to prepare beforehand a phrase necessary for the navigation guidance. A control device (1) selects appropriate phrases corresponding to the present vehicle position and reads out the selected phrases from the buffer, (4-1) successively, in response to a request signal supplied from a request sensor (7) which is output in response to the driver's request. The thus processed navigation information data is transformed into voice signals through a decoder (4-2) and output from a speaker (5) as a voice response. The control device (1) checks whether or not a phrase prepared in the buffer (4-1) is a frequently used phrase and replaces this phrase with a new phrase if this phrase is not frequently used. Furthermore, the control device (1) sets discriminating flags to the selected phrases and continuously reads out these phrases with the discriminating flags, in a predetermined order, in accordance with the driver's request, so as to execute voice response processing.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的车载导航装置包括：用于存储诸如地图和语音数据的导航处理所需的所有数据的CDROM（2），以及用于访问CDROM（2）以预先准备的缓冲器（4-1） 导航指导所需的短语。 控制装置（1）响应从从请求传感器（7）输出的请求传感器（7）提供的请求信号，依次选择与当前车辆位置对应的适当短语，并从缓冲器中读出所选择的短语，（4-1） 回应司机的要求。 如此处理的导航信息数据通过解码器（4-2）被转换成语音信号，并从扬声器（5）作为语音响应输出。 控制装置（1）检查在缓冲器（4-1）中准备的短语是否是经常使用的短语，并且如果该短语不被频繁使用，则用新短语替换该短语。 此外，控制装置（1）根据驾驶员的请求，以预定的顺序，将识别标志设置为所选择的短语，并以鉴别标志连续地读出这些短语，以便执行语音响应处理。