Route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus

• US 20050187709A1
• Filed: 01/22/2004
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohdachi, Eriko
• Application Number:
  US10/516,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20050187709A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/211
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3644 Landmark guidance, e.g. using POIs or conspicuous other objects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635

Abstract

The present invention provides a route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus, comprising: speech information inputting means (101) for having route guidance speech information inputted therethrough on the basis of route guidance information guiding a person along a travel route from a starting point to a destination; brief map information inputting means (102) for having route guidance brief map information inputted therethrough on the basis of the route guidance information; route guidance information storage means (103) for storing therein the route guidance speech information and the route guidance brief map information; speech reproducing means (105) for reproducing the route guidance speech information stored in the route guidance information storage means; and display means (106) for displaying a brief map indicative of the travel route on the basis of the route guidance brief map information stored in the route guidance information storage means, thereby accurately storing and reproducing route guidance-information.

Claims

1. A route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus, comprising:

speech information inputting means for having route guidance speech information inputted therethrough on the basis of route guidance information guiding a person along a travel route from a starting point to a destination;

brief map information inputting means for having route guidance brief map information inputted therethrough on the basis of said route guidance information;

route guidance information storage means for storing therein said route guidance speech information and said route guidance brief map information;

speech reproducing means for reproducing said route guidance speech information stored in said route guidance information storage means; and

display means for displaying a brief map indicative of said travel route on the basis of said route guidance brief map information stored in said route guidance information storage means.

2. A route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises:

speech signal receiving means for receiving first route guidance speech information by wireless; and

speech inputting means for inputting second route guidance speech information by voice; and

in which

said speech information inputting means is operative to have at least one of said first route guidance speech information and said second route guidance speech information inputted therethrough.

3. A route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising transmitting means for transmitting said route guidance brief map information stored in said route guidance information storage means to some other apparatus.

4. A route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 3, in which

said transmitting means is operative to transmit said route guidance speech information stored in said route guidance information storage means.

5. A route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, in which

said display means includes a magnification modification section for modifying the contraction scale of said brief map.

6. A route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, in which

said display means includes a scrolling section for scrolling said brief map.

7. A route guidance information storing and reproducing system, comprising

a route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 1;

and

a communication apparatus comprising transmitting means for transmitting route guidance speech information to said speech information inputting means of said route guidance information storing and reproducing apparatus.

8. A route guidance information storing and reproducing method, comprising:

a speech information inputting step of inputting route guidance speech information on the basis of route guidance information guiding a person along a travel route from a starting point to a destination;

a brief map information inputting step of inputting route guidance brief map information on the basis of said route guidance information;

a route guidance information storage step of storing therein said route guidance speech information and said route guidance brief map information; and

a speech reproducing step of reproducing said route guidance speech information stored in said route guidance information storage step.

9. A route guidance information storing and reproducing method, comprising:

a speech information inputting step of inputting route guidance speech information on the basis of route guidance information guiding a person along a travel route from a staring point to a destination;

a brief map information inputting step of inputting route guidance brief map information on the basis of said route guidance information;

a route guidance information storage step of storing therein said route guidance speech information and said route guidance brief map information; and

a display step of displaying a brief map indicative of said travel route on the basis of said route guidance brief map information stored in aid route guidance information storage step.

10. A route guidance information storing and reproducing program executable by a computer to perform:

a speech information inputting step of inputting route guidance speech information on the basis of route guidance information guiding a person along a travel route from a starting point to a destination;

a brief map information inputting step of inputting route guidance brief map information on the basis of said route guidance information;

a route guidance information storage step of storing therein said route guidance speech information and said route guidance brief map information; and

a speech reproducing step of reproducing said route guidance speech information stored in said route guidance information storage step.

11. A route guidance information storing and reproducing program executable by a computer to perform:

a speech information inputting step of inputting route guidance speech information on the basis of route guidance information guiding a person along a travel route from a starting point to a destination;

a brief map information inputting step of inputting route guidance brief map information on the basis of said route guidance information;

a route guidance information storage step of storing therein said route guidance speech information and said route guidance brief map information; and

a display step of displaying a brief map indicative of said travel route on the basis of said route guidance brief map information stored in said route guidance information storage step.

12. A route guidance information storing and reproducing program executable by a computer as set forth in claim 10, in which

said speech information inputting step has a step of inputting speech information from at least one of a party transmitting said route guidance information and a party receiving said route guidance information.

13. A route guidance information storing and reproducing program executable by a computer as set forth in claim 11, in which

said speech information inputting step has a step of inputting speech information from at least one of a party transmitting said route guidance information and a party receiving said route guidance information.