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NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

  • US 20090306891A1
  • Filed: 05/15/2009
  • Published: 12/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A navigation device, comprising:

  • a display configured to display map information indicating a traveling route of a vehicle including the navigation device;

    a memory configured to store a plurality of sound source files for providing aural information adapted to represent directional changes to be made by the vehicle in accordance with the displayed map information; and

    a controller configured to check the map information and determine a directional change the vehicle is to make in the traveling route of the vehicle, to search the memory for a sound source file corresponding to the determined directional change the vehicle is to make, and to output the sound source file at a preset time before the directional change is to be made to inform a driver of the vehicle about what directional change is upcoming.

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