NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD
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Abstract
A navigation device or method is configured to identify location information and a route setting method from a recognition result obtained by constantly recognizing user'"'"'s utterance contents, and set a route based on the location information and the route setting method.
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17. A navigation device which includes a position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a mobile object, and which provides route guidance based on the position of the mobile object acquired by the position acquisition unit, and map data,
the navigation device comprising: -
a voice acquisition unit that detects and acquires an inputted voice; a voice recognition unit that constantly recognizes voice data acquired by the voice acquisition unit when the navigation device is activated; a location name storage that stores a place name and a facility name as a location name; a route setting expression storage that stores a route setting expression used when a user performs a route setting; a keyword extraction unit that extracts a location name and a route setting expression from a recognition result of the voice recognition unit by referring to the location name storage and the route setting expression storage; a route setting action storage that stores a route setting action corresponding to the route setting expression in association with the route setting expression; a route setting action acquisition unit that and acquires the corresponding route setting action based on the route setting expression extracted by the keyword extraction unit by referring to the route setting action storage; and a route determination unit that searches for a route to a location identified from the location name extracted by the keyword extraction unit based on the route setting action acquired by the route setting action acquisition unit, and sets the searched route. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A navigation method that includes a step of acquiring a position of a mobile object by a position acquisition unit, and a step of providing route guidance based on the position of the mobile object acquired by the position acquisition unit, and map data,
the navigation method comprising: -
a step of detecting and acquiring an inputted voice by a voice acquisition unit; a step of recognizing constantly voice data acquired by the voice acquisition unit by the voice recognition unit when the navigation device is activated; a step of storing a place name and a facility name as a location name by a location name storage; a step of storing a route setting expression used when a user performs a route setting by a route setting expression storage; a step of extracting a location name and a route setting expression from a recognition result of the voice recognition unit by referring to the location name storage and the route setting expression storage by a keyword extraction unit; a step of storing a route setting action corresponding to the route setting expression in association with the route setting expression by a route setting action storage; a step of acquiring a corresponding route setting action by a route setting action acquisition unit, based on the route setting expression extracted by the keyword extraction unit, by referring to the route setting action storage; and a step of searching for a route to a location identified from the location name extracted by the keyword extraction unit based on the route setting action acquired by the route setting action acquisition unit, and sets the searched route.
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