NAVIGATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD

• US 20150294664A1
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KURATA, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 10,539,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence

Abstract

A navigation device includes: an acquisition section for acquiring plurality of updated content introductory information each representing the latest updated content in a predetermined web site based on user'"'"'s preference information; a detection section for detecting surrounding position information covering an area around the current position from large number of position information stored in a predetermined storage section; and a search section for searching for particular updated content introductory information corresponding to the surrounding position information detected by the detection section as surrounding updated content introductory information from the plurality of updated content introductory information acquired by the acquisition section.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

transmit user preference information to a server,

receive content information based on the transmitted user preference information,

extract text information from the received content information, and

convert the extracted text information to voice information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a touch panel configured to receive input of the user preference information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a speaker configured to output the voice information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the speaker is further configured to output the voice information in chronological order of update date and time of the content information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the speaker is further configured to output one of a title and a summary of the content information as the voice information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a speaker configured to output the voice information that is associated with the content information; and

a display configured to display a title and a summary of the content information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the circuitry receives the content information in response to a user input.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display configured to display a current location of the information processing apparatus.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display configured to display a current location of the information processing apparatus, and display game or event information of a game or event occurring in a physical location associated with the current location.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the circuitry is further configured to receive content information corresponding to a selected destination.

12. A method for an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting user preference information to a server;

receiving content information based on the transmitted user preference information;

extracting text information from the received content information; and

converting the extracted text information to voice information.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, via a touch panel, input of the user preference information.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

outputting, via a speaker, the voice information.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

outputting, via a speaker, the voice information in chronological order of update date and time of the content information.

16. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

outputting, via the speaker, one of a title and a summary of the content information as the voice information.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

outputting, via a speaker, the voice information that is associated with the content information; and

displaying, via a display, a title and a summary of the content information.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein

the receiving receives the content information in response to a user input.

19. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying, via a display, a current location of the information processing apparatus.

20. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying, via a display, a current location of the information processing apparatus; and

displaying, via the display, game or event information of a game or event occurring in a physical location associated with the current location.

21. The method according to claim 12, wherein

the receiving receives content information corresponding to a selected destination.