Directional voice-type navigation apparatus
First Claim
1. A navigation apparatus for giving instructions to a driver regarding a route to be taken by a vehicle, said instructions being indicated as an audible sound, said apparatus comprising:
- memory means for storing direction data for guiding a driver along a route to be traveled by said vehicle; and
sound output means for audibly outputting sound data from data stored by said memory means, so that the resulting sound is perceived by a driver from a direction which coincides with a content of the direction data.
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Abstract
A voice-type navigation apparatus is disclosed for giving voice instructions regarding a route to be taken by a vehicle. The instructions are indicated by an audible voice. A memory is provided for storing various voice data for guiding a driver to maintain a route to be traveled by the vehicle. A voice data selection device is provided to select voice data from the memory according to the routes to be maintained. A voice output device audibly outputs the voice data selected by the voice data selection device so that a driver perceives that an audible voice is coming from a particular direction with reference to the driver. The particular direction is determined in accordance with the content of the selected voice data which represents the instruction to be given to the driver regarding the route to be taken by the vehicle.
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19 Claims
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1. A navigation apparatus for giving instructions to a driver regarding a route to be taken by a vehicle, said instructions being indicated as an audible sound, said apparatus comprising:
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memory means for storing direction data for guiding a driver along a route to be traveled by said vehicle; and sound output means for audibly outputting sound data from data stored by said memory means, so that the resulting sound is perceived by a driver from a direction which coincides with a content of the direction data. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A navigation apparatus for giving instructions to a driver regarding a route to be taken by a vehicle, said instructions being indicated as an audible voice, said apparatus comprising:
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first memory means for storing various voice data for guiding a driver along a route to be traveled by said vehicle; voice data selection means for selecting, from said first memory means, voice data according to a route to be traveled; and voice output means for audibly outputting the voice data selected by said voice data selection means, so that a sound of the audibly output voice data is perceived by a driver as coming from a direction which coincides with an instruction content of the selected voice data. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A voice-type navigation apparatus for providing instructions to a driver of a vehicle, said instructions including audible utterances of directions to the driver regarding a direction in which the vehicle should be driven when the vehicle reaches a next reference location, said navigation apparatus comprising:
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memory means for storing data representative of voice utterances of direction instructions; selection means for selecting various words from the voice utterances stored in said memory means in accordance with a direction in which said vehicle should be driven by a driver of said vehicle when said vehicle reaches the next reference location; and voice output means for audibly outputting one or more of said words selected by said selection means, said voice output means audibly outputting said one or more words at one or more perceived locations with respect to the driver, said one or more perceived locations being chosen and arranged as a function of the direction given by the selected words.
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