Traffic information system comprising a multilingual message generator
First Claim
1. System intended to form and issue messages formed on the basis of digital codes which codes designate each a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow, comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary which correspond each to a different language, and means for calling up certain words from one of the memory areas that corresponds to one language, on the basis of a digital code, and after that from another area that corresponds to another language, so as to display or announce this same word successively in both of the two languages.
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Abstract
An RDS/TMC receiver or a traffic guidance system includes a unit for indicating on a display (10) or by speech synthesis (20, 4, 5) proper names or place names, for example, alternately in the language of the user and in the language of the country the user travels through, while the other words of the message are indicated only in the user'"'"'s language. The translations are found in a memory (23).
The guidance system may be used, for example, a guiding and/or information system for the motorist.
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- 1. System intended to form and issue messages formed on the basis of digital codes which codes designate each a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow, comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary which correspond each to a different language, and means for calling up certain words from one of the memory areas that corresponds to one language, on the basis of a digital code, and after that from another area that corresponds to another language, so as to display or announce this same word successively in both of the two languages.
- 4. System intended to form and issue messages on the basis of digital codes which codes designate each a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow, comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary, each of which corresponding to a different language, and means for calling up at least one word from a memory area that corresponds to one language to be displayed and/or announced, on the basis of a digital code, and from another memory area that corresponds to another language, which depends on the type of this word.
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6. System intended to form and issue messages based on digital codes which codes designate each a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow, comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary, each of which corresponding to a different language, wherein the system comprises means for permitting a user to define a word present in a memory area that corresponds to one language, means for calling up, on the basis of the word thus defined, a corresponding word from another memory area that contains another language, and means for displaying or announcing the latter word.
- 7. Message generator module intended for a traffic information system, comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary, each corresponding to different language, said module comprising means for forming messages on the basis of digital codes which designate each a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow, and means for calling up certain words from a memory area that corresponds to one language, on the basis of a digital code, and from another area that corresponds to another language, in order to display and/or announce this same word successively in both languages.
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9. Message generator module intended for a traffic information system, comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary, each of which corresponding to a different language, said module comprising:
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means for forming messages on the basis of digital codes which designate each a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow; at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary, each corresponding to a different language; and
means for calling up a word to be displayed and/or announced, on the basis of a digital code, at least one word from a memory area that corresponds to one language, and from another memory area that corresponds to another language, which depends on the type of this word. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. Message generator module intended for a traffic information system comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary, each of which corresponding to a different language, said module comprising means for forming messages on the basis of digital codes, each designating a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow;
- and comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary each corresponding to a different language;
means for calling up, on the basis of a word defined by a user and present in a memory area that corresponds to one language, a corresponding word from another memory area that corresponds to another language; and
means for displaying and/or announcing at least this last word.
- and comprising at least two permanent memory areas of vocabulary each corresponding to a different language;
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12. A system for issuing messages to a user, said system comprising:
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means for forming said messages on the basis of digital codes each designating a vocabulary element relating to a route a user is likely to follow; a first memory for storing vocabulary elements in a first language; a second memory for storing vocabulary elements in a second language; recalling means for selectively recalling vocabulary elements stored in said first memory and for selectively recalling vocabulary elements stored in said second memory; and means for issuing messages containing vocabulary elements from both said first and second memory, whereby said message contains vocabulary elements in at least two languages. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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