Navigation system with audible route guidance instructions
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle navigation system comprising:
- a database including a plurality of roads;
a position determining system, said position determining system determining a position of the vehicle relative to said plurality of roads;
an input device for selecting a destination from said database;
a route determination system, said system determining a route from said position of the vehicle to said destination via a plurality of maneuvers on said plurality of roads; and
a sound system for projecting an audible maneuver instruction based upon one of said plurality of maneuvers, said sound system projecting said audible maneuver instruction from a first location and a second location and moving said audible maneuver instruction from said first location to said second location during the output of said audible maneuver instruction.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for combining an in-vehicle navigation system with a sound system in a vehicle. The combination permits the navigation system to project audible maneuver instructions to a driver. While projecting the audible maneuver instruction to the driver the vehicle navigation system moves the location of the projection of the maneuver instruction from a first location to a second location. The first location does not coincide with the content of the maneuver instruction and the second location does coincide with the content of the maneuver instruction. Thus, a system is provided wherein the driver perceives the audible maneuver instruction as moving in a direction which coincides with the content of the instruction.
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16 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle navigation system comprising:
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a database including a plurality of roads;
a position determining system, said position determining system determining a position of the vehicle relative to said plurality of roads;
an input device for selecting a destination from said database;
a route determination system, said system determining a route from said position of the vehicle to said destination via a plurality of maneuvers on said plurality of roads; and
a sound system for projecting an audible maneuver instruction based upon one of said plurality of maneuvers, said sound system projecting said audible maneuver instruction from a first location and a second location and moving said audible maneuver instruction from said first location to said second location during the output of said audible maneuver instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for guiding a user of an in-vehicle navigation system along a route, said method comprising the following steps:
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a.) determining a route on a plurality of roads between a starting position and a destination;
b.) selecting a first audible maneuver instruction from a database of audible maneuver instructions based on the route determined in said step a.);
c.) projecting the first audible maneuver instruction from a first location;
d.) moving the first audible maneuver instruction from the first location to a second location based on the content of the first audible maneuver instruction while projecting the first audible maneuver instruction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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