Position recognition device

• US 6,205,399 B1
• Filed: 02/24/1999
• Issued: 03/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (MinebeaMitsumi Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (MinebeaMitsumi Inc.)
• Inventors: Kurokawa, Takayuki, Ogino, Toshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAN QUANG
• Application Number:
  US09/256,828
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: 701/207, 701/210, 701/211, 701/213, 340/990, 340/995, 340/996
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• 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: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

A position recognition device that outputs data according to a position has a GPS unit for detecting position, an audio input/output unit for inputting and outputting audio and a memory unit for storing data. Audio data as well as corresponding position data are combined, recorded and stored in the memory unit. When a present position as measured by the GPS unit matches position data stored with the audio data, the position recognition device reproduces the audio data corresponding to the position, making it possible to output essential data at the position.

Claims

1. A position recognition device comprising:

means for imputting position data;

means for inputting audio data;

means for recording data,

wherein the means for recording data together records the audio data input by the means for inputting audio data and the position data input by the means for inputting position data onto a recording medium that does not comprise an optical disk.

2. The position recognition device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for inputting position data comprises means for detecting a present position.

3. The position recognition device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the means for detecting position comprises a GPS system.

4. The position recognition device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the means for recording data records present position data detected by the means for detecting position together with the audio data when the audio data is input by the means for inputting audio data.

5. The position recognition device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising means for reproducing audio data when present position data detected by the means for detecting position matches the position data recorded together with the audio data by the means for recording data.

6. The position recognition device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for inputting position data comprises means for displaying the position data.