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Destination input device in vehicle navigation system

  • US 6,430,500 B1
  • Filed: 01/06/2000
  • Issued: 08/06/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A destination input device in a vehicle navigation system that determines a drive route from a current position to a destination input by a user, comprising:

  • question output means for outputting a question to a user regarding the user'"'"'s purpose for a drive;

    a first memory storing a plurality of destinations, each of said destinations being classified into one of a plurality of destination groups;

    a second memory storing a plurality of purposes for a drive in relation to said destination groups;

    first input means for inputting an answer to the question, which answer is correlated with plural destination groups in said second memory;

    display control means for determining and displaying a first menu, as one of a plurality of possible menus, in accordance with the answer by the user to said question, said first menu including the destination groups correlated with the answer in said second memory, and for displaying a second menu of specific destinations classified in a destination group selected from said first menu; and

    second input means for selecting one of said destination groups from said first menu and for selecting a specified destination from said second menu.

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