Navigation system and method for vehicles
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1. A navigation system for vehicles comprising:
- a location detector section for detecting a location of a vehicle;
a mapping data memory section for memorizing mapping data including various kinds of facility information;
an input section;
a facility search section for determining a facility to be searched according to a character string inputted from said input section and for retrieving facility information of the facility to be searched from said mapping data memory section; and
a display section for displaying a location of the vehicle and the facility information outputted from said facility search section;
wherein said facility search section includes a fuzziness interpretation section for converting any fuzzy search word included in the inputted character string into a defined condition, and extracts and outputs a target facility using the facility information of said facility to be searched on the basis of the defined condition.
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Abstract
A navigation system for vehicles which extracts a target facility by conducting a search using fuzzy search words inputted by a user. A facility search section 13 includes a fuzziness interpretation section 131 for converting any fuzzy search word included in the inputted character string into a defined condition (quantified criterion) and retrieves target facility using facility information of the facility to be searched on the basis of the defined condition.
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16 Claims
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1. A navigation system for vehicles comprising:
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a location detector section for detecting a location of a vehicle;
a mapping data memory section for memorizing mapping data including various kinds of facility information;
an input section;
a facility search section for determining a facility to be searched according to a character string inputted from said input section and for retrieving facility information of the facility to be searched from said mapping data memory section; and
a display section for displaying a location of the vehicle and the facility information outputted from said facility search section;
wherein said facility search section includes a fuzziness interpretation section for converting any fuzzy search word included in the inputted character string into a defined condition, and extracts and outputs a target facility using the facility information of said facility to be searched on the basis of the defined condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for inputting data into a navigation system for vehicles, the steps comprising:
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inputting a character string;
determining a facility to be searched according to said inputting character string;
retrieving facility information of the facility to be searched from a mapping data memory section; and
displaying a location of said vehicle and said facility information, wherein a fuzziness interpretation section converts any fuzzy search word included in said inputted character string into a defined condition, and extracts and outputs a target facility using said facility information on the basis of said defined condition. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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