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Information processing device and travel information voice guidance method

  • US 7,228,229 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2004
  • Issued: 06/05/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information processing device which provides travel information for a moving object through voice guidance, comprising:

  • a song playback portion which outputs song audio signals representing song sounds;

    a travel information generation portion which generates said travel information;

    a song playback judgment portion which, when said travel information is generated by said travel information generation portion, judges whether said song playback portion is outputting said song audio signals; and

    ,a voice guidance output portion which, when said song playback judgment portion judges that said song audio signals are being output, outputs voice guidance audio signals representing said travel information, giving priority over said song audio signals, according to at least either one of an urgency of said travel information generated, and a type of musical phrase in a song for which said song audio signals are currently being output,wherein said voice guidance output portion comprises an urgency judgment portion which judges the urgency of said travel information and a musical phrase type judgment portion which judges the types of musical phrases in the song for which said song audio signals are currently being output.

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