Travel guidance device and travel warning announcement device

• US 20050216185A1
• Filed: 05/18/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Industrial Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Industrial Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tamura, Kenji, Takezaki, Manabu
• Application Number:
  US11/131,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20050216185A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• 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: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096888 where input information is obtained using learning systems, e.g. history databases

Abstract

The present invention provides a travel direction device in which a user can listen to voice directions or warning voice direction about a traveling route. The travel direction device according to the present invention sets a direction about the traveling route, and if the user drives the same traveling route a plurality of times, the direction is given less frequently than a number of times the user drives the traveling route. Accordingly, the voice direction is not given all the time, thus not annoying for the user who uses the same route repeatedly. Consequently, the user would not turn off the voice direction function itself, and thus, the voice direction function can be used effectively.

Claims

1. A travel direction device comprising a controlling means for setting a predetermined area centered about a school as one of a plurality of types of school zones depending on type of the school, and giving a warning of cautions for travel when a car drives the road in the set school zone.

2. A travel direction device comprising a controlling means for setting a predetermined area centered about a school as one of a plurality of types of school zones depending on types of roads, and giving a warning of cautions for travel when a car drives the road in the set school zone.

3. A travel direction device comprising a controlling means for setting predetermined area centered about a school as one of a plurality of types of school zones depending on road density surrounding the school, and giving a warning of cautions for travel when a car drives the road in the set school zone.

4. A travel direction device comprising a controlling means for setting predetermined area centered about a school as one of a plurality of types of school zones depending on area division, and giving a warning of cautions for travel when a car drives the road in the set school zone.