On-vehicle electronic apparatus and information notification method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorAkira Shinada
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Abstract
This invention provides an on-vehicle electronic apparatus for making an automobile reach its destination in a relatively short time and preventing its driver from getting bored. A central processing unit statistically determines positional information obtained from the map information read from a mass storage unit and the information obtained from a GPS antenna for example and notifies the driver of the resultant information through a speaker or a image display unit. The novel constitution can change the planned routes to a destination and the timings of navigation to a planned route.
Claims10
An on-vehicle electronic apparatus comprising:
- driving state detection means for detecting a driving state of an automobile;
- positional information collection means for collecting positional information about said automobile;
- decision means for statistically deciding information supplied from said driving state detecting means and said positional information collecting means;
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- notification means for notifying a driver of said automobile of the statistically decided information.
An information notification method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a driving state of an automobile;
- collecting positional information about said automobile;
- deciding information supplied in said driving state detecting step and said positional information collecting step;
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- notifying a driver of said automobile of the statistically decided information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.