Audio guidance system
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Nakashima, Toshio Shimomura, Kenichi Ogino, Kentaro Teshima
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Abstract
A CPU of a speech ECU acquires vehicle position information. If it is determined from the position information and map data stored in a memory that the vehicle has moved between areas where different languages are spoken as dialects or official languages, the CPU determines a language corresponding to the vehicle position information and transmits a request signal to a speech information center to transmit speech information in the language. By receiving the speech information from the speech information center, the CPU updates speech information pre-stored in the memory with the speech information transmitted from the speech information center.
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An audio guidance system including a speech information center having a center-side storing means storing speech information in a plurality of languages and a center-side communication means for performing communication with outside and an electronic apparatus capable of communicating with the center-side communication means, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a position detecting means for detecting a position of the electronic apparatus;
- an electronic apparatus-side communication means for communicating with the center-side communication means;
- an electronic apparatus-side storing means for storing speech information used for audio guidance;
- a speech output means for providing audio guidance using the speech information stored in the electronic apparatus-side storing means;
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- an updating means for communicating with the center-side communication means through the electronic apparatus-side communication means to update the speech information in the electronic apparatus-side storing means by acquiring speech information in a language corresponding to the position information detected by the position detecting means from the center-side storing means.
An audio guidance system including a speech information center having a center-side storing means storing speech information in a plurality of languages and a center-side communication means for performing communication with outside and an electronic apparatus capable of communicating with the center-side communication means, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a specific information storing means storing specific information specific to the electronic apparatus;
- an electronic apparatus-side communication means for communicating with the center-side communication means;
- an electronic apparatus-side storing means for storing speech information used for audio guidance;
- a speech output means for providing audio guidance using the speech information stored in the electronic apparatus-side storing means;
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- an updating means for communicating with the center-side communication means through the electronic apparatus-side communication means to update the speech information in the electronic apparatus-side storing means by acquiring speech information in a language corresponding to the specific information stored in the specific information storing means from the center-side storing means.
An audio guidance system including a speech information center having a center-side storing means storing speech information in a plurality of languages and a center-side communication means for performing communication with outside and an electronic apparatus capable of communicating with the center-side communication means, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a position detecting means for detecting a position of the electronic apparatus;
- a specific information storing means storing information specific to the electronic apparatus;
- an electronic apparatus-side communication means for communicating with the center-side communication means;
- an electronic apparatus-side storing means for storing speech information used for audio guidance;
- a speech output means for providing audio guidance using the speech information stored in the electronic apparatus-side storing means;
- an updating means communicating with the center-side communication means through the electronic apparatus-side communication means to update the speech information in the electronic apparatus-side storing means by acquiring speech information in a language corresponding to the position information, speech information in a language corresponding to destination information of the electronic apparatus determined from the specific information, and speech information in a language corresponding to user information of the electronic apparatus determined from the specific information from the center-side storing means;
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- an instruction means for allowing the user to instruct priority of the position information, the destination information and the user information, when the updating means uses pieces of information for updating.
An audio guidance system including a speech information center having a center-side storing means storing speech information in a plurality of languages and center-side communication means for performing communication with outside and an electronic apparatus capable of communicating with the center-side communication means, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a position detecting means for detecting a position of the electronic apparatus;
- a specific information storing means storing specific information specific to the electronic apparatus;
- an electronic apparatus-side communication means communicating with the center-side communication means;
- an electronic apparatus-side storing means storing speech information used for audio guidance;
- a speech output means for providing audio guidance using the speech information stored in the electronic apparatus-side storing means;
- an updating means for communicating with the center-side communication means through the electronic apparatus-side communication means to update the speech information in the electronic apparatus-side storing means by acquiring speech information in a language corresponding to the position information, speech information in a language corresponding to destination information of the electronic apparatus determined from the specific information, and speech information in a language corresponding to user information of the electronic apparatus determined from the specific information from the center-side storing means;
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- an instruction means for allowing the user to instruct information to be used by the updating means for updating among position information, the destination information and the user information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.