Apparatus and method for navigation and medium for providing the method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Kobayashi, Hiroto Narioka, Kazushi Yoshida
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Abstract
A navigation apparatus allowing a user to know an outline of a route searched for and selected. The apparatus includes: a searching element for searching for a route to a destination; a determining element for determining a pattern of the route searched for by the searching element; an extracting element for extracting information pertaining to the route searched for by the searching element; a preparing element for preparing an abstract of the route by applying the information extracted by the extracting element to the pattern determined by the determining element; and an outputting element for outputting the abstract of the route prepared by the preparing element.
Claims18
A navigation apparatus comprising:
- inputting means for receiving a destination and one or more priorities for route searching from a user, said priorities comprising distance, time and stopover locations;
- searching means for searching for a route to said destination;
- determining means for determining a pattern of said route searched for by said searching means;
- extracting means for extracting information pertaining to said route searched for by said searching means;
- preparing means for preparing an abstract of said route by applying said information extracted by said extracting means to said pattern determined by said determining means, wherein said abstract comprises a verbal summary of said route;
- and
- outputting means for outputting said abstract of said route prepared by said preparing means.
A navigation method comprising the steps of:
- searching for a route to a destination;
- determining which predetermined pattern among a plurality of predetermined patterns best matches a pattern of said routed searched for in said searching step;
- extracting information pertaining to said route searched for in said searching step;
- preparing an abstract of said route by applying said information extracted in said extracting step to a prerecorded verbal template corresponding with said pattern determined in said determining step, wherein said abstract comprises a verbal summary of said route;
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- outputting, in verbal form, said abstract of said route prepared in said preparing step.
A providing medium for providing a program in a manner readable by a computer for execution by a navigation apparatus, said program comprising the steps of:
- searching for a route to a destination;
- determining which predetermined pattern among a plurality of predetermined patterns best matches a pattern of said route searched for in said searching step;
- extracting information pertaining to said route searched for in said searching step;
- preparing an abstract of said route by applying said information extracted in said extracting step to a prerecorded verbal template corresponding with said pattern determined in said determining step, wherein said abstract comprises a verbal summary of said route;
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- outputting, in verbal form, said abstract of said route prepared in said preparing step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.