Destination specifying method and system
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorHikaru Wako
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Abstract
The destination specifying method comprises: (1) configuring a database by associating a telephone number with a name, address, and position of a facility, and when a plurality of facilities share one telephone number, configuring a database by associating the one telephone number with a plurality of the facility names, (2) displaying a telephone number list on a display screen, when a destination is set by a telephone number, and (3) when a specific telephone number is selected from the list, if the telephone number is associated with a plurality of facilities, displaying a facility name list of a plurality of the facilities, and when a facility is selected from the facility name list, displaying detailed information regarding the selected facility. A system for carrying out this method is also described.
Claims20
A navigation system comprising:
- input means to input a telephone number,
- storage means to store a name, address, and coordinates of a facility corresponding to the telephone number,
- name data judging means to judge whether or not the telephone number inputted by the input means corresponds to a plurality of facilities, and
- display means to display recognition information on the telephone number corresponding to a plurality of facilities, when the name data judging means judges that the telephone number corresponds to a plurality of the facilities.
A navigation system for a vehicle that receives a telephone number to thereby select a facility, comprising:
- storage means to store a name and coordinates of a facility corresponding to the telephone number,
- display means to display a telephone number that is input by a telephone number input mode,
- and display control means that executes an input processing of the telephone number from the input means, and displays a facility name list of a plurality of facilities if the telephone number is associated with a plurality of facilities, when reading a facility name corresponding to the input telephone number from the storage means and displaying it on the display means.
A destination specifying method for a navigation system that sets a destination by receiving a telephone number, the method comprising:
- configuring a database that associates a telephone number with a name, address, and location f a facility, and when a plurality of facilities share one telephone number, configuring a telephone number database that associates the one telephone number with a plurality of facility names,
- displaying a telephone number list on a display screen, when a destination is set by a telephone number,
- when a specific telephone number is selected from the list, or when a telephone number is directly input, if the telephone number is associated with a plurality of facilities, displaying a facility name list of a plurality of facilities,
- and when a facility is selected from the name list of facilities, displaying detailed information regarding the selected facility.
A destination specifying method for a navigation system that sets a destination by receiving a telephone number, which makes a database that associates a telephone number with a name, address, and location of a facility, and when a plurality of facilities share one telephone number, retains a telephone number database that associates the one telephone number with a plurality of facility names, the method wherein, when a destination is set by a telephone number, if a leading part of a telephone number of a facility as a destination is input, the navigation system searches the telephone number database and displays recognition information for a telephone number associated with a plurality of facilities, when displaying a list of the telephone numbers having the leading part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.