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US 8,577,593 B2Granted
Navigation system for hearing-impaired operators
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsChristopher L. Oesterling, Julianne Petschke, Mark J. Glaza
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Abstract
A method for producing navigation instructions is disclosed. The method includes generating a navigation route. The generated navigation route is translated from textual instructions and/or audio prompts to sign language symbols, and the sign language symbols are provided to a vehicle.
Claims19
A method for producing navigation instructions, the method comprising:
- generating a navigation route;
- translating the navigation route from at least one of textual instructions or audio prompts to sign language symbols;
- transmitting a non-audible signal to a vehicle, thereby indicating that the translated navigation route is ready to be provided;
- and
- providing the sign language symbols to the vehicle.
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A system for producing navigation instructions, comprising:
- means for generating a navigation route;
- means for translating the navigation route from at least one of textual instructions or audio prompts to sign language symbols;
- means for transmitting a non-audible signal to a vehicle, the signal indicating that the translated navigation route is ready to be provided;
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- means for providing the sign language symbols to the vehicle.
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A navigation system, comprising:
- a location detection system operatively disposed within a vehicle;
- a two-way radio frequency communication system in communication with the location detection system;
- an electronic display system in communication with the two-way radio frequency communication system, the electronic display system having a display system adapted to be visible to a vehicle passenger, the display system adapted to display a navigation route translated into sign language symbols;
- an electronic device in communication with the two-way radio frequency communication system, the electronic device being at least one of a tactile signaling device or a visual signaling device, and the electronic device configured to alert the vehicle passenger of at least one of an incoming call or an incoming navigation route command via the radio frequency communication system;
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- an input system adapted for use by the vehicle passenger, the input system in communication with the two-way radio frequency communication system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.