Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
224 words
A vehicle navigation device that guides a route with a voice or the like in accordance with a preset route, which comprises : storage means for storing data such as data relating to a map or route guide voice data necessary for conducting navigation ; read means for reading out the route guide voice data from said storage means ; voice output means for outputting the route guide voice data read out by said read means directly as guide voice; input means for inputting information as to setting or instruction of the route guide ; current - position detection means for detecting a current position of the vehicle; and control means including - route setting means for setting a route from the current position to a destination, route storage means for temporarily storing a route that has been set, and voice data edition means for editing the combination of phrases of the route guide voice data relating to a crossing, a diverging point, etc., on the basis of the route stored in said route storage means, said control means controlling said read means so that said read means sequentially reads out the voice data from said storage means and outputs the voice data that have been read out at a predetermined distance before a guide point on the basis of said combination of phrases.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
35 words
A vehicle navigation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control means controls said read means so as to judge the completion of reproduction for each phrase to sequentially read out the voice data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
A vehicle navigation device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said control means also inhibits the execution of another processing until the output of the voice data has been completed when an another - processing execution instruction is given to said control means while the route guide voice data is being outputted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said control means inhibits the voice data from being read out when another processing is being executed in such a situation where the voice data should be read out and outputted at a predetermined distance before a guide point, and reads out and outputs the voice data after judging the completion of another processing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A vehicle navigation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said voice data to be read out and outputted after the completion of said another processing may be of the combination of phrases edited by the voice data edition means in advance.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A vehicle navigation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said voice data to be read out and outputted after the completion of said another processing may be of the voice data reedited by guide voice alteration means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
A vehicle navigation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said voice data to be read out and outputted after the completion of said another processing may be of the voice data reedited on the basis of the current position of the vehicle at the time of the completion of another processing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
A vehicle navigation device as claimed in claim 6 or 7, wherein said route guide voice data is the data to which priority is given, and said guide voice alteration means alters the data to the route guide voice data consisting of phrases high in priority.