EP1267314A2
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Navigation system
Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 2002-06-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2022-06-11
Abstract
Abstract An electronic system has (i) an information outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an output device for outputting a content information including at least one of an audio information and a video information and (ii) a navigation apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an input device (60) for inputting a destination in a movement of a movable body and a calculate device (20) for calculating a necessary time length required for the movable body to arrive at the destination. A controlling apparatus is provided with: a selecting device (20) for selecting the content information to be outputted during the movement of the movable body until the arrival at the destination, on the basis of an output time length information indicative of a time length required to output the content information, in response to the calculated necessary time length; and an output controlling device (20) for controlling the output device so as to output the content information selected by the selecting device.
Inventors
- 👤 Naohiko Pioneer Corporation Ichihara
- 👤 Shinichi Pioneer Corporation Gayama
- 👤 Hiroaki Pioneer Corporation Shibasaki
- 👤 Hideki Pioneer Corporation Amano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 19:55
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/36; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
202 words
A controlling apparatus for controlling an electronic system
for a movable body, said electronic system comprising (i) an
information outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an output
device for outputting a content information including at least one of
an audio information and a video information and (ii) a navigation
apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an input device (60) for
inputting a destination in a movement of a movable body and a
calculate device (20) for calculating a necessary time length
required for the movable body to arrive at the destination inputted
by said input device from a current position of said movable body, characterized in that said controlling apparatus comprises: a selecting device (20) for selecting the content information
to be outputted during the movement of said movable body until the
arrival at the destination, on the basis of an output time length
information indicative of a time length required to output the
content information, in response to the calculated necessary time
length; and an output controlling device (20) for controlling said output
device so as to output the content information selected by said
selecting device during the movement of said movable body until the
arrival at the destination.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that said controlling apparatus further comprises a
monitoring device (20) for monitoring whether or not the movement
of said movable body is on schedule, said selecting device (20) applying a change onto the content
information to be applied after a current time point if the movement
of said movable body is not on schedule according to a monitor
result of said monitoring device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
76 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that said controlling apparatus further comprises a
monitoring device (20) for monitoring whether or not the movement
of said movable body is on schedule, said output controlling device (20) controlling said output
device to apply a change onto an output manner thereof after a
current time point if the movement of said movable body is not on
schedule according to a monitor result of said monitoring device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
80 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 2, characterized in that said calculating device (20) further calculates scheduled pass
time points at a plurality of geographical positions on a route of said
movable body, said monitoring device (20) monitors by comparing the
scheduled pass time points with a current time point, and said selecting device (20) applies the change onto the content
information to be outputted after the current time point in
correspondence with a comparison result of the monitoring device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
84 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 3, characterized in that said calculating device (20) further calculates scheduled pass
time points at a plurality of geographical positions on a route of said
movable body, said monitoring device (20) monitors by comparing the
scheduled pass time points with a current time point, and said output controlling device (20) controls said output device
to apply the change onto the output manner thereof after the
current time point in correspondence with a comparison result of
the monitoring device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 2, characterized in that said calculating device (20) further calculates scheduled pass
positions at a plurality of time points, on a route of said movable
body, said monitoring device (20) monitors by comparing the
scheduled pass positions with a current position, and said selecting device (20) applies change onto the content
information to be outputted after the current time point in
correspondence with a comparison result of the monitoring device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
81 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 3, characterized in that said calculating device (20) further calculates scheduled pass
positions at a plurality of time points, on a route of said movable
body, said monitoring device (20) monitors by comparing the
scheduled pass positions with a current position, and said output controlling device (20) controls said output device
to apply the change onto the output manner thereof after the
current time point in correspondence with a comparison result of
the monitoring device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The controlling apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to
7, characterized in that said controlling apparatus further
comprises a storage device (24, 36) for storing the output time
length information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 8, characterized in that said storage device (24, 36) stores the content
information in correlation with the output time length information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
67 words
The controlling apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to
9, characterized in that said input device (60) is adapted to input a condition to
narrow down the content information to be outputted during the
movement of said movable body, and said selecting device (20) selects the content information in
correspondence with the condition inputted by said inputting device
in addition to the necessary time length.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
92 words
The controlling apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to
10, characterized in that said controlling apparatus further
comprises a condition setting device (20, 60) for setting a condition
to narrow down the content information to be outputted during the
movement of said movable body, on the basis of history information
related to the content information outputted in a past by said
information outputting apparatus, said selecting device (20) selecting the content information in
correspondence with the condition set by said condition setting
device, in addition to the necessary time length.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
91 words
The controlling apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to
11, characterized in that said controlling apparatus further
comprises a situation detecting device (10, 20) for detecting a
special situation in a predetermined kind during the movement of
said movable body, said output controlling device (20) controlling said output
device to preferentially output the content information set in
advance as to be outputted at a time of the special situation
regardless of a selection result by said selecting device, if the
special situation is detected by said situation detecting device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
154 words
A controlling apparatus for controlling an electronic system
for a movable body, said electronic system comprising (i) an
information outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an output
device (40, 50) for outputting a content information including at
least one of an audio information and a video information and (ii) a
navigation apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an
measurement device (10) for outputting a measurement data related
to a movement condition of a movable body, characterized in that said controlling apparatus comprises: a situation detecting device (20) for detecting a special
situation in a predetermined kind during the movement of said
movable body, on the basis of the measurement data; and an output controlling device (20) for controlling said output
device to preferentially output the content information set in
advance as to be outputted at a time of the special situation if the
special situation is detected by said situation detecting device.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 13, characterized in that said controlling apparatus further comprises
an input device (60) for inputting the content information to be
outputted at the time of the special situation.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
The controlling apparatus according to Claim 13 or 14, characterized in that said situation detecting device (20) detects the
special situation by detecting that a continuous movement time
length since a start of the movement of said movable body exceeds a
predetermined time length.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The controlling apparatus according to any one of Claims 13
to 15, characterized in that said situation detecting device (20)
detects the special situation on the basis of a degree of a traffic jam
on a route where said movable body has already traveled.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
42 words
The controlling apparatus according to any one of Claims 13
to 16, characterized in that said situation detecting device (20)
detects the special situation by detecting that a traveling locus of
said movable body is abnormal with respect to a predetermined
reference.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
202 words
A computer program of instructions executable by a computer
(20) to perform method processes in an electronic system for a
movable body, said electronic system comprising (i) an information
outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an output device for
outputting a content information including at least one of an audio
information and a video information and (ii) a navigation apparatus
(10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an input device (60) for inputting a
destination in a movement of a movable body and a calculate device
(20) for calculating a necessary time length required for the movable
body to arrive at the destination inputted by said input device from
a current position of said movable body, characterized in that said method processes comprise: a selecting process of selecting the content information to be
outputted during the movement of said movable body until the
arrival at the destination, on the basis of an output time length
information indicative of a time length required to output the
content information, in response to the calculated necessary time
length; and an outputting process of outputting the content information
selected by said selecting process during the movement of said
movable body until the arrival at the destination.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
156 words
A computer program of instructions executable by a computer
(20) to perform method processes in an electronic system for a
movable body, said electronic system comprising (i) an information
outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an output device (40, 50)
for outputting a content information including at least one of an
audio information and a video information and (ii) a navigation
apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an measurement device
(10) for outputting a measurement data related to a movement
condition of a movable body, characterized in that said method processes comprise: a situation detecting process of detecting a special situation
in a predetermined kind during the movement of said movable body,
on the basis of the measurement data; and an outputting process of preferentially output the content
information set in advance as to be outputted at a time of the
special situation if the special situation is detected by said situation
detecting process.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
192 words
An electronic system for a movable body characterized in that said electronic system comprises: an information outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an
output device (40, 50) for outputting a content information including
at least one of an audio information and a video information; a navigation apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an
input device (60) for inputting a destination in a movement of a
movable body and a calculate device (20) for calculating a necessary
time length required for the movable body to arrive at the
destination inputted by said input device from a current position of
said movable body; a selecting device (20) for selecting the content information
to be outputted during the movement of said movable body until the
arrival at the destination, on the basis of an output time length
information indicative of a time length required to output the
content information, in response to the calculated necessary time
length; and an output controlling device (20) for controlling said output
device so as to output the content information selected by said
selecting device during the movement of said movable body until the
arrival at the destination.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
36 words
The electronic system according to Claim 20, characterized in
that said electronic system further comprises a communication
device (20, 37, 38) for down-loading at least one of the content
information and the output time length information.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
142 words
An electronic system for a movable body characterized in
that said electronic system comprises: an information outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an
output device (40, 50) for outputting a content information including
at least one of an audio information and a video information; a navigation apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an
measurement device (10) for outputting a measurement data related
to a movement condition of a movable body; a situation detecting device (20) for detecting a special
situation in a predetermined kind during the movement of said
movable body, on the basis of the measurement data; and an output controlling device (20) for controlling said output
device to preferentially output the content information set in
advance as to be outputted at a time of the special situation if the
special situation is detected by said situation detecting device.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electronic system according to Claim 22, characterized in
that said electronic system further comprises a communication
device (20, 37, 38) for down-loading the content information.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
194 words
A controlling method of controlling an electronic system for a
movable body, said electronic system comprising (i) an information
outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an output device (40, 50)
for outputting a content information including at least one of an
audio information and a video information and (ii) a navigation
apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an input device (60) for
inputting a destination in a movement of a movable body and a
calculate device (20) for calculating a necessary time length
required for the movable body to arrive at the destination inputted
by said input device from a current position of said movable body, characterized in that said controlling method comprises: a selecting process of selecting the content information to be
outputted during the movement of said movable body until the
arrival at the destination, on the basis of an output time length
information indicative of a time length required to output the
content information, in response to the calculated necessary time
length; and an outputting process of outputting the content information
selected by said selecting process during the movement of said
movable body until the arrival at the destination.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
146 words
A controlling method of controlling an electronic system for a
movable body, said electronic system comprising (i) an information
outputting apparatus (20, 40, 50) having an output device (40, 50)
for outputting a content information including at least one of an
audio information and a video information and (ii) a navigation
apparatus (10, 18, 20, 40, 50, 60) having an measurement device
(10) for outputting a measurement data related to a movement
condition of a movable body, characterized in that said controlling method comprises: a situation detecting process of detecting a special situation
in a predetermined kind during the movement of said movable body,
on the basis of the measurement data; and an outputting process of preferentially output the content
information set in advance as to be outputted at a time of the
special situation if the special situation is detected by said situation
detecting process.
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