US5729217A
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Vehicle route guidance apparatus for reseaching for a route when vehicle goes out of route
Assignee: Aisin AW Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-07-31
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Granted: 1998-03-17
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Expires: 2016-07-31
Abstract
Abstract A route guidance section compares the current position provided by a current position determination section and the route provided by a route calculation section for detecting an off-route condition. When the off-route condition is detected, a re-searching key as well as the route and current place is displayed on a display section. When the re-searching key is touched, a search is again made for a new route from the current position to the destination. Then, route guidance is again started in response to the re-searching result. When the re-searching key is not touched, the route and current place continue to be displayed while the vehicle carrying the apparatus travles off route, thereby efficiently preventing the apparatus from executing unnecessary re-searching when the driver drives the vehicle off route on purpose.
Inventors
- 👤 Toru Ito
- 👤 Akimasa Nanba
- 👤 Kiyohide Katoh
- 👤 Shinichi Katoh
- 👤 Koji Hashimoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 05:34
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/34; G01C21/3407; G01C21/3415; G01C21/36; G01C21/3605; G01C21/3614; G01C21/3626; G01C21/3629; G01C21/3632; G01C21/3667; G01C21/367; G01C21/3673; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962; G08G1/0968; G08G1/096805; G08G1/096827; G08G1/096833; G08G1/096844; G08G1/096855; G08G1/096861; G08G1/096866; G08G1/096872; G08G1/0969
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
A vehicle bearing detection system installed on a vehicle for detecting a bearing of the vehicle, comprising: a plurality of bearing detectors for individually detecting the bearing of the vehicle; and a switching apparatus for carrying out switching operations to selectively output detection signals from the plurality of bearing detectors as the vehicle bearing responsive to a determination that the vehicle is traveling along a straight line.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
67 words
A vehicle bearing detection system installed on a vehicle for detecting a bearing of the vehicle, comprising: a plurality of bearing detectors for individually detecting the bearing of the vehicle; and a switching apparatus for carrying out switching operations to selectively output detection signals from the plurality of bearing detectors as the vehicle bearing responsive to a determination that the vehicle is traveling along a straight line.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 1, wherein the switching apparatus also switches the output of the detection signals from the plurality of bearing detectors responsive to a speed of the vehicle exceeding a predetermined value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
83 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 2, wherein one of the plurality of bearing detectors detects a Doppler shift in received signals from a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for receiving signals from an artificial satellite to determine the vehicle bearing, and wherein the switching apparatus switches the output of the detection signals from the plurality of bearing detectors responsive to a determination that the bearing of the vehicle determined by a Doppler shift of the received signals is stable.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 1, wherein the current position detector includes a GPS receiver for receiving signals from artificial satellites.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 4, wherein another one of the bearing detectors detects a Doppler shift in signals received from the GPS receiver to detect the vehicle bearing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 5, wherein one of the plurality of bearing detectors includes: a current position detector; and a map information memory for storing map information including information concerning road bearing, the bearing detector detecting the vehicle bearing from the road bearing corresponding to the current position of the vehicle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
166 words
A vehicle bearing detection system for detecting bearing of a vehicle comprising: A Global Positioning System receiver for receiving position information from artificial satellites; A Global Positioning System bearing detector for detecting a bearing of the vehicle from a Doppler shift contained in output signals from the Global Positioning System receiver; a map information memory for storing map information including road bearing; and a map bearing detector for detecting the road bearing at a current position of the vehicle which is determined based on the received signals from the Global Positioning System receiver, to detect the bearing of the vehicle; a switching means for carrying out switching operations to selectively output detection signals from the two bearing detectors as the vehicle bearing responsive to a determination that the vehicle is traveling along a straight line; wherein the bearing of the vehicle being finally detected on a basis of both an output from the Global Positioning System bearing detector and an output from the map bearing detector.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
166 words
A vehicle bearing detection system for detecting bearing of a vehicle comprising: A Global Positioning System receiver for receiving position information from artificial satellites; A Global Positioning System bearing detector for detecting a bearing of the vehicle from a Doppler shift contained in output signals from the Global Positioning System receiver; a map information memory for storing map information including road bearing; and a map bearing detector for detecting the road bearing at a current position of the vehicle which is determined based on the received signals from the Global Positioning System receiver, to detect the bearing of the vehicle; a switching means for carrying out switching operations to selectively output detection signals from the two bearing detectors as the vehicle bearing responsive to a determination that the vehicle is traveling along a straight line; wherein the bearing of the vehicle being finally detected on a basis of both an output from the Global Positioning System bearing detector and an output from the map bearing detector.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 7, further comprising: a terrestrial magnetism sensor for detecting terrestrial magnetism to determine the bearing of the vehicle; the bearing of the vehicle being determined by further considering an output from the terrestrial magnetism sensor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 7, further comprising: a revolution number difference detector for detecting a difference between a number of revolutions of a right wheel and a number of revolutions of a left wheel; the bearing of the vehicle being detected on a basis of the detected difference.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 7, further comprising: a steering sensor for detecting a steering angle; the bearing of the vehicle being detected on a basis of the detected steering angle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
82 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 7, said switching means comprising a switching apparatus that adopts an output of the Global Positioning System receiver as an actual bearing of the vehicle and corrects an output of at least one of the other bearing detectors using the actual bearing of the vehicle determined by the Global Positioning System receiver responsive to a determination that the bearing of the vehicle determined by the Doppler shift of the received signals is stable.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 11, wherein the switching apparatus switches the output of the detection signals from the plurality of bearing detectors responsive to a speed of the vehicle exceeding a predetermined value.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
126 words
A vehicle bearing detection system installed on a vehicle for detecting a bearing of the vehicle, comprising: a plurality of bearing detectors for individually detecting the bearing of the vehicle; one of the plurality of bearing detectors detecting a Doppler shift in received signals from a Global Positioning System receiver for receiving a signal from an artificial satellite to determine the bearing of the vehicle; and a switching apparatus that adopts an output of the Global Positioning System receiver as an actual bearing of the vehicle and corrects an output of at least one of the other bearing detectors using the actual bearing of the vehicle determined by the Global Positioning System receiver responsive to a determination that the vehicle is traveling along a straight line.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
126 words
A vehicle bearing detection system installed on a vehicle for detecting a bearing of the vehicle, comprising: a plurality of bearing detectors for individually detecting the bearing of the vehicle; one of the plurality of bearing detectors detecting a Doppler shift in received signals from a Global Positioning System receiver for receiving a signal from an artificial satellite to determine the bearing of the vehicle; and a switching apparatus that adopts an output of the Global Positioning System receiver as an actual bearing of the vehicle and corrects an output of at least one of the other bearing detectors using the actual bearing of the vehicle determined by the Global Positioning System receiver responsive to a determination that the vehicle is traveling along a straight line.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
The vehicle bearing detection system as defined in claim 13, wherein the switching apparatus further switches the output of the detection signals from the plurality of bearing detectors responsive to a speed of the vehicle exceeding a predetermined value.
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