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Assist device in designation of destination
| Details |
Inventors: Kubota, Tomoki; Hori, Koji; Mazda, Manabu; Adachi, Kazuhide;
Assignee: Kabushikikaisha Equos Research (JP)
Primary Examiner: Zanelli; Michael J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lorusso & Loud
Disclosed is a device for assisting designation of a specific destination in a vehicle navigation system that guides a driver along a scheduled drive route from a current position of a vehicle to a designated destination. A menu selection table describes correlation between current status data (date-and-time-related data, purpose-related data, location-related data, vehicle-related data and user-related data) and "events" such as invitation to restaurants or sightseeing spots. When a specific event is determined by reference to the menu selection table, a personified agent questions the user to confirm if the detected event is to be executed. When the user inputs an affirmative answer, a specific condition to be applicable to retrieval of destination is determined by reference to a condition selection table. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION The first embodiment of the present invention will be described hereinbelow with reference to FIGS.
1-22 of the accompanying drawings.
In this embodiment, the device of the present invention is incorporated into a system wherein a personified agent appears on a graphic display in a vehicle.
In summary, at least one item of information that relates to date and time (annual day, day of month, day of week, time of day, etc.
), purpose of today's drive (date with his lover, shopping with family, etc.
), location (vehicle current position, destination, etc.
), user (sex, age, etc.
), vehicle (ignition-on, temperature, road and other conditions inside or outside of the vehicle, etc.
) is detected or obtained.
Some information may be detected by one or more of sensors mounted on the vehicle.
Other information may be input by the user.
The information is applied to a first predetermined correlation table or database to estimate one or more "event" to be provided to the vehicle or user.
The term "event" means a communication program using the personified agent.
The events typically provide suggestion of sightseeing spots, restaurants, hotels, etc.
that may be designated as a destination of the drive from the current position.
When some event is provisionally determined, the agent asks the user to confirm if this event should actually be executed.
In response to the user's affirmative answer, this event is actually executed.
For example, when the estimated event is to sound out the user about a lunch, this is applied to a second predetermined correlation table or database to determine at least one condition to be applied in retrieval, from a destination database, a limited number of restaurants that would suit the user or meet the today's purpose of drive.
The current vehicle position is also taken into account in the retrieval of appropriate restaurants, thereby excluding distant restaurants far from the current position.
The retrieved restaurants are shown on a display, one of which may be designated by the user as a destination
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