Vehicle-guiding device for recognizing rotary junction
Abstract
A devivce leads a vehicle along a route to a destination by recognizing routes from data from a route memory. In a junction information storage means information of a junction including information as to whether a junction is a rotary junction is stored. When the vehicle approaches a junction a rotary judging means judges whether the junction to be entered is a rotary junction, on the basis of the date stored in the junction information storage means. A voice guidance is performed for guiding the vehicle through voice that the junction to be entered is a rotary junction when this is judged by the rotary judging means. The content of the voice expression is changed in accordance with the judgment by the rotary judging means.

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Numbers
- Publication
- 0877348
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0877348
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0877348
- Application
- 98114209
- Application, DOCDB
- 98114209
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19980114209
Titles3
- German
- Navigationsgerät für Fahrzeuge mit Kreisverkehrerkennung
- English
- Vehicle-guiding device for recognizing rotary junction
- French
- Dispositif de navigation de véhicules avec reconnaissance d'un rond point
Classification
- CPC, 4
- G01C21/3629
- G08G1/0968
- G08G1/096861
- G08G1/096872
- IPC, 2
- G01C21 36
- G08G1 0968
Designated states3
- Contracting states, 3
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom