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Title:
NAVIGATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0475200
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To make the vehicle travel at a travel speed matching a road shape by putting an alarm in operation and indicating that the vehicle travels exceeding a warning speed (dangerous speed) when the current position is in a warning area and the travel speed exceeds the warning speed corresponding to the warning area.

CONSTITUTION: The 1st warning speed of a warning area AA1 based upon a change point Pc1 of map data and the 2nd warning speed of a warning area AS based upon an optionally set warning point PS are regarded as warning speeds. Then while the current position PN is between the warning areas AA1 and AS, the travel speed is compared with the warning speeds and when the travel speed exceeds the warning speeds, the alarm is put in operation to indicate a dangerous speed. Consequently, the travel speed is adjusted according to the state of the alarm and the vehicle is made to travel, so that the vehicle can travels in safety at the travel speed matching the road shape.


Inventors:
ENDO ISAO
HONDA TSUTOMU
KAWASAKI KENICHIRO
TAKEMURA SHINICHI
SAKAGUCHI SHOZABURO
Application Number:
JP18800290A
Publication Date:
March 10, 1992
Filing Date:
July 18, 1990
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP
International Classes:
G01C21/00; G06F17/30; G08B21/00; G08G1/0969; (IPC1-7): G01C21/00; G06F15/40; G08B21/00; G08G1/0969
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hideo Takino (2 outside)



 
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