Appeal No. 97-2524
Application 08/255,128
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 9 and 11-20,
which constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a vehicle route
guidance system and method. More particularly, the route
guidance system of the invention provides instructions to a
driver which take into account the timing preferences of the
driver.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A vehicle route guidance system comprising:
means for sensing vehicle location;
means for determining a location of an anticipated
vehicle manoeuvre;
means for comparing said sensed vehicle location and said
determined location and generating a distance difference
corresponding to a difference between the vehicle location and
the location of the anticipated vehicle manoeuvre;
means for providing driver instruction timing preferences
in accordance with the generated distance difference;
means, responsive to said generated distance difference,
for determining a degree of conformance to the driver
2
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