Appeal No. 96-1106
Application 07/998,721
for a vehicle comprising, inter alia, first search means for
seeking a recommendable route between two points, second
search means for seeking a recommendable route connecting the
two points by by-passing an avoidance region, and
means for displaying the recommendable route which
is sought by said first search means . . . if a
difference between a distance of the recommendable
route sought by said first search means and a
distance of the recommendable route sought by said
second search means is larger than a predetermined
value, and otherwise displaying the recommendable
route which is sought by said second search means .
. . .
Claim 23 is similar in that it recites a traffic
navigation method for a vehicle comprising, inter alia, the
steps of determining a recommendable route between two points,
determining a recommendable route between the two points by
by-passing an avoidance region, and
displaying the recommendable route . . . if the
increase in distance between the recommendable route
by by-passing the avoidance region and the
recommendable
route is larger than a predetermined value, and
otherwise displaying the recommendable route by-
passing the avoidance region . . . .
The appellants' contention that Link and Kirson would not
have suggested a traffic navigation apparatus and method
-6-
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007