Appeal No. 2006-1373
Application No. 09/814,054
means (11) energized by the detecting means (13). The navigation system is further
responsive to a driver chosen destination (15) to continually display on the display
means (11) only a pair of uncluttered markings corresponding to the changeable location
of the vehicle (14) and the fixed destination (15) without providing any specific routing
path interconnecting the two markings (14, 15). The display means (11) further displays
the two markings (14, 15) within the vehicle (30) in such a way that the driver can
continually and safely observe them while operating the vehicle.
Claim 51 is representative of the claimed invention and is reproduced as follows:
51. A non-computing navigation system for guiding a driver operated vehicle to a
selected destination by employing only an uncluttered two location representation of the
changeable location of the vehicle referenced to that of the fixed location of the destination,
and wherein the system does not provide any specific routing path between the two
locations but instead enables the driver to select any routing path guided only by the two
location representation,
detecting means for continually detecting exteriorly of the vehicle the changeable
location of the vehicle,
display means energized by said digital detecting means and responsive to a drive
chosen destination to continually display only a pair of uncluttered markings corresponding
to the changeable vehicle location and that of the fixed destination location, said display
being free of any routing path interconnecting the two markings,
said markings being displayed within the vehicle in such manner that they can be
continually observed by the driver without diverting attention from safe driving of the
vehicle.
References
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Ohmura et al. 6,208,932 March 27, 2001
(filed Sept. 23, 1997)
Kubon 5,682,030 October 28, 1997
Asano et al. 5,587,911 December 24, 1996
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