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Article: Japanese Inventor Develops Vehicle Navigation System
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 5, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- Satoshi Kouchiyama of Nagoya, Japan, has developed a vehicle navigation system with a function for searching points of interest including convenience stores and gas stations.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a vehicle navigation system, a data storage device stores data on categories of points of interest indicated on sign boards provided at freeway exits and facilities and services available at the points of interest. The navigation system performs a search for a point of interest that provides facilities or services specified by an input from a user in a category specified by an input from the user based on the stored data."
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