Patents Assigned to ANS, LLP
  • Navigation system utilizing audio CD player for data storage
    Patent number: 5592389
    Abstract: An audio navigation system incorporating an audio CD player for playing an audio format CD constituting a data storage medium for the navigation system. The CD may store a database containing map data and navigation information, software including an algorithm for selecting a desired route between a designated starting point and destination, and speech data for generating audible spoken statements through a sound system. The audio CD player may be part of a sound system and may also play audio CDs carrying musical selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: ANS, LLP
    Inventors: Charles La Rue, Robert W. Diller