Patent ID: 6801852
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
A controlling apparatus for controlling an electronic system for a movable body, said electronic system comprising: an information outputting apparatus having an output device which outputs a content information including at least one of an audio information and a video information; and a navigation apparatus, which is equipped with an input device through which a destination in a movement of a movable body can be inputted and which carries out a navigation operation with regard to the destination inputted by the input device,said controlling apparatus comprising: a selecting device which selects the content information, which is for a purpose of an audio and/or visual entertainment operation other than the navigation operation, to be outputted during the movement of said movable body until an arrival at the destination, on the basis of the destination inputted by said input device; and an output controlling device which controls said output device so as to output the content information selected by said selecting device, during the movement of the movable body until the arrival at the destination, wherein, in the navigation operation, said output device outputs at least one of another audio information and another video information, which are different from the content information and which are for a purpose of the navigation operation, and said selecting device selects one or a plurality of content information related to the inputted destination, by retrieving a database, which correlates a preset geographical name with the one or plurality of content information, by using the inputted destination as a keyword, on the basis of a degree to which the plurality of content information is related to at least one geographical name, whereby the selecting device can discriminate between content information directly related to the inputted destination and content information indirectly related to the inputted destination.