Patent ID: 7386437

Claim:
A system for providing translated information to a driver of a vehicle having a navigation system, comprising: an information input unit for entering first information comprising a first language comprising at least one camera and a pattern recognition unit; a translation unit for translating the first information into second information comprising a second language; a data storage unit for storing the first information and the second information; a data processing unit for retrieving the second information from the data storage unit, and an information output unit for transmitting the second information to the driver, at least one position determination unit for determining the current position of the vehicle and a current position of a sign; where the translation unit comprises an automatic setting of the input language based on the current position of the vehicle; where the at least one position determination unit detects whether the sign is located on the current route of the vehicle and translates the sign only if the sign is located on the current route of the vehicle; and where the system is mounted in the vehicle and associated with the navigation system of the vehicle.