COMPACT DISCS TAKE ON DATA STORAGE

The Philips Car Information and Navigation System (CARIN) stores a data base of maps, allowing a computer in a car to plan the most efficient route across a town. It informs the driver where to turn at every road junction. The information is relayed to the driver through a speech synthesis unit. As prototype a minibus in Eindhoven was equipped with a computer, a compact disc player and display screen. When the compact disc is not being used for directions, it can play music for the passengers. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Magazine Limited

  King's Reach Tower, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LS,   England 
• Publication Date: 1985-5-30

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 23
• Serial:
  • NEW SCIENTIST
  • Volume: 106
  • Issue Number: 1458
  • Publisher: REED BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD
  • ISSN: 0262-4079

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data banks; Data storage; Digital computers; Driver information systems; Drivers; Floppy disks; Hard disks; Itinerary; Maps; Minibuses; Prototypes; Route choice; Speech synthesis; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Disks /storage/
• ITRD Terms: 8614: Database; 8673: Digital computer; 1772: Driver; 699: Itinerary; 4074: Map; 9109: Prototype; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399441
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2004 2:43AM