VISUALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON GUIDE SYSTEM

• Main Author: KOBAYASHI KAZUHISA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.02.2016
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; GLOBES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; SEALS; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a visually handicapped person guide system which allows a visually handicapped person to safely walk by recognizing peripheral information.SOLUTION: A visually handicapped person guide system comprises: an IC tag 11 storing tag information G1 including the place where the IC tag is buried on a walk path as positional information; a pedestrian support shoe 20 including an IC tag reader 21 which is provided in the shoe and acquires the tag information G1, a foot stimulation part 23 which expands and stimulates the corresponding foot part by receiving pressure information G2, and a shoe communication part 22; a server 50 including a storage part 51 which stores environmental information on the walk path and destination information of a pedestrian, an information determination processing part 52 which extracts the current position of the pedestrian when receiving the tag information G1, acquires information on the route of the pedestrian from the current position and the destination information and outputs the information as route information G4, and a server communication part 53; and an information processor 40 including an information processing part 42 which acquires the route information G4, creates information for guiding the pedestrian and outputs the information as the pressure information G2, and a main communication part 41.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】視覚障害者が周囲の情報を認識して安全に歩行ができるようにする視覚障害者誘導システムを提供する。【解決手段】歩行路に埋設された場所を位置情報として含むタグ情報Ｇ１を記憶するＩＣタグ１１、靴に設けられ、タグ情報Ｇ１を取得するＩＣタグリーダ２１、加圧情報Ｇ２を受信することにより膨らんで該当足部を刺激する足刺激部２３、靴通信部２２、を含む歩行者支援靴２０と、歩行路に関する環境情報と歩行者の目的地情報が格納される記憶部５１、タグ情報Ｇ１を受信すると歩行者の現在位置を抽出し、現在位置と目的地情報とから歩行者の進路に関する情報を取得して、進路情報Ｇ４として出力する情報判断処理部５２、サーバ通信部５３、を含むサーバ５０と、進路情報Ｇ４を取得して、歩行者を誘導するための情報を作成し、これを加圧情報Ｇ２として出力する情報処理部４２、主通信部４１、を含む情報処理装置４０とを備える。【選択図】図１