SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR GUIDING TRAVEL DIRECTION

• Main Author: YOSHIHARA DAIKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.11.2017
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; 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 allow for suggesting a destination located in an oblique direction and for guiding a route in an oblique direction when providing route guidance.SOLUTION: When a smartphone requests attitude information, a direction guidance device 10 transmits attitude information indicative of a current attitude of a wristband 11. The smartphone then uses the attitude information to generate and transmit vibration information for (sequentially) vibrating predetermined vibrators a-d, which are arrayed in a direction toward the destination, in a direction toward a destination. Upon reception of the vibration information, the direction guidance device 10 sequentially drives the vibrators indicated by the vibration information as drive objects, in a direction toward the destination. Such an arrangement allows for providing a user with an instruction on travel direction in an oblique direction in addition to left and right directions, which improves usability of the device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】斜め方向に位置する目的地を指示したり、経路案内時に斜め方向に経路案内したりすることを可能とする。【解決手段】方向案内装置１０は、スマートフォンから姿勢情報が要求された場合は、リストバンド１１の現在の姿勢を示す姿勢情報を送信し、スマートフォンは、姿勢情報に基づいて目的地の方向に配列した所定の振動子ａ〜ｄを目的地の方向に向かって駆動する振動情報を作成して送信し、方向案内装置１０は、振動情報を受信した場合は、振動情報が示す振動子を駆動対象として目的地の方向に向かって順に駆動する。これにより、使用者に対して右方向や左方向に加えて斜め方向にも進行方向を指示することが可能となり、使用勝手を向上することができる。【選択図】図７