ROUTE GUIDE DEVICE, METHOD FOR SHOWING ROUTE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• Main Authors: NISHIOKA NOBUAKI, O RINHO, TAKAHASHI SEIICHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 20.09.2018
• 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 route guide device which matches the shape of a route that a pedestrian recognizes and the contents of a guidance in guiding the pedestrian to a route for walking.SOLUTION: The route guide device includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring a route from a place of departure to a destination; and a guide control unit for showing information on the acquired route. The guide control unit stops showing corners for a plurality of links if a plurality of links adjacent to a single node have a predetermined specific shape in a walking route of the route where a pedestrian is supposed to walk, and shows corners for a plurality of links otherwise.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】歩行者用の経路案内において、歩行者が認識する経路の形状と、案内の内容とを整合させた経路案内装置を提供する。【解決手段】経路案内装置は、出発地から目的地までの経路を取得する取得部と、取得された経路の情報を案内させる案内制御部とを備える。案内制御部は、経路のうち徒歩での移動を想定した徒歩経路について、一つのノードに隣接する複数のリンクの形状が予め定められた特定形状である場合は、複数のリンクについて曲がり角の案内をさせず、特定形状でない場合は、複数のリンクについて曲がり角の案内をさせる。【選択図】図５