System

The system addresses the mobility challenges of visually impaired individuals by calculating routes, detecting obstacles, and providing emotional support through audio guidance, enhancing their navigation and independence.

JP2025059082APending Publication Date: 2025-04-09SOFTBANK GROUP CORP
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Application Number
JP2024168331
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
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Priority Date
2023-09-28
Filing Date
2024-09-27
Publication Date
2025-04-09

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Abstract

To provide a system.SOLUTION: A system comprises: means for cooperating with a map application on a terminal possessed by a visually handicapped person to calculate a route from a current location to a destination of the visually handicapped person, to generate voice guidance for guiding the calculated route, and to reproduce the generated voice guidance on the terminal; detection means for detecting obstacles and dangers around the visually handicapped person by analyzing an image captured by a camera; reproduction means for, when the obstacles and dangers are detected during the reproduction of the voice guidance for guiding the route, generating voice guidance for warning the visually handicapped person and reproducing the voice guidance for warning on the terminal by inputting a specific prompt sentence to a generative AI model; a feeling engine for recognizing the feeling of the visually handicapped person; and adjustment means for adjusting the expression of the voice guidance according to the feeling.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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