Mobile Body Route Guidance Using Time-Stamped Image Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile body systems lack features to enhance user convenience, particularly in generating route guidance information for efficient movement of mobile bodies.
Innovation Solution
A mobile body system that includes an imaging unit, a movement mechanism, a wireless communication unit, and an information generator that creates route guidance information based on external information received through wireless communication, improving user convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If route guidance information is generated manually or through complex external systems, then accuracy may be maintained, but user convenience and ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile body autonomously generates its own route guidance information by receiving external information (such as map data or destination information) through its wireless communication unit and processing it internally. This self-service approach eliminates the need for manual route planning by users or complex external route calculation systems, thereby improving user convenience while maintaining reasonable system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile body pre-receives and stores external information (such as map data, location information, or destination data) in advance through wireless communication. This preliminary action enables the mobile body to quickly generate route guidance information when needed, improving operational ease without requiring complex real-time external processing systems
2Ease of operation
If route guidance information is generated in real-time within the mobile body, then user convenience improves, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile body pre-receives and stores external information (such as map data, location information, or destination data) in advance through wireless communication. This preliminary action enables the mobile body to quickly generate route guidance information when needed, improving operational ease without requiring complex real-time external processing systems
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless communication unit serves as an intermediary that receives external information from external sources (such as servers or other devices) and transfers it to the mobile body's internal processing system. This intermediary role allows the mobile body to access external information without requiring complex real-time communication processing, balancing information processing requirements with user convenience
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AI summary
An information processing method of an information processor includes: obtaining information received from a mobile body through a wireless communication, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the information received from the mobile body including captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, with the captured image data being updated periodically; and generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body by the movement mechanism. The captured image data is stored together with data update time information. The route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes. The route guidance information is generated based on the captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and the data update time information.