Route Navigation via Non-Verbal Music Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional route navigation systems fail to effectively incorporate non-verbal information, such as visual experiences and feelings of speed, to assist users in selecting enjoyable driving or touring routes.
Innovation Solution
A route navigation apparatus and system that utilize music and image information to determine routes based on user preferences, using an information processing server to associate vehicle behavior and environmental data with multimedia information, allowing users to select routes without specifying a destination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional route navigation systems display facility information and predicted arrival times, then users can obtain verbal information for route selection, but users cannot obtain perceptible non-verbal information to imagine the route experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses music information as an intermediary to convey non-verbal route characteristics. Instead of directly displaying complex environmental data, the system translates route features (scenery, speed, atmosphere) into musical representations that users can perceive and select from, bridging the gap between raw data and user experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional visual display mechanisms with auditory music-based representation. Instead of relying on screens and text to convey route information, the system substitutes these mechanical display methods with musical compositions that emotionally and sensorially represent route characteristics, enabling users to perceive routes through sound rather than visual data.
2Ease of operation
If the system provides detailed facility information and route data, then users can make informed decisions, but users still cannot intuitively sense the driving experience and enjoyment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms route parameters from traditional metrics (distance, time, facilities) into sensory parameters represented by music. The system changes the representation mode from quantitative data to qualitative auditory experience, allowing users to intuitively sense route characteristics through musical attributes like tempo, melody, and instrumentation that correspond to driving conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
Music serves as an intermediary that translates invisible driving experiences (speed sensation, scenery quality, route atmosphere) into audible forms. Users can intuitively understand route characteristics through musical representations without needing to interpret complex data, making route selection more natural and experience-oriented.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the navigation system focuses on destination-based routing, then users can reach their destination efficiently, but users cannot select routes based on driving enjoyment or touring experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic route selection where music information changes based on user preferences and route characteristics. Instead of static destination-based routing, the system dynamically adapts route recommendations by translating various route experiences into musical representations, allowing users to flexibly select routes based on desired driving experiences such as scenic views, speed variations, or atmospheric qualities.
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AI summary
A route navigation apparatus comprises: an output device configured to output music information, in an audible form, to a user; a memory; and at least one processor or circuit which functions as: a selection unit configured to select predetermined music information in accordance with an operation that has been made by the user with respect to the output music information; and a provision unit configured to provide a route corresponding to the selected predetermined music information to the user.