US 12,437,619 B2
Notification device, notification method, and computer-readable storage medium
Seiji Komatsu, Yokohama (JP); and Takayuki Sugahara, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Yokohama (JP)
Filed by JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Yokohama (JP)
Filed on May 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/676,552.
Application 18/676,552 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/042677, filed on Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-197560 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0312322 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G08B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 7/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notification device comprising:
a display unit configured to display an image;
a memory that stores executable components; and
a processor that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
a vibration unit that stimulates a sense of touch for a user;
a target identification unit that identifies a direction from the user to a target;
an image acquisition unit that acquires images of a first field-of-view region having a predetermined region, a second field-of-view region adjacent to the first field-of-view region, and a third field-of-view region adjacent to the second field-of-view region;
a region correction unit that corrects a size of the first field-of-view region according to an amount of edges extracted from the images of the first field-of-view region and the second field-of-view region;
a region determination unit that determines which of the first field-of-view region, the second field-of-view region, or the third field-of-view region is in the direction identified by the target identification unit; and
a control unit that controls the display unit and the vibration unit based on a determination result of the region determination unit, wherein
in response to determining that the direction is to the second field-of-view region, the control unit displays an image indicating the direction on the display unit and control the vibration unit according to the direction.