US 12,152,899 B2
Guide text generation apparatus, guide system, guide text generation method and program
Asuka Miyake, Tokyo (JP); Misa Hirao, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroya Minami, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/423,166
Filed by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/000869
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/149257, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-005169 (JP), filed on Jan. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128375 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3632 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3641 (2013.01); G01C 21/3644 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for generating a guidance text, the device comprising a processor configured to execute operations comprising:
generating, based at least on route data retrieved from a route data store in response to receiving a request to guide a user from a first location to a second location as input, a route, wherein the route comprises a plurality of nodes from a departure point to a destination point,
the plurality of nodes includes the point of departure, corners or/and ends at which a traveling direction changes and the destination, and
the route connects at least a part of the plurality of nodes;
retrieving, based on the route, geographical information from a geographical information store, wherein the geographical information comprises a plurality of types for classifying things located on the route, the plurality of types include at least one of a global brand, a universal sign, an object that is peculiar to a region, or a shop with a name in alphanumeric notation, and a presentation priority of each type of the plurality of types is predetermined based on a first degree of familiarity with a local language and culture along the route;
interactively receiving a second degree of familiarity with language and a regional culture along the route by the user according to an interactive selection of displayed degrees of familiarity a local language and culture along the route;
generating, based on the geographical information according to the first degree of familiarity and the received second degree of familiarity with a local language and culture along the route by the user, a guidance text of the route for guiding the user, wherein the guidance text is based at least on: the generated route, the geographical information of the generated route, and the presentation priority of the type of the plurality of types, and the guidance text comprises a description of a location without a name displayed on a signboard at the location based on the local language and culture by replacing the name with at least one of color, shape, or size of the signboard at the location according to the received second degree of familiarity with language and culture along the route by the user; and
displaying the guidance text including the description of the location using the at least one of color, shape, or size of the signboard according to the second degree of familiarity with the local language and culture along the route by the user, thereby excluding output of the guidance text with one or more descriptions that are unfamiliar to the user.