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Information processing apparatus and information processing method

US11744766B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2020
Grant dateSep 5, 2023
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61H2201/5097
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processing unit includes a direction decision unit and a guide information generation unit. The direction decision unit decides a direction in which a person who behaves without a sense of sight walks. The guide information generation unit generates guide information for the person who behaves without the sense of sight to walk in the decided direction. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a smartphone or the like used by the person who behaves without the sense of sight.

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