System, apparatus, storage medium, and method for providing a route and aid for people in need of assistance
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYusuke Hara, Shuhei Aketa, Toru Yanagida, Shin Sakurada, Tae Sugimura, Yasutaka Ujihara
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus for providing aid to people in need of assistance outdoors. The information processing apparatus includes a controller. When a request for a search for a route is received, the controller generates, using a link and a node at which travel by a wheelchair is possible, a section to be included in the route between two locations and that is to be traveled by the wheelchair.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- upon recognizing a request for a search for a route between two locations, generate, using a link and a node at which travel by a wheelchair is possible, a section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair;
- send a request for assistance at a section that passes through a specific type of facility included in the section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair, the request including an expected arrival time for the specific type of facility;
- and
- upon recognizing that assistance, in response to the request, by an owner of at least one terminal apparatus scheduled to be situated in a predetermined area with respect to the specific type of facility at the expected arrival time is available at the section that passes through the specific type of facility, allow use of the section that passes through the specific type of facility in generation of the section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed, causes an information processing apparatus to execute a process, the process comprising:
- upon recognizing a request for a search for a route between two locations, generating, using a link and a node at which travel by a wheelchair is possible, a section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair;
- sending a request for assistance at a section that passes through a specific type of facility included in the section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair, the request including an expected arrival time for the specific type of facility;
- and
- upon recognizing that assistance, in response to the request, by an owner of at least one terminal apparatus scheduled to be situated in a predetermined area with respect to the specific type of facility at the expected arrival time is available at the section that passes through the specific type of facility, allowing use of the section that passes through the specific type of facility in generation of the section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair.
An information processing method implemented by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:
- upon recognizing a request for a search for a route between two locations, generating, using a link and a node at which travel by a wheelchair is possible, a section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair;
- sending a request for assistance at a section that passes through a specific type of facility included in the section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair, the request including an expected arrival time for the specific type of facility;
- and
- upon recognizing that assistance, in response to the request, by an owner of at least one terminal apparatus scheduled to be situated in a predetermined area with respect to the specific type of facility at the expected arrival time is available at the section that passes through the specific type of facility, allowing use of the section that passes through the specific type of facility in generation of the section of the route to be traveled by the wheelchair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.