Awakening support apparatus and awakening support method
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuhiko Maeda
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Abstract
An awakening support apparatus for prompting a user inside a vehicle to awake by prompting the user to focus. The awakening support apparatus includes a first selector that selects one category from among a plurality of categories associated with groups of presentation content items, the groups being mutually different in type of focus mode in which the user is prompted to focus, a second selector that selects one or more presentation content items from among a group of presentation content items associated with the one category, and a controller that presents the one or more presentation content items to the user.
Claims18
An awakening support apparatus for prompting a user inside a vehicle to awake by prompting the user to focus, the awakening support apparatus comprising:
- a first selector that selects one category from among a plurality of categories associated with groups of presentation content items, the groups being mutually different in type of focus mode in which the user is prompted to focus;
- a second selector that selects one or more presentation content items from among a group of presentation content items associated with the one category;
- and
- a controller that presents the one or more presentation content items to the user, wherein
- the plurality of categories include:
- (i) a category associated with, among the groups of presentation content items, a group of presentation content items each of which is related to a different specific situation, and
- (ii) a category associated with, among the groups of presentation content items, a group of presentation content items each of which is related to a different unspecific situation.
An awakening support method for prompting a user inside a vehicle to awake by prompting the user to focus, the awakening support method comprising:
- selecting one category from among a plurality of categories associated with groups of presentation content items, the groups being mutually different in type of focus mode in which the user is prompted to focus;
- selecting one or more presentation content items from among a group of presentation content items associated with the one category;
- and
- presenting the one or more presentation content items to the user, wherein
- the plurality of categories include:
- (i) a category associated with, among the groups of presentation content items, a group of presentation content items each of which is related to a different specific situation, and
- (ii) a category associated with, among the groups of presentation content items, a group of presentation content items each of which is related to a different unspecific situation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.