Guide device, control system, and recording medium
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorRyohei TANAKA
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Abstract
In a case where a predetermined region to perform a next operation on an operation screen relative to a touch position onto a touch panel is made a destination, a guide device makes a force sense presenter generate a guide-use virtual force sense directed to the destination by using relative position information, received from a main body apparatus, up to the destination relative to the touch position.
Claims26
A visually impaired person-use guide device that is worn on a hand of a user and is able to communicate with a main body apparatus equipped with a touch panel to detect a touch onto an operation screen, the guide device comprising:
- a force sense presenter that makes the user having worn generate a virtual force sense;
- a guide device communicator that performs wireless communication with the main body apparatus;
- and
- a guide device processor that, in a case where a predetermined region to perform a next operation on the operation screen relative to a touch position onto the touch panel is made a destination, performs a guide control to make the force sense presenter generate a guide-use virtual force sense directed to the destination by using relative position information, received from the main body apparatus, up to the destination relative to the touch position.
A control system comprising:
- a main body apparatus that receives operation;
- and
- a visually impaired person-use guide device that is worn on a hand of a user,
- wherein the main body apparatus includes
- a touch panel that displays an operation screen on a display surface and detects a touch to the display surface,
- a main body communicator that performs wireless communication with the guide device, and
- a main body processor,
- the guide device includes
- a force sense presenter that makes the user having worn generate a virtual force sense,
- a guide device communicator that performs wireless communication with the main body apparatus, and
- a guide device processor, and
- wherein in a case where a touch has been made to the touch panel by the user having worn the guide device, the main body processor sets a predetermined region to perform a next operation as a destination on the operation screen being displayed and transmits relative position information up to the destination relative to a touch position of the touch, and the guide device processor performs guide control to make the force sense presenter generate a guide-use virtual force sense directed to the destination by using relative position information.
A non-transitory control medium storing a computer readable program that makes a computer control a control system including a main body apparatus that receives operation through a touch panel and a visually impaired person-use guide device that is worn on a hand of a user and includes a force sense presenter that makes the user having worn generate a virtual force sense, the control by the computer comprising:
- (a) setting a position of a predetermined region to perform a next operation as a destination on an operation screen being displayed in a case where a touch has been made onto the touch panel by the user having worn the guide device;
- and
- (b) performing a guide control to make the force sense presenter generate a guide-use virtual force sense directed to the destination by using relative position information up to the destination relative to the touch position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.