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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Taizo Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryota Tomizawa, Mishima, JP;
Sei Miyazaki, Susono, JP;
Yuki Nishikawa, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G08B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G08B 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voice guidance method includes: a determination step of determining whether or not a visually impaired person is included in passengers in a vehicle as a public transport; and a guidance step of, in a case where the visually impaired person is determined to be included in the passengers, providing voice guidance to inform the visually impaired person of a state around the vehicle when the visually impaired person gets off the vehicle.