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Communication apparatus, operation assistance apparatus, and operation assistance system

  • US 10,424,199 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2015
  • Issued: 09/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
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1. A communication apparatus for wirelessly communicating with another movable communication apparatus and being movable along with a moving object, comprising:

  • a sensor;

    a processor including circuitry configured to perform as a movement-state estimator that estimates a movement state of said moving object on the basis of information that includes movement information of said communication apparatus that is detected by the sensor;

    the circuitry in the processor is further configured to perform as an operation-state manager that specifies an operation state of operations performed on said communication apparatus by a user, and manages the operation state that includes a time elapsed after a latest operation was performed on said communication apparatus without any intervening operations performed on said communication apparatus during the elapsed time;

    the circuitry in the processor is further configured to perform as a communication processor that transmits terminal information that includes at least the movement information of said communication apparatus to said another communication apparatus, and receives another terminal information that includes at least movement information of said another communication apparatus from said another communication apparatus; and

    a terminal information controller that controls transmission of said terminal information from said communication processor to said another communication apparatus on the basis of said movement state estimated by said movement-state estimator and said operation state managed by said operation-state manager, and when it is determined on the basis of said terminal information and said another terminal information received by said communication processor that an attention calling state has occurred, controls display information that causes a display to display attention calling information on the basis of said movement state and said operation state, wherein,said movement state includes;

    when said moving object is a user, states indicating how the user is stationary, states indicating whether or not the user is walking, states indicating whether or not the user is running, and states indicating whether or not the user is not holding said communication apparatus;

    when said moving object is a bicycle, states indicating whether or not the bicycle is ridden, when said moving object is an automobile, states indicating whether or not the automobile is ridden or driven;

    when said moving object is a bus, states indicating whether or not the bus is ridden; and

    when said moving object is a train, states indicating whether or not the train is ridden,said operation state includes;

    states indicating whether or not the user is on a call, states indicating whether or not the user is performing a screen operation, and states indicating whether or not a predetermined period of time has elapsed after a screen operation,said terminal information controller transmits said terminal information and displays attention calling information on said display when said movement state is one of the state indicating the user is walking, the state indicating the user is running, and the state indicating the bicycle is ridden, and when said operation state is one of the state indicating the user is on a call, the state indicating the user is performing a screen operation, and the state indicating a predetermined period of time has not elapsed after a screen operation, andsaid terminal information controller does not transmit said terminal information and does not display attention calling information on said display when said movement state is one of the state indicating the automobile is ridden, the state indicating the bus is ridden, and the state indicating the train is ridden, and when said operation state is one of the state indicating the user is not performing a screen operation and the state indicating a predetermined period of time has elapsed after a screen operation.

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