REMOTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM
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1. A system for providing assistance from an assistant to a user, the user and the assistant being remote from each other, the system comprising:
- a user device that includes a visual data collector and an audible output device, the visual data collector operable to obtain an image of an area adjacent the user, the audible output device operable to audibly output a message relating to the image to the user;
an assistant device including a display and an assistant input device, the display operable to display the image to the assistant, and the assistant input device operable for inputting the message by the assistant; and
a communication device that is operable to transmit the image from the user device to assistant device, the communication device also operable to transmit the message from the assistant device to the user device.
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Abstract
A method of providing assistance from an assistant to a user, wherein the user and the assistant are remote from each other, includes obtaining an image of an area adjacent the user, transmitting the image from the user to the assistant, and displaying the image on a display to the assistant. The method also includes transmitting a message generated by the assistant relating to the image from the assistant to the user and audibly outputting the message to the user.
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1. A system for providing assistance from an assistant to a user, the user and the assistant being remote from each other, the system comprising:
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a user device that includes a visual data collector and an audible output device, the visual data collector operable to obtain an image of an area adjacent the user, the audible output device operable to audibly output a message relating to the image to the user; an assistant device including a display and an assistant input device, the display operable to display the image to the assistant, and the assistant input device operable for inputting the message by the assistant; and a communication device that is operable to transmit the image from the user device to assistant device, the communication device also operable to transmit the message from the assistant device to the user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing assistance from an assistant to a user, the user and the assistant being remote from each other, the method comprising:
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obtaining an image of an area adjacent the user; transmitting the image from the user to the assistant; displaying the image on a display to the assistant; transmitting a message generated by the assistant relating to the image from the assistant to the user; audibly outputting the message to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing assistance from an assistant to a vision-impaired user, the user and the assistant being remote from each other, the method comprising:
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obtaining a moving image of an area adjacent the vision-impaired user, the moving image obtained from a portable camera that is transportable by the vision-impaired user; transmitting the moving image from the vision-impaired user to the assistant; displaying the moving image on a display to the assistant; determining a current position of the vision-impaired user on a map; displaying the map and the current position on the display to the assistant; displaying a destination of the vision-impaired user on the display to the assistant; transmitting a route message generated by the assistant from the assistant to the vision-impaired user, the route message including the route message including a plurality of directions for travelling from the current position of the vision-impaired user to the destination, the route message also including avoidance information for avoiding an obstacle shown in the moving image; audibly outputting the route message from a speaker to the vision-impaired user, the speaker being transportable by the vision-impaired user.
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