Movement support apparatus and movement support method

1. A movement support apparatus that supports movement of a moving body by causing an audio output device that moves with said moving body to vocally output an announcement of a landmark object, the movement support apparatus comprising:

a processor to execute a program; and

a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps comprising,

obtaining map information;

obtaining a position of said moving body;

obtaining a destination of said moving body;

obtaining a route to said destination retrieved based on said map information, the position of said moving body and the destination of said moving body;

obtaining environment information related to an environment of an outside of said moving body by the time when said moving body arrives at a guidance given point that corresponds to said route and at which said vocal output is given; and

causing said audio output device to selectively vocally output one of a name and a feature of said landmark object based on said environment information at said guidance given point, wherein

said environment information includes information indicating a weather of the outside of said moving body, and

when said information indicating said weather being obtained indicates a predetermined weather, said name of said landmark object is vocally output, and when said information indicating said weather being obtained does not indicate said predetermined weather, said feature of said landmark object is vocally output.

2. A movement support apparatus that supports movement of a moving body by causing an audio output device that moves with said moving body to vocally output an announcement of a landmark object, the movement support apparatus comprising:

a processor to execute a program; and

a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps comprising,

obtaining map information;

obtaining a position of said moving body;

obtaining a destination of said moving body;

obtaining a route to said destination retrieved based on said map information, the position of said moving body and the destination of said moving body;

obtaining environment information related to an environment of an outside of said moving body by the time when said moving body arrives at a guidance given point that corresponds to said route and at which said vocal output is given; and

causing said audio output device to selectively vocally output one of a name and a feature of said landmark object based on said environment information at said guidance given point, wherein

said environment information includes a control state of a wiper, and

said name of said landmark object is vocally output in case of a control state where said wiper is operated, and said feature of said landmark object is vocally output in case of a control state where said wiper is not operated.

3. A movement support apparatus that supports movement of a moving body by causing an audio output device that moves with said moving body to vocally output an announcement of a landmark object, the movement support apparatus comprising:

a processor to execute a program; and

a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps comprising,

obtaining map information;

obtaining a position of said moving body;

obtaining a destination of said moving body;

obtaining a route to said destination retrieved based on said map information, the position of said moving body and the destination of said moving body;

obtaining environment information related to an environment of an outside of said moving body by the time when said moving body arrives at a guidance given point that corresponds to said route and at which said vocal output is given; and

causing said audio output device to selectively vocally output one of a name and a feature of said landmark object based on said environment information at said guidance given point, wherein

said environment information includes a language that is a target for which it is determined whether or not the target matches a language set to said movement support apparatus, and that is used in an area corresponding to the position of said moving body, and

when said language used in said area being obtained matches said language being set, said name of said landmark object is vocally output, and when said language used in said area being obtained does not match said language being set, said feature of said landmark object is vocally output.

4. The movement support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said environment information further includes at least one of

a brightness of the outside of said moving body,

a state where front lights are turned on or off,

information obtained by a vehicle front image obtaining unit or a radar, for identifying whether or not there is a visual obstacle in front of said moving body.

5. The movement support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said environment information further includes

a brightness of the outside of said moving body, and

when said brightness being obtained is a predetermined threshold or less, said name of said landmark object is vocally output, and when said brightness being obtained is higher than said predetermined threshold, said feature of said landmark object is vocally output.

6. The movement support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

said environment information further includes a state where a-front lights are turned on or off, and

when said front lights are turned on, said name of said landmark object is vocally output, and when said front lights are turned off, said feature of said landmark object is vocally output.

7. The movement support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said audio output device is caused to vocally output a feature of a facility or a point adjacent to said landmark object instead of causing said the audio output device to vocally output the feature of said landmark object.

8. The movement support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein as causing said audio output device to vocally output one of said name and said feature, said audio output device is caused to vocally output at least one of a plurality of said features based on a predetermined priority when said landmark object for which a vocal output is given includes a plurality of said features.

9. A movement support method for supporting movement of a moving body by causing an audio output device that moves with said moving body to vocally output an announcement of a landmark object, the movement support method comprising:

(a) obtaining a position of said moving body;

(b) obtaining a destination of said moving body;

(c) obtaining a route to said destination based on map information, the position of said moving body and the destination of said moving body;

(d) by the time when said moving body arrives at a guidance given point that corresponds to said route and at which said vocal output is given, obtaining environment information related to an environment of an outside of said moving body; and

(e) causing said audio output device to selectively vocally output one of a name and a feature of said landmark object based on said environment information at said guidance given point, wherein

said environment information includes information indicating a weather of the outside of said moving body, and

in (e), when said information indicating said weather being obtained in (d) indicates a predetermined weather, said name of said landmark object is vocally output, and when said information indicating said weather being obtained in (d) does not indicate said predetermined weather, said feature of said landmark object is vocally output.

10. A movement support method for supporting movement of a moving body by causing an audio output device that moves with said moving body to vocally output an announcement of a landmark object, the movement support method comprising:

(a) obtaining a position of said moving body;

(b) obtaining a destination of said moving body;

(c) obtaining a route to said destination based on map information, the position of said moving body and the destination of said moving body;

(d) by the time when said moving body arrives at a guidance given point that corresponds to said route and at which said vocal output is given, obtaining environment information related to an environment of an outside of said moving body; and

(e) causing said audio output device to selectively vocally output one of a name and a feature of said landmark object based on said environment information at said guidance given point, wherein

said environment information includes a control state of a wiper, and

in (e), said name of said landmark object is vocally output in case of a control state where said wiper is operated, and said feature of said landmark object is vocally output in case of a control state where said wiper is not operated.

11. A movement support method for supporting movement of a moving body by causing an audio output device that moves with said moving body to vocally output an announcement of a landmark object, the movement support method comprising:

(a) obtaining a position of said moving body;

(b) obtaining a destination of said moving body;

(c) obtaining a route to said destination based on map information, the position of said moving body and the destination of said moving body;

(d) by the time when said moving body arrives at a guidance given point that corresponds to said route and at which said vocal output is given, obtaining environment information related to an environment of an outside of said moving body; and

(e) causing said audio output device to selectively vocally output one of a name and a feature of said landmark object based on said environment information at said guidance given point, wherein

said environment information includes a language that is a target for which it is determined whether or not the target matches a language set to said movement support apparatus, and that is used in an area corresponding to the position of said moving body, and

in (e), when said language used in said area being obtained in (d) matches said language being set, said name of said landmark object is vocally output, and when said language used in said area being obtained in (d) does not match said language being set, said feature of said landmark object is vocally output.