Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11406557-B2
Application number	US-202017033222-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2020
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Aug 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit to set, on a basis of acquired input information, a feedback target range in which an object existing on inside serves as a target to be fed back to a user, in which the processing unit outputs information regarding the set feedback target range to an output unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire input information from at least one sensor, wherein the acquired input information includes a posture of the information processing apparatus;
set a feedback target range based on the acquired input information;
change the set feedback target range based on a situation of a user of the information processing apparatus, wherein
the situation of the user includes biological information of the user, an emotional state of the user, and one of a familiarity of the user with a surrounding environment of the user or a density of objects in the surrounding environment, and
at least one object inside the set feedback target range serves as a target fed back to the user; and

output information regarding the changed feedback target range.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to output information of the at least one object in the set feedback target range.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the acquired input information further includes information regarding a distance between the user and the at least one object.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
set a first threshold value; and
set the feedback target range in which the distance between the user and the at least one object is one of less than or equal to the first threshold value.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the CPU is further configured to:
set the first threshold value to a first value in a case where a speed at which the at least one object approaches the user is a first speed; and
set the first threshold value to a second value in a case where the speed at which the at least one object approaches the user is a second speed slower than the first speed, and

the second value is less than the first value.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the CPU is further configured to set the first threshold value based on at least one of a direction of travel of the user, a direction of a face of the user, or a direction of a road.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
set a second threshold value; and
set the feedback target range in which the distance between the user and the at least one object is more than or equal to the second threshold value.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the acquired input information further includes information regarding the user.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding a moving speed of the user.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the CPU is further configured to:
set a first threshold value to a first value in a case where the moving speed of the user is a first speed; and
set the first threshold value to a second value in a case where the moving speed of the user is a second speed slower than the first speed, and the second value is less than the first value.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding a posture of the user.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
set a first threshold value to a minimum value in a case where the user is directed toward a ground side from a horizontal direction; and
set the feedback target range in which a distance between the user and the at least one object is one of less than or equal to the first threshold value.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding a relative speed between the at least one object and the user.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the CPU is further configured to output information of a distance measurement range, and
the distance measurement range is a range in which a distance between the user and the at least one object is measurable.

15. An information processing method, comprising:
acquiring, by a processor of an information processing apparatus, input information from at least one sensor, wherein the acquired input information includes a posture of the information processing apparatus;
setting, by the processor, a feedback target range based on the acquired input information;
changing, by the processor, the set feedback target range based on a situation of a user of the information processing apparatus, wherein
the situation of the user includes biological information of the user, an emotional state of the user, and one of a familiarity of the user with a surrounding environment of the user or a density of objects in the surrounding environment, and
at least one object inside the set feedback target range serves as a target fed back to the user; and

outputting, by the processor, information regarding the changed feedback target range.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
acquiring input information from at least one sensor, wherein the acquired input information includes a posture of the information processing apparatus;
setting a feedback target range based on the acquired input information;
changing the set feedback target range based on a situation of a user of the information processing apparatus, wherein
the situation of the user includes biological information of the user, an emotional state of the user, and one of a familiarity of the user with a surrounding environment of the user or a density of objects in the surrounding environment, and
at least one object inside the set feedback target range serves as a target fed back to the user; and

outputting information regarding the changed feedback target range.

17. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire input information from at least one sensor, wherein the acquired input information includes a posture of the information processing apparatus and information regarding a distance between a user and at least one object;
set a first threshold value to a first value in a case where a speed at which the at least one object approaches the user is a first speed;
set the first threshold value to a second value in a case where the speed at which the at least one object approaches the user is a second speed slower than the first speed, wherein the second value is less than the first value;
set a feedback target range in which the distance between the user and the at least one object is one of less than or equal to the first threshold value, wherein the feedback target range is set based on the acquired input information and;
change the set feedback target range based on a situation of the user of the information processing apparatus, wherein
the situation of the user includes state information of the user, behavior information of the user, and surrounding environment information, and
the at least one object inside the set feedback target range serves as a target fed back to the user; a

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Takada Kohei
• Yashiro Kumi
• Inagaki Hiroko

Classifications

• G01S15/88

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• G01S13/88

  Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications (electromagnetic prospecting or detecting of objects, e.g. near-field detection, G01V3/00) · CPC title

• G01C21/20

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01P15/18

  in two or more dimensions · CPC title