Information processing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11410482-B2
Application number	US-201816626099-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2018
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed are an information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The information processing method is applied to a mobile device loaded with articles, and comprises: determining a motion parameter according to a motion mode and obstacle information; carrying out a motion according to the motion parameter; collecting pre-determined information during the motion; and if the pre-determined information indicates that a user needs to acquire an article, suspending the motion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing method, applied to a mobile device loaded with an article, comprising:
determining a motion parameter according to a motion mode and obstacle information;
carrying out a motion according to the motion parameter;
collecting pre-determined information during the motion; and
suspending the motion when the pre-determined information indicates that a user needs to acquire the article;
wherein the determining a motion parameter according to a motion mode and obstacle information comprises: determining an overall motion parameter according to the motion mode; wherein the overall motion parameter is used for controlling the mobile device to move from a current position to a target position;
wherein the determining an overall motion parameter according to the motion mode comprises:
when the motion mode is a third motion mode, determining area information about a first type of area and a second type of area; wherein demand frequency of the article in the first type of area is higher than demand frequency of the article in the second type of area;
selecting the first type of area as an area where the target position is located according to the area information; and
determining a first average motion rate for the first type of area and a second average motion rate for the second type of area; wherein the first average motion rate is lower than the second average motion rate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the collecting pre-determined information during the motion comprises at least one of:
collecting operation information acted on a man-machine interaction module during the motion;
collecting first image information during the motion; or
collecting voice information during the motion.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the determining a motion parameter according to a motion mode and obstacle information comprises:
determining an instantaneous motion parameter by using the obstacle information; wherein the instantaneous motion parameter is used by the mobile device to avoid an obstacle in a process of moving from the current position to the target position.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the determining an overall motion parameter according to the motion mode comprises:
when the motion mode is a first motion mode, determining a motion path and an overall motion direction corresponding to the first motion mode; wherein the motion path is a circular path containing multiple sites; and
selecting one site from the circular path as the target position; wherein the selected site is a site nearest to the mobile device in the overall motion direction.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein
the determining an overall motion parameter according to the motion mode comprises:
when the motion mode is a second motion mode, collecting second image information;
analyzing the second image information to determine a potential user, and acquiring position information of the potential user; and
determining the target position to which the mobile device moves according to the position information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the analyzing the second image information to determine a potential user comprises:
analyzing the second image information, and selecting a user with a movement direction along an overall motion direction of the mobile device from the second image information as the potential user;
analyzing the second image information, acquiring a user attribute according to an analyzed result, and selecting an alternative user matched with the article loaded on the mobile device as the potential user according to the user attribute; or
selecting an alternative user with a located direction consistent with an instantaneous motion direction of the mobile device from the second image information as the potential user.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the overall motion direction includes: a first direction for moving clockwise along the circular path, and a second direction for moving counterclockwise along the circular path.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
carrying out energy supplementation in an energy supplementation area in a first time interval;
the carrying out a motion according to the motion parameter comprises:
carrying out the motion in an area out of the energy supplementation area in a second time interval according to the motion parameter;
wherein demand frequency of the article in the first time interval is lower than demand frequency of the article in the second time interval.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the motion parameter comprises: a motion direction, a motion speed, motion acceleration, and a target position of the motion;
the pre-determined information is any information for indicating that the user intends to take the article from the mobile device;
the area information is boundary information of different areas;
the overall motion parameter is a parameter on which the mobile device acts within a period of time, which includes: an overall motion direction of the motion from the current position to the target position, and an average motion rate of the motion from the current position to the target position.

10. An electronic device, comprising: a transceiver, a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executed by the processor,
wherein the processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory respectively, and the processor is configured to:
determine a motion parameter according to a motion mode of a mobile device loaded with an article and obstacle information;
carry out a motion according to the motion parameter;
collect pre-determined information during the motion;
suspend the motion when the pre-determined information indicates that a user needs to acquire the article;
determine an overall motion parameter according to the motion mode; wherein the overall motion parameter is used for controlling the mobile device to move from a current position to a target position;
when the motion mode is a third motion mode, determine area information about a first type of area and a second type of area; wherein demand frequency of the article in the first type of area is higher than demand frequency of the article in the second type of area;
select the first type of area as an area where the target position is located according to the area information; and
determine a first average motion rate for the first type of area and a second average motion rate for the second type of area; wherein the first average motion rate is lower than the second average motion rate.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to at least one of:
collect operation information acted on a man-machine interaction module during the motion;
collect first image information during the motion; or
collect voice information during the motion.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine an instantaneous motion parameter by using the obstacle information; wherein the instantaneous motion parameter is used by the mobile device to avoid an obstacle in a process of moving from the current position to the target position.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
when the motion mode is a first motion mode, determine a motion path and an overall motion direction corresponding to the first motion mode; wherein the motion path is a circular path containing multiple sites; and
select one site from the circular path as the target position; wherein the selected site is a site

Assignees

• Ninebot Beijing Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Zichong
• Sun Chunyang
• Pu Li

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