Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11801194-B2
Application number	US-202217859515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2022
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

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:
set a feedback target range based on input information, the input information includes information regarding a user;
change the set feedback target range based on a situation of the user, wherein the situation of the user includes a fixation point of the user based on a determination that the user is an able-bodied person and a position of a tip of a white cane based on a determination that the user is a visually impaired person; and
output information regarding the changed feedback target range.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding a moving speed of the user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding a posture of the user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding a behavior of the user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding profile information of the user.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the user includes information regarding an environment of the user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the information regarding the environment of the user includes information regarding a density of objects in vicinity of the user.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to set a time interval between a change in the input information and a change in the feedback target range.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output information includes warning regarding changed feedback target range.

10. An information processing method, comprising:
setting a feedback target range based on input information, the input information includes information regarding a user;
changing the set feedback target range based on a situation of the user, wherein the situation of the user includes a fixation point of the user based on a determination that the user is an able-bodied person and a position of a tip of a white cane based on a determination that the user is a visually impaired person; and
outputting information regarding the changed feedback target range.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Takada Kohei
• Yashiro Kumi
• Inagaki Hiroko

Classifications

• A61H3/061 Primary

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• A61F9/08

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• A61H3/06

  Walking aids for blind persons (replacing direct visual perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08) · CPC title

• G01C17/28

  Electromagnetic compasses (with north seeking magnetic elements and having electric pick-offs G01C17/26) · CPC title

• G01C21/20

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