Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11835931-B2
Application number	US-201816606552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2018
Priority date	May 26, 2017
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

To provide an information processing apparatus capable of enhancing an illegal action prevention effect by restricting an operation leading to an illegal action, an information processing method, and a storage medium. An information processing apparatus including a sensor data acquisition part configured to acquire sensor data output from a sensor, and a control part configured to restrict an operation on an object of interest when detecting a person who is likely to violate a predetermined rule after operating the object of interest on the basis of the sensor data, and to remove the restriction of the operation on the object of interest after giving a warning on the basis of the predetermined rule via a notification part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A first information processing apparatus, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire sensor data from a sensor that corresponds to a second information processing apparatus using a communication network;
execute at least one of a face recognition, a voice recognition, or a biometric authentication based on the acquired sensor data;
detect, based on the execution of the at least one of the face recognition, the voice recognition, or the biometric authentication, a person who approaches a housing part that corresponds to the second information processing apparatus;
estimate a likelihood of the detected person to violate a rule based on opening of an opening/closing part of the housing part, wherein
the estimation is based on a rule violation history that indicates a number of times the detected person has violated the rule, and the rule violation history is based on a past action history of the detected person to violate the rule;

lock the opening/closing part of the housing part;
control output of a warning to follow the rule; and
unlock the opening/closing part of the housing part.

2. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
lock the opening/closing part of the housing part based on the estimated likelihood of the detected person to violate the rule, wherein the violation of the rule is based on the opening of the opening/closing part.

3. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing apparatus is a garbage pickup box, and
the CPU is further configured to:
detect the person who approaches the garbage pickup box;
estimate the likelihood of the detected person to violate the rule after a lid part of the garbage pickup box is opened, wherein the rule corresponds to a garbage disposal rule;
lock the lid part of the garbage pickup box;
control output of a warning to follow the garbage disposal rule; and
unlock the lid part of the garbage pickup box.

4. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to estimate the likelihood of the detected person to violate the garbage disposal rule based on each of a current time/date and a garbage disposal time/date in the garbage disposal rule.

5. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the rule violation history corresponds to a past garbage disposal rule violation history of the detected person.

6. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing apparatus is a refrigerator, and
the CPU is further configured to:
detect the person who approaches the refrigerator;
estimate the likelihood of the detected person to overeat after a door part of the refrigerator is opened;
lock the door part of the refrigerator;
control output of a warning against overeating; and
unlock the door part of the refrigerator.

7. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the rule violation history is based on a past door opening/closing history of the detected person.

8. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing apparatus is a moving object, and
the CPU is further configured to:
detect, based on the acquired sensor data, the person who starts up the moving object;
estimate the likelihood of the detected person to violate the rule after the moving object is started by the detected person;
restrict startup of the moving object;
control the output of the warning to follow the rule; and
remove the restriction of the startup of the moving object.

9. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
restrict a physical operation on one of a startup key, a button, or a switch as the restriction of the startup of the moving object; or
restrict an engine ignition operation as the restriction of the startup of the moving object.

10. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
detect the person who drives an automobile as the moving object; and
estimate, based on the rule violation history, the likelihood of the detected person to violate a traffic rule after the detected person starts to drive, wherein the rule violation history corresponds to a past traffic rule violation history of the detected person.

11. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
detect, based on the acquired sensor data, that a hand of the person approaches the second information processing apparatus; and
control output of a warning to the detected person who is likely to violate the rule.

12. The first information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing apparatus is a music player, and
the CPU is further configured to:
detect, based on the acquired sensor data, the person who starts up the music player;
estimate, based on the rule violation history, the likelihood of the detected person to listen to music reproduced in the music player at a sound volume that exceeds a specific value, wherein the rule violation history corresponds to a past sound volume adjustment history of the detected person;
restrict reproduction operation of the music player;
control output of a warning to listen at an appropriate sound volume; and
remove the restriction of the reproduction operation of the music player.

13. An information processing method, comprising:
in a first information processing apparatus:
acquiring, by a central processing unit (CPU) of the first information processing apparatus, sensor data from a sensor that corresponds to a second information processing apparatus using a communication network;
executing, by the CPU, at least one of a face recognition, a voice recognition, or a biometric authentication based on the acquired sensor data;
detecting, by the CPU, a person who approaches a housing part that corresponds to the second information processing apparatus, wherein the detection of the person is based on the execution of the at least one of the face recognition, the voice recognition, or the biometric authentication;
estimating, by the CPU, a likelihood of the detected person to violate a rule based on opening of an opening/closing part of the housing part, wherein
the estimation is based on a rule violation history that indicates a number of times the detected person has violated the rule, and the rule violation history is based on a past action history of the detected person to violate the rule;

locking the opening/closing part of the housing part;
controlling output of a warning to follow the rule; and
unlocking the opening/closing part of the housing part.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
acquiring sensor data from a sensor that corresponds to an information processing apparatus using a communication network;
executing at least one of a face recognition, a voice recognition, or a biometric authentication based on the acquired sensor data;
detecting, based on the execution of the at least one of the face recognition, the voice recognition, or the biometric authentication, a person who approaches a housing part that corresponds to the information p

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Iwanami Hiroshi

Classifications

• B60K28/02

  responsive to conditions relating to the driver · CPC title

• G05B15/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• E05B65/0042

  For refrigerators or cold rooms (E05B17/0075 takes precedence; magnetic E05C19/16) · CPC title

• G08B21/24

  Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms · CPC title

• B60W50/14 Primary

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title