Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and mobile object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12085439-B2
Application number	US-202117363570-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2021
Priority date	Jul 7, 2020
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition interface configured to acquire a measurement result from one or more weight sensors configured to measure a weight of a user, and a controller configured to detect an increase in the weight of the user based on the measurement result.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
an information acquisition interface configured to acquire a measurement result from one or more weight sensors configured to measure a weight of a user; and
a controller configured to:
detect an increase in the weight of the user based on the measurement result, and
upon detecting the increase in the weight of the user, cause a mobile object to travel to a position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the weight of the user includes a body weight of the user and a weight of luggage of the user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller is configured to detect an increase of a predetermined value or greater in the weight of luggage of the user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more weight sensors include a first weight sensor and a second weight sensor that are installed at different positions on a road surface, and
the controller is configured to extract the measurement result for the weight of the user from respective measurement results of the first weight sensor and the second weight sensor, to detect the increase in the weight of the user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the information acquisition interface is configured to acquire an image of the user from a camera configured to capture the user, and
the controller is configured to extract the measurement result for the weight of the user from measurement results of the one or more weight sensors based on the image of the user.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising
a memory configured to store the measurement results of the one or more weight sensors, wherein
the controller is configured to store, in the memory, the measurement results of the one or more weight sensors in association with users captured by the camera, and extract measurement results of weight sensors that are associated with a common user as the measurement result for the weight of the user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
analyze the image of the user to identify whether the user is dragging a luggage with casters, whether the user is carrying the luggage by hand and whether the user is carrying the luggage by back.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more weight sensors are configured to measure the weight of the user on a ground surface, on a road, or on a floor surface at an entrance/exit, in an interior, at a product delivery point, or at a cash desk of a facility.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the information acquisition interface is configured to acquire utterances of the user from an audio input device configured to detect the utterances of the user, and
the controller causes the mobile object to travel to the position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected, when an utterance of the user is detected at the position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected.

10. An information processing method comprising:
acquiring a measurement result from one or more weight sensors configured to measure a weight of a user;
detecting an increase in the weight of the user based on the measurement result; and
upon detecting the increase in the weight of the user, causing a mobile object to travel to a position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising
detecting an increase of a predetermined value or greater in a weight of luggage of the user.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
acquiring respective measurement results of a first weight sensor and a second weight sensor that are included in the one or more weight sensors; and
extracting the measurement result for the weight of the user from the respective measurement results of the first weight sensor and the second weight sensor, to detect the increase in the weight of the user.

13. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
acquiring an image of the user from a camera configured to capture the user; and
extracting the measurement result for the weight of the user from measurement results of the one or more weight sensors based on the image of the user.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
storing, in a memory configured to store the measurement results of the one or more weight sensors, the measurement results of the one or more weight sensors in association with users captured by the camera; and
extracting measurement results of weight sensors that are associated with a common user as the measurement result for the weight of the user.

15. The information processing method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
analyzing the image of the user to identify whether the user is dragging a luggage with casters, whether the user is carrying the luggage by hand and whether the user is carrying the luggage by back.

16. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
acquiring utterances of the user from an audio input device configured to detect the utterances of the user; and
causing the mobile object to travel to the position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected, when an utterance of the user is detected at the position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected.

17. A mobile object that, when an increase in a weight of a user is detected by one or more weight sensors configured to measure the weight of the user, causes the mobile object to travel to a position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected.

18. The mobile object according to claim 17 , wherein
the mobile object is Micro-Pallete or a drone.

19. The mobile object according to claim 18 , wherein
the mobile object travels to the position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected, when an utterance of the user is further detected at the position at which the increase in the weight of the user has been detected.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakurada Shin
• Nakanishi hirotada
• Inoue Atsushi
• Hasegawa Hideo
• Tanaka Yurika
• Kuno Genshi

Classifications

• B64C39/024

  of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV · CPC title

• B64U2101/60

  for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons · CPC title

• B64U2101/64

  for parcel delivery or retrieval · CPC title

• G06V40/10

  Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands · CPC title

• G01G19/44

  for weighing persons · CPC title