Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020250412-A1
Application number	US-201816639358-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 11, 2018
Priority date	Aug 23, 2017
Publication date	Aug 6, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can optimize information output in response to an environment in a space, the information processing apparatus including: a recognition unit that recognizes a situation in a space based on sensor data obtained by sensing the space in which a content is output; and a determination unit that determines an output scheme of the content based on a result of the recognition and an analysis result of related information of the content.

First claim

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
a recognition unit that recognizes a situation in a space based on sensor data obtained by sensing the space in which a content is output; and a determination unit that determines an output scheme of the content based on a result of the recognition and an analysis result of related information of the content.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the analysis result of the related information of the content includes a format of the content, a target person who uses the content, a job on the content, or importance of the content.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein.
the recognition unit performs a recognition process on a user existing in the space as the situation in the space.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
position coordinates, a field-of-view direction, and a state of the user are recognized as the recognition process on the user.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the recognition unit performs a recognition process on an environment around a user existing in the space as the situation in the space.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
at least one of detection of a planar area in the space, generation of an illuminance map, and sound field recognition is performed as the recognition process on the environment.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the recognition unit performs a recognition process on an output device existing in the space as the situation in the space.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the determination unit determines an output position, an output device, and an output parameter of the content as the output scheme.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the output position is a position of a planar area in the space in a case of projection output from a projection display device.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the output position is an installation position of the output device.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
when the output device is a wearable device, the output position corresponds to a position of a user wearing the wearable device.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the determination unit determines the output position based on a score for each output position calculated based on a score of each element calculated based on a recognition result of an environment and a user obtained by the recognition unit and weighted depending on the analysis result of the related information of the content.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the determination unit determines the output scheme by giving priority to a screen size based on the analysis result of the content when the content is a video.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the determination unit determines the output scheme by giving priority to closeness of a distance between an output position and a user when the content is a touch UI.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the determination unit determines the output scheme by giving priority to output resolution when the content is mainly a character.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the determination unit determines the output scheme by giving priority to a situation of a sound field at an output position when the content is a sound.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the determination unit determines the output scheme by giving priority to a line-of-sight direction of a user when the content is an image and the user is moving.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmission unit that transmits information to be output to an output device by the determined output scheme.

19 . An information processing method causing a processor to execute:
recognizing a situation in a space based on sensor data obtained by sensing the space in which a content is output; and determining an output scheme of the content based on a result of the recognition and an analysis result of related information of the content.

20 . A program configured to cause a computer to function as:
a recognition unit that recognizes a situation in a space based on sensor data obtained by sensing the space in which a content is output; and a determination unit that determines an output scheme of the content based on a result of the recognition and an analysis result of related information of the content.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Ryuichi
• Ida Kentaro
• Ikeda Takuya
• Iida Fumihiko

Classifications

• G06V40/103 Primary

  Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition · CPC title

• G06V40/28

  Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language (static hand signs G06V40/113) · CPC title

• G06V40/18

  Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris · CPC title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title