Mobile object, system, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9616901-B2
Application number	US-201514808123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Aug 8, 2012
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A server, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
communicate with a remotely located user device and an information processing apparatus;
generate virtual object display information corresponding to instruction information received from the remotely located user device, wherein the instruction information is a user input to environmental information detected by a sensor at a location in the real world; and
transmit the virtual object display information to the information processing apparatus for superimposing a virtual object corresponding to the virtual object display information on a scene of the location in the real world.

2. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive an image detected by the sensor at the location in the real world.

3. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a sound detected by the sensor at the location in the real world.

4. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual object is a vehicle.

5. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual object is determined based on the user input.

6. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
receive a sound detected by the sensor at the location in the real world; and
transmit the received sound to the information processing apparatus for reproduction of the sound.

7. The server according to claim 6 , wherein the received sound is a driving sound of a vehicle.

8. A method, comprising:
in a server:
communicating with a remotely located user device and an information processing apparatus;
generating virtual object display information corresponding to instruction information received from the remotely located user device, wherein the instruction information is a user input to environmental information detected by a sensor at a location in the real world; and
transmitting the virtual object display information to the information processing apparatus for superimposing a virtual object corresponding to the virtual object information on a scene of the location in the real world.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising receiving an image detected by the sensor at the location in the real world.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising receiving a sound detected by the sensor at the location in the real world.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the virtual object is a vehicle.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the virtual object is determined based on the user input.

13. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving a sound detected by the sensor at the location in the real world; and
transmitting the received sound to the information processing apparatus for reproduction of the sound.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the received sound is a driving sound of a vehicle.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform steps comprising:
communicating with a remotely located user device and an information processing apparatus;
generating virtual object display information corresponding to instruction information received from the remotely located user device, wherein the instruction information is a user input to environmental information detected by a sensor at a location in the real world; and
transmitting the virtual object display information to the information processing apparatus for superimposing a virtual object corresponding to the virtual object information on a scene of the location in the real world.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , the steps further comprising receiving an image detected by the sensor at the location in the real world.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , the steps further comprising receiving a sound detected by the sensor at the location in the real world.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the virtual object is a vehicle.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the virtual object is determined based on the user input.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 15 , the steps further comprising:
receiving a sound detected by the sensor at the location in the real world; and
transmitting the received sound to the information processing apparatus for reproduction of the sound.

Assignees

• C/O Sony Corp
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Sakoda Kazuyuki
• Sako Yoichiro
• Asada Kohei
• Aratani Katsuhisa
• Watanabe Kazuhiro
• Nakamura Takatoshi
• Takehara Mitsuru
• Koga Yuki
• Hanaya Hiroyuki
• Onuma Tomoya
• Tange Akira

Classifications

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0138

  comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera · CPC title

• G02B27/01 Primary

  Head-up displays · CPC title

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title