Information processing device and information processing method

• US 10,373,465 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takimoto, Yuuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Odom, Curtis B
• Application Number:
  US15/529,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20170316669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,350 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0208 Combination with audio or video communication, e.g. combination with "baby phone" function
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/028 Communication between parent and child units via remote transmission means, e.g. satellite network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

Object: To propose an information processing device capable of properly notifying a current state of a wearer on the basis of a result of determining whether or not the wearer is safe. Solution: Provided is the information processing device including: a determination result acquisition unit configured to acquire a determination result of a safety state of a user carrying a sensing unit for sensing a peripheral environment; and a frequency determination unit configured to determine a processing frequency for recording information based on the sensing, on a basis of the determination result acquired by the determination result acquisition unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a sensing unit configured to sense a peripheral environment in a specific proximity of a user;

a determination result acquisition unit configured to;

acquire, from the sensing unit, a determination result that indicates an index associated with a user safety state; and

determine a value of the index associated with the user safety state based on the acquired determination result; and

a frequency determination unit configured to determine a processing frequency based on the value of the index associated with the user safety state.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the sensing unit includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image, and

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine an imaging frequency associated with the capture of the image as the processing frequency.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the imaging frequency based on a position of the sensing unit.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the imaging frequency based on a user schedule.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the imaging frequency based on the sensed peripheral environment.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the imaging frequency based on a content of the captured image.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the imaging frequency based on a presence of a person in the captured image.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to reduce the imaging frequency based on the person in the captured image is an unregistered person.

9. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the imaging frequency based on a content of a landscape in the captured image.

10. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the imaging frequency based on a remaining amount of a battery associated with the information processing device.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit,

wherein the sensing unit includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image based on a presence of an external device in a specific proximity of the information processing device,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine, as the processing frequency, a communication frequency, and

wherein the communication unit is configured to communicate image information with an external device based on the captured image.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the communication frequency based on the sensed peripheral environment.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the communication frequency based on a content of the captured image.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing frequency is less than a threshold frequency, and

wherein the acquired determination result indicates a safer state based on the processing frequency that is less than the threshold frequency.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein a sensing target of the sensing unit is positional information.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15,

wherein the determination result acquisition unit is further configured to acquire the user safety state based on the positional information.

17. The information processing device according to claim 16,

wherein the frequency determination unit is further configured to determine the processing frequency based on information sensed by an external sensing unit that exists in the specific proximity of the user.

18. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein a sensing target of the sensing unit is user'"'"'s biological information.

19. An information processing method, comprising:

in an information processing device that includes a sensing unit;

sensing, by the sensing unit, a peripheral environment in a specific proximity of a user;

acquiring, from the sensing unit, a determination result that indicates an index associated with a user safety state;

determining a value of the index associated with the user safety state based on the acquired determination result; and

determining a processing frequency based on the value of the index associated with the user safety state.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

sensing a peripheral environment in a specific proximity of a user;

acquiring a determination result that indicates an index associated with a user safety state;

determining a value of the index associated with the user safety state based on the acquired determination result; and

determining a processing frequency based on the value of the index associated with the user safety state.