Information processing apparatus and storage medium

• US 10,387,782 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kon, Takayasu, Sako, Yoichiro, Hayashi, Kazunori, Kamada, Yasunori, Nakamura, Takatoshi, Hanaya, Hiroyuki, Onuma, Tomoya, Tange, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Holmes, Michael B
• Application Number:
  US14/248,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20140351191A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,959 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models

Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving a prescribed objective based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user, and a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving an objective related to the operations based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user;

a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective related to the operations based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section; and

a control section which controls presenting the advice for achieving the objective related to the operations to the user by output related to at least one of text, image, or audio,

wherein the advice comprises one or more specific instructions for achieving the objective related to the operations, and

wherein the calculation section, the generation section, and the control section are each implemented via at least one processor.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an estimation section which estimates other objectives capable of being easily achieved by the user based on the history information and the proficiency level,

wherein the generation section generates the advice which recommends the other objectives estimated by the estimation section, and

wherein the estimation section is implemented via at least one processor.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the calculation section calculates the proficiency level for a plurality of partial operations by breaking down one of the operations, and

wherein the generation section generates the advice based on the proficiency level for each of the partial operations.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation section generates the advice more abstractly when the proficiency level is high, and generates the advice more specifically when the proficiency level is low.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation section preferentially generates the advice related to the operations in which the proficiency level is low.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detection section which detects operation tendencies of the user in the operations from the history information,

wherein the generation section generates the advice additionally based on the operation tendencies detected by the detection section, and

wherein the detection section is implemented via at least one processor.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the calculation section calculates a first proficiency level for the operations performed for achieving a first objective, and

wherein the generation section generates the advice for achieving a second objective based on the first proficiency level.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation section generates the advice related to tools used by the user for the operations.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an operation acquisition section which acquires in real time operations performed by the user for achieving the objective related to the operations,

wherein the generation section generates the advice additionally based on the operations acquired by the operation acquisition section, and

wherein the operation acquisition section is implemented via at least one processor.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a state acquisition section which acquires a state of the user,

wherein the generation section generates the advice additionally based on the state acquired by the state acquisition section, and

wherein the state acquisition section is implemented via at least one processor.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an environmental information acquisition section which acquires environmental information of surroundings of the user,

wherein the generation section generates the advice additionally based on the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition section, and

wherein the environmental information acquisition section is implemented via at least one processor.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the attribute information is at least one of an age, gender, body shape, muscular strength, eyesight, hearing, dominant arm, dominant foot, dominant eye, or dominant ear of the user.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the history information includes a history of the operations performed by the user and an achievement level of the objective related to the operations.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a presentation control section which presents the user with the advice generated by the generation section,

wherein the presentation control section is implemented via at least one processor.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the proficiency level of the user is calculated based on a difference between operations predetermined to be ideal and the operations performed by the user.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an estimation section which estimates other objectives capable of being achieved by the user based on a second user who has a proficiency level similar to the proficiency level of the user,

wherein the estimation section is implemented via at least one processor.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the advice comprises instructions on how to overcome a weakness of the user.

20. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation section is further configured to update the advice at a predetermined period of time based on a changing state of the user.

21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display which presents the advice generated by the generation section by output related to the image or the text; and

a speaker which presents the advice generated by the generation section by output related to the audio.

22. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the one or more specific instructions being for the user to output an improved result of the operations performed by the user.

23. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the one or more specific instructions is suitable for a present condition of the user.

24. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the advice comprises instructions for improving the operations performed by the user.

2. The information processing apparatus according to

wherein the generation section generates advice for a first user based on advice generated for a second user who has the attribute information similar to the attribute information of the first user.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a computer to perform:

calculating a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving an objective related to the operations based on history information related to previous operations performed by the user and attribute information related to physical features of the user;

generating advice for achieving the objective related to the operations based on the calculated proficiency level; and

controlling presenting the advice for achieving the objective related to the operations to the user by output related to at least one of text, image, or audio,

wherein the advice comprises one or more specific instructions for achieving the objective related to the operations.