Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system

• US 10,690,759 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2016
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hamada, Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Dao L
• Application Number:
  US15/560,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20180059208A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,581 Days
• Field of Search: 342386
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 11/06 using intensity measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/14 Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/59 Responders; Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/35 for the management of goods or merchandise
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks

Abstract

Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement result of a radio wave, an extraction unit that extracts a measurement result indicating an intensity included in a range from top 10% to top 30% from a plurality of measurement results acquired by the acquisition unit, and a processing unit that performs a predetermined process by using the measurement result extracted by the extraction unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to;

acquire a first measurement result of a first radio wave, wherein the first radio wave is transmitted by a first communication device; and

acquire a second measurement result of a second radio wave, wherein

the second radio wave is transmitted by a second communication device, and

the second communication device is associated with an item;

an extraction unit configured to extract a measurement result indicating an intensity included in a range from top 10% to top 30% of a plurality of measurement results acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the plurality of measurement results includes the first measurement result; and

a processing unit configured to;

determine a first communication distance between the first communication device and a measurement position of the first radio wave based on the extracted measurement result;

determine a second communication distance between the second communication device and a measurement position of the second radio wave; and

execute a process related to the item based on the determined first communication distance and the determined second communication distance.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the extraction unit is further configured to extract the measurement result indicating the intensity included in a range from top 15% to top 25%.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the extraction unit is further configured to extract the measurement result indicating the intensity of a specific rank in the range.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit configured to:

sort a plurality of intensities indicated by the plurality of measurement results in a numerical-value order; and

store the plurality of intensities rank by rank, wherein the extraction unit is further configured to determine the extraction of the measurement result based on a distribution of the plurality of intensities stored in the storage unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4,

wherein the extraction unit is further configured to determine the extraction of the measurement result based on a standard deviation of the distribution.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the extraction unit is further configured to extract the measurement result in a period including a time point, and

the processing unit is further configured to determine the first communication distance based on the time point and the measurement result.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the extraction unit is further configured to extract a set of measurements results, of the plurality of measurement results, indicating a plurality of intensities in the range.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine that an amount of variation in the second communication distance is continuous in a specific range.

9. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring a first measurement result of a first radio wave, wherein the first radio wave is transmitted by a first communication device;

acquiring a second measurement result of a second radio wave, wherein

the second radio wave is transmitted by a second communication device, and

the second communication device is associated with an item;

extracting a measurement result indicating an intensity included in a range from top 10% to top 30% of a plurality of measurement results, wherein the plurality of measurement results includes the first measurement result;

determining a first communication distance between the first communication device and a measurement position of the first radio wave based on the extracted measurement result;

determining a second communication distance between the second communication device and a measurement position of the second radio wave; and

executing a process related to the item based on the determined first communication distance and the determined second communication distance.

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

acquiring a first measurement result of a first radio wave, wherein the first radio wave is transmitted by a first communication device;

acquiring a second measurement result of a second radio wave, wherein

the second radio wave is transmitted by a second communication device, and

the second communication device is associated with an item;

extracting a measurement result indicating an intensity included in a range from top 10% to top 30% of a plurality of measurement results, wherein the plurality of measurement results includes the first measurement result;

determining a first communication distance between the first communication device and a measurement position of the first radio wave based on the extracted measurement result;

determining a second communication distance between the second communication device and a measurement position of the second radio wave; and

executing a process related to the item based on the determined first communication distance and the determined second communication distance.

11. An information processing system, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to;

acquire a first measurement result of a first radio wave, wherein the first radio wave is transmitted by a first communication device; and

acquire a second measurement result of a second radio wave, wherein

the second radio wave is transmitted by a second communication device, and

the second communication device is associated with an item;

an extraction unit configured to;

extract a measurement result indicating an intensity included in a range from top 10% to top 30% of a plurality of measurement results, wherein the plurality of measurement results includes the first measurement result; and

a processing unit configured to;

determine a first communication distance between the first communication device and a measurement position of the first radio wave based on the extracted measurement result;

determine a second communication distance between the second communication device and a measurement position of the second radio wave; and

execute a process related to the item based on the determined first communication distance and the determined second communication distance.