Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method

• US 20100146433A1
• Filed: 12/02/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Okumura, Mitsuo, Ogata, Takashi, Kurata, Masatomo, Murata, Makoto, Katsu, Masanori
• Granted Patent: US 8,508,536 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/782
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/013 Force feedback applied to a game
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/014 Force feedback applied to GUI
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• • a storage unit that records predetermined information about a first user and a second user registered by the first user;
  • a data control unit that generates a video signal that displays objects corresponding to the first user and the second user in a two-dimensional display screen at a distance calculated based on the predetermined information; and
  • a display control unit that displays the video signal in the two-dimensional display screen.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit that records predetermined information about a first user and a second user registered by the first user;

a data control unit that generates a video signal that displays objects corresponding to the first user and the second user in a two-dimensional display screen at a distance calculated based on the predetermined information; and

a display control unit that displays the video signal in the two-dimensional display screen.

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

a behavior sensing unit that senses behavior of the first user;

a sensor data generation unit that generates sensor data on behavior information of the first user by receiving the behavior information, which is information about behavior of the first user, from the behavior sensing unit;

a behavior parameter extraction unit that extracts behavior parameters characterizing behavior from the sensor data; and

a behavior representation data generation unit that generates behavior representation data represented by using moving images or still images based on the behavior parameters, wherein

the data control unit generates a video signal that displays the behavior representation data as the objects in the two-dimensional display screen at a distance based on the predetermined data.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a data transmission unit that transmits the behavior representation data to a server; and

a data receiving unit that receives the behavior representation data of the second user from the server, wherein

the data control unit generates a video signal that displays the behavior representation data of the first user and the second user as the objects in the two-dimensional display screen at a distance based on the predetermined data.

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

a position recognition unit that recognizes a presence position of the first user; and

a position data generation unit that generates position data from presence position information, which is information about the presence position of the first user acquired from the position generation unit, wherein

the data transmission unit transmits the position data of the first user generated by the position data generation unit to the server and

the data control unit generates a video signal that displays the behavior representation data of the first user and the second user as the objects in the two-dimensional display screen at a distance based on the position data of the first user and at least one piece of the position data of the second user received by the data receiving unit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined data is communication history data on a history of communication between users using the information processing apparatus owned by each user and

the data control unit generates a video signal that displays the behavior representation data of the first user and the second user as the objects in the two-dimensional display screen at a distance based on the communication history data.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein with an external object being brought into contact with the object displayed in the display screen, the data control unit causes the object to move following movement of the external object in contact.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined data for each user is personal data on the user,

the data transmission unit transmits the personal data to the server, and

the data control unit generates a video signal that displays the behavior representation data of the first user and the second user as the objects in the two-dimensional display screen at a distance based on the personal data of the first user and the personal data of the second user received by the data receiving unit from the server.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when a gesture based on a predetermined type by the first user is made to the object of the user, communication is started between a local apparatus and the information processing apparatus owned by the second user.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the behavior parameter extraction unit, comprises:

a sensor data receiving unit that receives the sensor data;

a behavior classification unit that, when the sensor data is displayed chronologically, classifies peaks based on a period in which the peak represented by an output value of the sensor data occurs; and

an extraordinary behavior extraction unit that extracts the peaks whose period is equal to or less than a predetermined value and transmits data on the extracted peaks to the behavior representation data generation unit as extraordinary behavior data.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the behavior parameter extraction unit, comprises:

a sensor data receiving unit that receives the sensor data;

a behavior pattern generation unit that generates a behavior pattern by acquiring a plurality of pieces of the sensor data; and

a behavior pattern evaluation unit that determines a correlation coefficient between the behavior pattern received from the behavior pattern generation unit and the sensor data received from the sensor data receiving unit and transmits the sensor data that does not fall within a range of predetermined correlation coefficients to the behavior representation data generation unit.

11. An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

generating a video signal that, based on predetermined information about a first user and a second user registered by the first user in advance, displays objects corresponding to the first user and the second user in a two-dimensional display screen at a distance calculated based on the predetermined information; and

displaying the video signal in the two-dimensional display screen.