INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20110319094A1
• Filed: 06/16/2011
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: USUI, TAKASHI, TAKADA, MASAYUKI, ABE, SHINICHIRO, IDE, NAOKI, ITO, MASATO, SABE, KOHTARO
• Application Number:
  US13/161,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20110319094A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0278 involving statistical or probabilistic considerations G01S5/0252, G01S5/0294 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0294 Trajectory determination or predictive filtering, e.g. target tracking or Kalman filtering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a positioning unit acquiring positioning information on a latitude and longitude showing a position of the positioning unit; a transmission unit transmitting a time-series log, which includes the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit, to a server; a reception unit receiving an activity model showing an activity state of a user, the activity model being obtained by a learning process carried out by the server based on the time-series log; a recognition unit recognizing a present activity state of the user using the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit and the activity model received by the reception unit; and a prediction unit predicting behavior of the user from the present activity state of the user recognized by the recognition unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a positioning unit acquiring positioning information on a latitude and longitude showing a position of the positioning unit;

a transmission unit transmitting a time-series log, which includes the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit, to a server;

a reception unit receiving an activity model showing an activity state of a user, the activity model being obtained by a learning process carried out by the server based on the time-series log;

a recognition unit recognizing a present activity state of the user using the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit and the activity model received by the reception unit; and

a prediction unit predicting behavior of the user from the present activity state of the user recognized by the recognition unit.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the time-series log includes information on a wireless communication state of wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the server.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the transmission unit is operable to transmit the latest time-series log to the server when it is recognized, based on the activity model previously received by the reception unit, that wireless communication is possible between the information processing apparatus and the server.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the reception unit is operable to receive the latest activity model when it is recognized, based on the activity model previously received by the reception unit, that wireless communication is possible between the information processing apparatus and the server.

5. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the time-series log includes operation information of the user of the information processing apparatus.

6. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an information reception unit receiving information that is desired by the user based on the activity state of the user and has been gathered by the server using the activity model; and

an information deciding unit using the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit and the information desired by the user received by the information reception unit to decide information to be provided to the user out of the information desired by the user received by the information reception unit.

7. An information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the information deciding unit also uses a prediction result of the prediction unit to decide, as the information to be provided to the user, information relating to a destination or a location en route to a destination of the user out of the information desired by the user received by the information reception unit.

8. An information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the time-series log includes information on a wireless communication state of wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the server, and

the information reception unit is operable to receive the latest information desired by the user when it is recognized, based on the activity model previously received by the reception unit, that wireless communication is possible between the information processing apparatus and the server.

9. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

further comprising a setting unit setting a communication schedule so that information desired by the user is acquired when it is recognized, based on the activity model previously received by the reception unit, that wireless communication is possible between the information processing apparatus and the server.

10. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the reception unit receives an activity model which shows the activity state of the user and has been obtained by a learning process by the server based on a time-series log including positioning information acquired by a positioning unit of another information processing apparatus.

11. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing apparatus; and

a server,

the information processing apparatus including

a positioning unit acquiring positioning information on a latitude and longitude showing a position of the positioning unit,

a transmission unit transmitting a time-series log, which includes the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit, to the server,

a reception unit receiving an activity model showing an activity state of a user, the activity model being obtained by a learning process carried out by the server based on the time-series log,

a recognition unit recognizing a present activity state of the user using the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit and the activity model received by the reception unit, and

a prediction unit predicting behavior of the user from the present activity state of the user recognized by the recognition unit, and

the server including

a server-side reception unit receiving the time series log transmitted from the transmission unit,

a learning unit learning, as an activity model, an activity state of the user who carries the information processing apparatus based on the time series log received by the server-side reception unit, and

a server-side transmission unit transmitting the activity model obtained by the learning unit to the information processing apparatus.

12. An information processing method comprising steps of:

acquiring, by an information processing apparatus, positioning information on a latitude and longitude showing a position of the information processing apparatus;

transmitting, by the information processing apparatus, a time-series log, which includes the acquired positioning information, to a server;

receiving, by the server, the transmitted time series log;

learning, by the server, as an activity model, an activity state of the user who carries the information processing apparatus based on the received time series log;

transmitting, by the server, the obtained activity model to the information processing apparatus;

receiving, by the information processing apparatus, the transmitted activity model;

recognizing, by the information processing apparatus, a present activity state of the user using the acquired positioning information and the received activity model; and

predicting, by the information processing apparatus, behavior of the user from the recognized present activity state of the user.

13. A program for causing a computer to function as:

a positioning unit acquiring positioning information on a latitude and longitude showing a position of the positioning unit;

a transmission unit transmitting a time-series log, which includes the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit, to a server;

a reception unit receiving an activity model showing an activity state of a user, the activity model being obtained by a learning process carried out by the server based on the time-series log;

a recognition unit recognizing a present activity state of the user using the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit and the activity model received by the reception unit; and

a prediction unit predicting behavior of the user from the present activity state of the user recognized by the recognition unit.