MOVING STAGE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20130179107A1
• Filed: 07/05/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: SETOGUCHI, Hisao, IKETANI, Naoki, CHO, Kenta, HATTORI, Masanori
• Application Number:
  US13/542,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179107A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/94
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 25/005 initial alignment, calibration or starting-up of inertial devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a moving state estimation apparatus includes a sensor, a storage, a first estimation unit, a second estimation unit, a calculation unit and a correction unit. The sensor detects acceleration data. The first estimation unit estimates certainty degrees of the moving states. The second estimation unit calculates orientations of the terminal based on the acceleration data, and to estimate terminal states. The calculation unit calculates reliability degrees of the moving states. The correction unit corrects the certainty degrees in accordance with the reliability degrees, to obtain corrected moving states with the certainty degrees corrected.

Claims

1. A moving state estimation apparatus comprising:

a sensor configured to detect at least three-axis acceleration of a terminal as acceleration data

a storage configured to store a moving state estimation model including moving states of a user of the terminal;

a first estimation unit configured to estimate certainty degrees of the moving states based on the acceleration data and the moving state estimation model, the certainty degrees indicating degrees of certainty with which the user may be in the respective moving states;

a second estimation unit configured to calculate orientations of the terminal based on the acceleration data, and to estimate terminal states indicating states of the terminal, based on the orientations of the terminal and the acceleration data;

a calculation unit configured to calculate reliability degrees of the moving states, the reliability degrees indicating degrees with which combinations of the moving states and the terminal states coincide with a combination of an actual moving state of the user and an actual terminal state of the terminal; and

a correction unit configured to correct the certainty degrees in accordance with the reliability degrees, to obtain corrected moving states with the certainty degrees corrected.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the terminal states include a first state in which the terminal is held by a hand of the user, a second state in which the terminal is contained in a bag, a third state in which the user is operating the terminal, a fourth state in which an impact is being exerted on the terminal, and a fifth state in which one of the first to fourth states is transitioning to another of the first to fourth states.

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

a display configured to display at least one of the corrected moving states; and

an input unit configured to generate an input signal in accordance with an input by the user, the input indicating whether or not each of the corrected moving states displayed on the display is erroneous,

wherein when the input signal indicates that the each corrected moving state displayed on the display is erroneous, the calculation unit reduces the reliability degree of the combination of the each corrected moving state and the terminal state corresponding thereto.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when each of the corrected moving states is lower than the first threshold, and/or when a difference in the certainty degrees between a corrected moving state having a highest certainty degree and a corrected moving state having a next highest certainty degree is not more than the second threshold, the first estimation unit estimates the moving states, using another sensor including at least one of a global positioning system (GPS) and an earth magnetism sensor, in addition to the acceleration sensor.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the calculation unit calculates the reliability degrees corresponding to all combinations of the moving states and the terminal states.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the actual moving state indicates a moving state which has happened actually, and the actual terminal state indicates a terminal state which has happened actually.

7. A moving state estimation method comprising:

detecting at least three-axis acceleration of a terminal as acceleration data;

storing a moving state estimation model including moving states of a user of the terminal to a storage;

estimating certainty degrees of the moving states based on the acceleration data and the moving state estimation model, the certainty degrees indicating degrees of certainty with which the user may be in the respective moving states;

calculating orientations of the terminal based on the acceleration data, and estimating terminal states indicating states of the terminal, based on the orientations of the terminal and the acceleration data;

calculating reliability degrees of the moving states, the reliability degrees indicating degrees with which combinations of the moving states and the terminal states coincide with a combination of an actual moving state of the user and an actual terminal state of the terminal; and

correcting the certainty degrees in accordance with the reliability degrees, to obtain corrected moving states with the certainty degrees corrected.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the terminal states include a first state in which the terminal is held by a hand of the user, a second state in which the terminal is contained in a bag, a third state in which the user is operating the terminal, a fourth state in which an impact is being exerted on the terminal, and a fifth state in which one of the first to fourth states is transitioning to another of the first to fourth states.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

displaying at least one of the corrected moving states; and

generating an input signal in accordance with an input by the user, the input indicating whether or not each of the corrected moving states displayed on the display is erroneous,

wherein when the input signal indicates that the each corrected moving state displayed on the display is erroneous, the calculating the reliability degrees reduces the reliability degree of the combination of the each corrected moving state and the terminal state corresponding thereto.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein when each of the corrected moving states is lower than the first threshold, and/or when a difference in the certainty degrees between a corrected moving state having a highest certainty degree and a corrected moving state having a next highest certainty degree is not more than the second threshold, the estimating the certainty degrees estimates the moving states, using another sensor including at least one of a global positioning system (GPS) and an earth magnetism sensor, in addition to the acceleration sensor.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the calculating the reliability degrees calculates the reliability degrees corresponding to all combinations of the moving states and the terminal states.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the actual moving state indicates a moving state which has happened actually, and the actual terminal state indicates a terminal state which has happened actually.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

detecting at least three-axis acceleration of a terminal as acceleration data;

storing a moving state estimation model including moving states of a user of the terminal to a storage;

estimating certainty degrees of the moving states based on the acceleration data and the moving state estimation model, the certainty degrees indicating degrees of certainty with which the user may be in the respective moving states;

calculating orientations of the terminal based on the acceleration data, and estimating terminal states indicating states of the terminal, based on the orientations of the terminal and the acceleration data;

calculating reliability degrees of the moving states, the reliability degrees indicating degrees with which combinations of the moving states and the terminal states coincide with a combination of an actual moving state of the user and an actual terminal state of the terminal; and

correcting the certainty degrees in accordance with the reliability degrees, to obtain corrected moving states with the certainty degrees corrected.

14. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the terminal states include a first state in which the terminal is held by a hand of the user, a second state in which the terminal is contained in a bag, a third state in which the user is operating the terminal, a fourth state in which an impact is being exerted on the terminal, and a fifth state in which one of the first to fourth states is transitioning to another of the first to fourth states.

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, further comprising:

displaying at least one of the corrected moving states; and

generating an input signal in accordance with an input by the user, the input indicating whether or not each of the corrected moving states displayed on the display is erroneous,

wherein when the input signal indicates that the each corrected moving state displayed on the display is erroneous, the calculating the reliability degrees reduces the reliability degree of the combination of the each corrected moving state and the terminal state corresponding thereto.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein when each of the corrected moving states is lower than the first threshold, and/or when a difference in the certainty degrees between a corrected moving state having a highest certainty degree and a corrected moving state having a next highest certainty degree is not more than the second threshold, the estimating the certainty degrees estimates the moving states, using another sensor including at least one of a global positioning system (GPS) and an earth magnetism sensor, in addition to the acceleration sensor.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the calculating the reliability degrees calculates the reliability degrees corresponding to all combinations of the moving states and the terminal states.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the actual moving state indicates a moving state which has happened actually, and the actual terminal state indicates a terminal state which has happened actually.