INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130261962A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takaoka, Tomohisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,121,712 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/472
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2250/04 Vehicle reference speed; Vehicle body speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/172 Determining control parameters used in the regulation, e.g. by calculations involving measured or detected parameters B60T8/17551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/165 combined with non-inertial navigation instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/1654 with electromagnetic compass
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/188 for accumulated errors, e.g. by coupling inertial systems with absolute positioning systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 25/005 initial alignment, calibration or starting-up of inertial devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/49 whereby the further system is an inertial position system, e.g. loosely-coupled

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a traveling pitch acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling pitch, and a speed acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling speed extracted from an association table showing correspondence between a traveling pitch and a traveling speed based on the current traveling pitch.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a traveling pitch acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling pitch; and

a speed acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling speed extracted from an association table showing correspondence between a traveling pitch and a traveling speed based on the current traveling pitch.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the association table is information generated by use of the traveling speed calculated based on a received signal from a positioning satellite.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the association table is information generated based on the traveling pitch and the traveling speed acquired by a plurality of users.

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

a traveling mode acquiring section configured to acquire a traveling mode, wherein

the speed acquiring section acquires the traveling speed extracted based on the traveling mode.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the traveling mode acquiring section determines whether or not the traveling mode is a running mode based on swing detecting data.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the traveling mode acquiring section determines whether or not the traveling mode is a display screen watching mode based on at least one of a posture of the information processing apparatus and an operating status of a display screen of the information processing apparatus.

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

a position calculating section for calculating a current position by use of the extracted traveling speed.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the association table further includes an index of precision for the traveling speed, and

the speed acquiring section acquires the index of precision for the current traveling speed.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the index of precision is information calculated based on sample data regarding the traveling pitch and the traveling speed that are used for generating the association table.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the index of precision is information calculated based on a number of pieces of the sample data.

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

a distance calculating section for calculating a traveling distance by use of the extracted traveling speed.

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

an active mass calculating section for calculating a traveling distance by use of the extracted traveling speed, and calculating an active mass based on the calculated traveling distance.

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

a satellite positioning section for tracking a positioning satellite based on a traveling orientation and the extracted traveling speed.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the speed acquiring section acquires the traveling speed extracted from the association table if the traveling speed is unavailable from the satellite positioning section.

15. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring a current traveling pitch; and

acquiring a current traveling speed extracted from an association table showing correspondence between a traveling pitch and a traveling speed based on the current traveling pitch.

16. A program allowing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including:

a traveling pitch acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling pitch; and

a speed acquiring section configured to acquire a current traveling speed extracted from an association table showing correspondence between a traveling pitch and a traveling speed based on the current traveling pitch.

17. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a traveling pitch acquiring section configured to acquire a traveling pitch;

a speed acquiring section configured to acquire a traveling speed calculated by use of a positioning satellite; and

a table generating section configured to generate an association table showing correspondence between the traveling pitch and the traveling speed.

18. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring a traveling pitch;

acquiring a traveling speed calculated by use of a positioning satellite; and

generating an association table showing correspondence between the traveling pitch and the traveling speed.

19. A program allowing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including:

a traveling pitch acquiring section configured to acquire a traveling pitch;

a speed acquiring section configured to acquire a traveling speed calculated by use of a positioning satellite; and

a table generating section configured to generate an association table showing correspondence between the traveling pitch and the traveling speed.