INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20140191872A1
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: GOMI, Shinichiro, Hoshi, Akari, Kii, Manabu, Namba, Ryuichi, Koga, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,384,494 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/287 Visualization; Browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a user state detector configured to detect a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information, a user state integration unit configured to integrate the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information, and a state display generator configured to generate information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a user state detector configured to detect a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information;

a user state integration unit configured to integrate the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and

a state display generator configured to generate information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data including biological information of each of the plurality of users.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users by comparing a numerical value based on the biological information with a threshold value.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the user state detector sets the threshold value for each user group.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data including pulse, perspiration, or brain waves of the plurality of users.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector detects at least one of an excited state, a relaxed state, and an emotional state of the plurality of users based on the sensing data.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data obtained by a terminal device carried by each of the plurality of users.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users by using position information obtained by the terminal device as the sensing data.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the user state detector detects that at least some of the plurality of users are in a congested state with each other based on the position information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on an operation history of the terminal device.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data that is being anonymized.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for each user group defined for each area that is set in a space defining the position information.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for a user group corresponding to an area having a predetermined attribute, from among the areas.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for each user having a predetermined attribute from among users included in the user group.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the state display generator generates information for displaying an icon that indicates the integrated state information.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the icon indicates the number of users who are in a predetermined state by means of number, color, or shape.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the state display generator generates information for displaying the icon on a map.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for each user group defined for each area that is set in a space defining the position information, and

wherein the state display generator generates information for displaying the icon in a list of the areas.

19. An information processing method comprising:

detecting a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information;

integrating the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and

generating information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position.

20. A program for causing a computer to execute:

detecting a state for each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information;

integrating the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and

generating information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position.