INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LOCATION DETERMINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING LOCATION DETERMINING PROGRAM

• US 20140364979A1
• Filed: 06/04/2014
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Fumio Yoshizawa, Keisuke Konishi, Takeo Tsukamoto
• Inventors: YOSHIZAWA, Fumio, TSUKAMOTO, Takeo, KONISHI, Keisuke
• Application Number:
  US14/295,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20140364979A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/1654 with electromagnetic compass
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an estimating unit, a judging unit, and a determining unit. The storage unit stores therein information of a walking state and a first location representing a location where the walking state occurs in an associated manner. The estimating unit estimates the walking state on the basis of measurement information measured in response to person'"'"'s walking. When the walking state has been estimated, the judging unit judges whether or not the first location associated with the estimated walking state exists near a second location representing a location calculated by autonomous navigation based on the measurement information. When it has been judged that the first location exists near the second location, the determining unit determines the first location to be person'"'"'s current location.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit that stores therein information of a walking state and a first location representing a location where the walking state occurs in an associated manner;

an estimating unit that estimates the walking state on the basis of measurement information measured in response to person'"'"'s walking;

a judging unit that judges, when the walking state has been estimated, whether or not the first location associated with the estimated walking state exists near a second location representing a location calculated by autonomous navigation based on the measurement information; and

a determining unit that determines, when it has been judged that the first location exists near the second location, the first location to be person'"'"'s current location.

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

the storage unit stores therein walking states associated with obstacles to person'"'"'s walking.

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

the storage unit stores therein walking states associated with structure of a passage where a person walks.

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

when the measurement information is similar to any of models of measurement information corresponding to predetermined walking states, the estimating unit estimates a walking state corresponding to the similar model to be person'"'"'s walking state.

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

the measurement information is at least one of acceleration and angular velocity,

when at least one of the acceleration and angular velocity measured in response to person'"'"'s walking is similar to at least either one of models of acceleration and angular velocity corresponding to the predetermined walking states, the estimating unit estimates a walking state corresponding to the similar model to be person'"'"'s walking state.

6. A location determining method comprising:

estimating person'"'"'s walking state on the basis of measurement information measured in response to person'"'"'s walking;

judging, when the walking state has been estimated, whether or not a first location corresponding to the estimated walking state exists near a second location representing a location calculated by autonomous navigation based on the measurement information on the basis of correspondence information that associates information of the walking state with the first location representing a location where the walking state occurs; and

determining, when it has been judged that the first location exists near the second location, the first location to be person'"'"'s current location.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that contains a location determining program causing a computer to execute:

estimating person'"'"'s walking state on the basis of measurement information measured in response to person'"'"'s walking;

judging, when the walking state has been estimated, whether or not a first location corresponding to the estimated walking state exists near a second location representing a location calculated by autonomous navigation based on the measurement information on the basis of correspondence information that associates information of the walking state with the first location representing a location where the walking state occurs; and

determining, when it has been judged that the first location exists near the second location, the first location to be person'"'"'s current location.