MOBILE OBJECT, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20150329122A1
• Filed: 07/24/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: C/O SONY CORPORATION
• Original Assignee: C/O SONY CORPORATION
• Inventors: Sakoda, Kazuyuki, Sako, Yoichiro, Asada, Kohei, Aratani, Katsuhisa, Watanabe, Kazuhiro, Nakamura, Takatoshi, Takehara, Mitsuru, Koga, Yuki, Hanaya, Hiroyuki, Onuma, Tomoya, Tange, Akira
• Granted Patent: US 9,616,901 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/082 Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/087 where the control system corrects or modifies a request from the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/10 Interpretation of driver requests or demands
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a body;

one or more driving input devices configured to control a driving actuator of the vehicle;

an input detection unit configured to detect an input provided by a user associated with the vehicle;

a communication unit configured to transmit a request for environmental information to one or more external devices, and to receive the environmental information in accordance with request; and

a processor configured to control a portion of the vehicle, unrelated to the driving actuator, in accordance with the environmental information received by the communication unit.

2. A system comprising:

an input detection unit configured to detect an input provided by a user;

a communication unit configured to transmit a request for environmental information to one or more external devices, and to receive the environmental information in accordance with the request; and

a processor configured to control a portion of a vehicle, unrelated to a driving actuator of the vehicle, in accordance with the environmental information received by the communication unit.