INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20170351257A1
• Filed: 10/30/2015
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: TAKEOKA, YOSHIKI, KII, MANABU, HOSODA, YASUHIDE, KAWAMURA, TOSHIYUKI
• Granted Patent: US 10,509,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/001 Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/008 Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/10 autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS]
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 80/00 Transport or storage specially adapted for UAVs
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 80/60 by wearable objects, e.g. garments or helmets
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/102 specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft

Abstract

[Object] To make it capable of switching a state in which a device is carried and a state in which the device is not carried in a more suitable form in accordance with a state or situation in which the device is used. [Solution] Provided is An information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a user; and a controller configured to execute a control process for moving a device that can be carried by the user so that the device changes between a carry state in which the device is carried by the user and a non-carry state in which the device is not carried by the user on the basis of the information on the user.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a user; and

a controller configured to execute a control process for moving a device that can be carried by the user so that the device changes between a carry state in which the device is carried by the user and a non-carry state in which the device is not carried by the user on the basis of the information on the user.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the device includes a drive unit for moving a housing of the device, and

the non-carry state includes a state in which operation of the drive unit is controlled.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the controller controls the operation of the drive unit in at least one of the non-carry states.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the non-carry state includes a state in which the device controls the operation of the drive unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the operation of the drive unit is controlled so that the device moves to a detected position that satisfies a predetermined condition in the carry state.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the information on the user includes information on at least one of recognized behavior and state of the user.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the information on the user includes information indicating a recognized state of an environment around the user.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7,

wherein the information on the user includes information indicating a state of the device in accordance with use of the device.

9. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the information on at least one of the behavior and state of the user includes information that is explicitly input by the user.

10. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the information on at least one of the behavior and state of the user includes information that is not explicitly input by the user.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the information on the user includes information indicating a recognized state of an environment around the user.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the information on the user includes information indicating a state of the device in accordance with use of the device.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the carry state includes a plurality of different states, and

on the basis of the acquired information on the user, the controller switches a state of the device to a state associated with the information in advance among the plurality of states.

14. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the device is held in a position that satisfies a predetermined condition in the carry state, and

the controller controls the device so that the device is held in the position corresponding to a mode associated with the acquired information on the user among the plurality of modes included in the carry state.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14,

wherein the position in which the device is held is set to at least one of a part of a body of the user and an object carried by the user, the object being different from the device.

16. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the controller controls a state in which the device is held in accordance with a state associated with the acquired information on the user among the plurality of states included in the carry state.

17. The information processing device according to claim 16,

wherein the controller controls, as the state in which the device is held, at least one of a posture in which the device is held and a form in which the device is held.

18. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the non-carry state includes a mode in which the device is controlled to stand by at a position that satisfies a predetermined condition.

19. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring information on a user; and

executing, by a processor, a control process for moving a device that can be carried by the user so that the device changes between a carry state in which the device is carried by the user and a non-carry state in which the device is not carried by the user on the basis of the information on the user.

20. A program causing a computer to execute

acquiring information on a user, and

executing a control process for moving a device that can be carried by the user so that the device changes between a carry state in which the device is carried by the user and a non-carry state in which the device is not carried by the user on the basis of the information on the user.