INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION MEDIUM

• US 20200133279A1
• Filed: 05/18/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakayama, Tetsunori, Tanaka, Akichika, Andre, Alexis
• Granted Patent: US 11,567,499 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/395 steered by program
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/40 Toy vehicles automatically steering or reversing by collision with an obstacle
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 18/16 Control of vehicle drives by interaction between vehicle and track; Control of track elements by vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0214 in accordance with safety or protection criteria, e.g. avoiding hazardous areas monitoring the location of vehicles within a certain area, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas, in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/13
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0223 involving speed control of the vehicle vehicle fittings for automatically controlling, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator B60K31/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0234 using optical markers or beacons optical beacons per se G01S1/70

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information medium control motion of a moving body according to position information corresponding to a predetermined array pattern. An information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit acquires position information from a sensor configured to read a predetermined array pattern, and a motion control unit controls motion of a first moving body including movement in a real space based on the position information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an information acquisition unit that acquires position information from a sensor configured to read a predetermined array pattern; and

a motion control unit that controls motion of a first moving body including movement in a real space based on the position information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where there is an abnormality in the acquisition of the position information, the motion control unit controls the first moving body such that the first moving body automatically moves to a predetermined position.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein in the case where there is an abnormality in the acquisition of the position information, the motion control unit controls the first moving body such that the first moving body moves back.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein in the case where there is an abnormality in the acquisition of the position information, the motion control unit controls the first moving body such that the first moving body automatically moves until the position information is acquired.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the motion control unit controls a movement direction of the first moving body based on a movement direction of the first moving body just before occurrence of the abnormality in the acquisition of the position information.

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

an external force detection unit that detects external force to the first moving body,

wherein the motion control unit controls the motion of the first moving body further based on a detection result of the external force.

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

a communication unit that communicates with a second moving body,

wherein the motion control unit controls a positional relationship between the first moving body and the second moving body based on the communication by the communication unit.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the predetermined array pattern includes a third array pattern defining cooperative control of the first moving body and the second moving body, and

the motion control unit controls the positional relationship between the first moving body and the second moving body based on information acquired based on reading of the third array pattern by the sensor.

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

the predetermined array pattern includes a fourth array pattern regarding motion of an object different from the first moving body, and

the motion control unit is electrically connected to the first moving body and is configured to control the motion of the object attached to the first moving body based on information acquired based on reading of the fourth array pattern by the sensor.

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16. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring position information from a sensor configured to read a predetermined array pattern; and

using a processor to control motion of a first moving body including movement in a real space based on the position information.

17. An information medium comprising:

a first array pattern including a plurality of different patterns defining position information regarding a real space, the first array pattern having a first area; and

a second array pattern defining control information regarding motion of a moving body, the second array pattern having a second area smaller than the first area.

18. The information medium according to claim 17, wherein the second array pattern defines a combination of the plurality of different patterns of the first array pattern.

19. The information medium according to claim 17, wherein the control information includes information for controlling at least one of a movement speed, a motion pattern, and a rotation motion of the moving body.

20. The information medium according to claim 17, wherein

the information medium includes:

a first information medium; and

a second information medium independent from the first information medium and having an area smaller than the first information medium,

the first array pattern is provided on the first information medium, and

the second array pattern is provided on the second information medium.