Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and recording medium

• US 9,131,890 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2012
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Abe, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yacob, Sisay
• Application Number:
  US13/551,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20130038459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 340/686.1, 340/500, 340/540, 340 37- 371, 340 53- 533, 340 61- 81, 600/300, 600/301
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/48 Other medical applications
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an altitude information acquisition section which acquires altitude information, and a determination section which determines a degree of risk of physical strain on a user based on the altitude information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an altitude information acquisition section which acquires altitude information;

a determination section which determines a degree of risk of physical strain on a user based on the altitude information;

a calculation section which calculates a rate of increase in altitude based on the altitude information,

wherein the determination section determines the degree of risk based on the rate of increase in altitude; and

a planned route acquisition section which acquires information of a planned route,

wherein the calculation section calculates the rate of increase in altitude which is to be estimated thereafter, based on the information of the planned route, and

wherein the determination section determines the degree of risk based on the rate of increase in altitude which is to be estimated thereafter.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the calculation section calculates the rate of increase in altitude up to a current time point using a history of the altitude information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the calculation section calculates the rate of increase in altitude using an estimated travel speed corrected in accordance with an altitude difference of the planned route.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the calculation section divides the planned route into a plurality of intervals, and calculates the rate of increase in altitude for each of the divided intervals, and

wherein the determination section determines the degree of risk based on the rate of increase in altitude of each interval.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the calculation section divides the planned route into a plurality of intervals based on an altitude of the planned route.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the calculation section divides the planned route into a plurality of intervals based on a degree of altitude change of the planned route.

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

an output control section which controls output of warning information when the degree of risk is determined to be high by the determination section.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein, when an altitude of a current point is determined to be a first threshold or more and the rate of increase in altitude is determined to be high, the output control section controls output of the warning information that warns of a danger caused by rapid altitude rise.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein, when an altitude of a current point is a second threshold or more, the second threshold being larger than the first threshold, the output control section controls output of the warning information that warns of a danger caused by high altitude.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the output control section controls output of a display screen including the warning information.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the output control section controls audio output of the warning information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein, when the degree of risk is determined to be high, the output control section controls output of notification information to a second information processing apparatus which is connected thereto via a communication path.

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

a position information acquisition section which acquires position information of current time,

wherein the notification information includes at least the position information.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the notification information further includes at least one of information of a planned travel route or the degree of risk.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the calculation section divides the planned route into a plurality of intervals for each predetermined distance.

16. An information processing apparatus including:

an altitude information acquisition section which acquires altitude information;

a determination section which determines a degree of risk of physical strain on a user based on the altitude information;

a planned route acquisition section which acquires information of a planned route; and

a calculation section which calculates a rate of increase in altitude which is to be estimated thereafter, based on the information of the planned route,

wherein the determination section determines the degree of risk based on the rate of increase in altitude which is to be estimated thereafter.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded therein, the program being for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus including:

an altitude information acquisition section which acquires altitude information;

a determination section which determines a degree of risk of physical strain on a user based on the altitude information;

a planned route acquisition section which acquires information of a planned route; and

a calculation section which calculates a rate of increase in altitude which is to be estimated thereafter, based on the information of the planned route,

wherein the determination section determines the degree of risk based on the rate of increase in altitude which is to be estimated thereafter.