Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

• US 9,384,494 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Gomi, Shinichiro, Koga, Takeshi, Hoshi, Akari, Kii, Manabu, Namba, Ryuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Point, Rufus
• Application Number:
  US14/147,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20140191872A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.1, 340/686.6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/287 Visualization; Browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a user state detector configured to detect a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information, a user state integration unit configured to integrate the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information, and a state display generator configured to generate information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a user state detector configured to detect a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information;

a user state integration unit configured to integrate the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information;

and a state display generator configured to generate information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position,

wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users by comparing the sensing data with a threshold value, and

wherein the user state detector is configured to set the threshold value, based on the position information, to define each user group.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data including biological information of each of the plurality of users.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users by comparing a numerical value of the biological information with the threshold value.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data including pulse, perspiration, or brain waves of the plurality of users.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect at least one of an excited state, a relaxed state, and an emotional state of the plurality of users based on the sensing data.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data obtained by a terminal device carried by each of the plurality of users.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users by using the position information obtained by the terminal device as the sensing data.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect that at least some of the plurality of users are in a congested state with each other based on the position information.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users based on an operation history of the terminal device, wherein the operation history indicates one or more user operations performed on the terminal device.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector is configured to detect the state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data that is being anonymized.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state integration unit is configured to generate the integrated state information for each user group defined for each area that is set in a space defining the position information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the user state integration unit is configured to generate the integrated state information for a user group corresponding to an area having a predetermined attribute, from among the areas.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state integration unit is configured to generate the integrated state information for each user having a predetermined attribute from among users included in the user group.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the state display generator is configured to generate information for displaying an icon that indicates the integrated state information.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the icon indicates the number of users who are in a predetermined state by means of number, color, or shape.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the state display generator is configured to generate information for displaying the icon on a map.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein the user state integration unit is configured to generate the integrated state information for each user group defined for each area that is set in a space defining the position information, and

wherein the state display generator is configured to generate information for displaying the icon in a list of the areas.

18. An information processing method comprising:

detecting a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information;

integrating the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and

generating information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position,

wherein the state of each of the plurality of users is detected by comparing the sensing data with a threshold value, and

wherein the threshold is set, based on the position information, in order to define each user group.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform steps comprising:

detecting a state for each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information;

integrating the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and

generating information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position,

wherein the state of each of the plurality of users is detected by comparing the sensing data with a threshold value, and

wherein the threshold is set, based on the position information, in order to define each user group.