Information processing apparatus and information processing method for displaying a figure corresponding to an autonomous moving body

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  "publication_number": "US11620097B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Information processing apparatus and information processing method for displaying a figure corresponding to an autonomous moving body",
  "abstract": "There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of intuitively and easily indicating a state of feeling of the autonomous moving body to the user. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that, according to a change in a position of the autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit that senses the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating the feeling of the autonomous moving body, causes a display screen to display a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body while changing a state of the figure. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an apparatus and the like that controls an autonomous moving body.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An information processing apparatus comprising a control unit configured to cause, according to a change in a position of an autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit configured to sense the position of the autonomous moving body and a change in a feeling parameter indicating a feeling of the autonomous moving body, a display screen to display a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body while changing a state of the figure, wherein the change in the feeling parameter includes a change in at least one feeling parameter of a plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body, wherein the display screen displays the figure based on a ratio of values of the plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body, and wherein the control unit is implemented via at least one processor.",
    "2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a display position and a display state of the figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body.",
    "3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure using a vicinity of a center with respect to the position of the autonomous moving body as a reference position of the display position.",
    "4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing the display position centered on a reference position and the display state of the figure.",
    "5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a size of the figure in conjunction with the change in the feeling parameter.",
    "6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a color of the figure in conjunction with the change in the feeling parameter.",
    "7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a shape of the figure in conjunction with the change in the feeling parameter.",
    "8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the figure is circular form, and wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a shape of the circular form in conjunction with the change in the feeling parameter.",
    "9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the figure is circular in form, and wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a size and a color of the circular form in conjunction with the change in the feeling parameter.",
    "10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the figure is circular in form, and wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a size of the circular form in conjunction with the change in the feeling parameter.",
    "11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the figure is in circular form, and wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing a color of the circular form in conjunction with the change in the feeling parameter.",
    "12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing the state of the figure using a temporally equal interval as a stable interval.",
    "13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing the state of the figure in conjunction with an interval that the feeling parameter temporally changes.",
    "14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feeling parameter is changed according to an action performed by a user on the autonomous moving body, and wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing the state of the figure according to the feeling parameter changed according to the action.",
    "15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the feeling parameter, the feeling of the autonomous moving body and the state of the figure are associated as a feeling correspondence relation, and wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing the state of the figure in accordance with the feeling correspondence relationship.",
    "16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the feeling parameter constitutes a pair of feelings in which two feeling parameters pair up, and wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display the figure while changing the state of the figure in accordance with one feeling parameter constituting the pair of feelings.",
    "17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the control unit causes the display screen to display a name of a feeling of the feeling parameter and a value of the feeling parameter while rotating the name and the value as a frame surrounding the figure.",
    "18. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising: causing, according to a change in a position of an autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit configured to sense the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating a feeling of the autonomous moving body, a display screen to display a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body while changing a state of the figure, wherein the feeling parameter includes at least one feeling parameter of a plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body, and wherein the display screen displays the figure based on a ratio of values of the plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body.",
    "19. An information processing apparatus comprising; a projection adjustment unit configured to adjust, according to a change in a position of an autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit configured to sense the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating a feeling of the autonomous moving body, projection light to be projected onto the autonomous moving body while changing a state of a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body, wherein the feeling parameter includes at least one feeling parameter of a plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body, wherein the projection light is projected onto the autonomous moving body based on a ratio of values of the plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body, and wherein the projection adjustment unit is implemented via at least one processor.",
    "20. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising: adjusting, according to a change in a position of an autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit configured to sense the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating a feeling of the autonomous moving body, projection light to be projected onto the autonomous moving body while changing a state of a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body, wherein the feeling parameter includes at least one feeling parameter of a plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body, and wherein the projection light is projected onto the autonomous moving body based on a ratio of values of the plurality of feeling parameters of the autonomous moving body."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method.\n\nIn recent years, apparatuses that operate autonomously on the basis of various recognition processing have been developed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a robot apparatus that recognizes a state of an environment and a user and performs an action according to the state.\n\nHere, in the autonomous moving body such as the robot apparatus described in Patent Document 1, it is important to accurately recognize the feedback of the user with respect to the executed action and correctly reflect the recognition result in the subsequent action. In the conventional technology, in a case where the autonomous moving body internally executes arithmetic processing, it is difficult to more intuitively present the changing state (what kind of feeling the autonomous moving body has) of the autonomous moving body to the user.\n\nTherefore, the present disclosure proposes an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of intuitively and easily indicating a state of feeling of the autonomous moving body to the user.\n\nAn information processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a control unit that, according to a change in a position of an autonomous moving body sensed by a sensing unit that senses the position of the autonomous moving body and a feeling parameter indicating a feeling of the autonomous moving body, causes a display screen to display a figure corresponding to the autonomous moving body while changing a state of the figure.",
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    "G06F 3/1423",
    "A63H 11/00",
    "A63H 33/22",
    "B25J 11/001",
    "B25J 5/00",
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    "G05D 1/43",
    "G09G 2320/0666",
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    "G06F 3/14",
    "G09G 3/3208",
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  "assignees": [
    "Sony Group Corp"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Emika Kaneko",
    "Hirotsugu Sato"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2020-01-31",
  "publication_date": "2023-04-04",
  "grant_date": "2023-04-04",
  "priority_date": "2019-02-15",
  "application_number": "US-202017424037-A",
  "family_id": "72045569",
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