公开(公告)号：US11481017B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16648674

申请日：2018-07-13

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Masataka Toyoura

IPC: G06F1/32 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  B60R16/023 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F15/82

Abstract: To achieve a reduction of power consumption by stopping an inter-node data input/output process and node processing by autonomous control of each node without using a management table. Included are a data processing unit that performs predetermined processing on data input from an upstream node; and a data output management unit that outputs, to a downstream node, the data on which the predetermined processing has been performed in the data processing unit, and monitors a state of the downstream node. The data output management unit controls the data processing unit to stop the data processing in a case of detecting that there is no downstream node using the output data. The stop of node processing and inter-node data input/output are performed upstream in a chain manner.

公开(公告)号：US11661084B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US16763223

申请日：2018-10-30

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryo Watanabe ,  Masataka Toyoura ,  Takamori Yamaguchi ,  Ryo Takahashi ,  Keisuke Maeda

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G01S19/42

CPC classification number: B60W60/0025 ,  G01C21/3407 ,  G01C21/3453 ,  G01S19/42

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology includes an estimation unit, a generation unit, and a frequency control unit. The estimation unit estimates at least one of a location or a posture of a mobile object. The generation unit generates a movement plan for moving the mobile object. The frequency control unit controls frequency of update of the movement plan to be performed by the generation unit, on the basis of load index information serving as an index of a load on the estimation unit.

公开(公告)号：US11687089B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16651139

申请日：2018-07-11

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Ryo Takahashi ,  Chao Wang ,  Dai Kobayashi ,  Masataka Toyoura

IPC: G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0217 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D2201/0207

Abstract: Information regarding an obstacle region and information regarding an empty region are optimally updated to minimize an information amount. In the obstacle region, an obstacle exists in space where a mobile body moves. In the empty region, an obstacle does not exist. According to the disclosure, there is provided an environmental information update apparatus including an update unit that updates information regarding an obstacle region and information regarding an empty region, an obstacle existing in space where a mobile body moves in the obstacle region, the obstacle not existing in the empty region, in which the update unit updates the obstacle region, and updates the empty region on the basis of different periods of elapsed time.

公开(公告)号：US11341615B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16640855

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Masataka Toyoura

IPC: G06K9/40 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G01S17/894 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G06T5/20

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a moving body that enable removal of noise in distance images. A distance image having a pixel value corresponding to a distance to an object and an intensity image having a pixel value corresponding to the received light intensity of light reflected from the object that are taken at the same angle are acquired, and a pixel value of a pixel in the distance image that corresponds to a pixel having a pixel value smaller than a predetermined threshold in the intensity image is converted into a no-distance pixel. Noise in the distance image is removed in this way.