公开(公告)号：US20220290996A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17754159

申请日：2020-09-16

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： MIKIO NAKAI

IPC: G01C21/28

Abstract: To improve accuracy of position estimation on the basis of a plurality of estimation results.
An information processing device includes: a first estimator that estimates a self-position on the basis of a first coordinate system; a second estimator that estimates a self-position on the basis of a second coordinate system different from the first coordinate system; and an information acquisition part that, in a case where reliability of one of a first estimation result by the first estimator and a second estimation result by the second estimator in a coordinate system of the one estimation result is lower than a predetermined threshold, acquires self-position information on the basis of another estimation result.

公开(公告)号：US20220253058A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17625266

申请日：2020-06-12

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： RYO WATANABE ,  NOZOMU IKEDA ,  MIKIO NAKAI

IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract: A mobile object control device (1) includes a first detection unit (21), a second detection unit (22), and a stillness determination unit (24). On the basis of a sensor mounted on a mobile object (100) that moves autonomously, the first detection unit (21) detects a movement state of the mobile object (100). The second detection unit (22) detects at least one of cartographic information at a current location of the mobile object (100), object information present in a periphery of the mobile object (100), and operation information of a movable portion included in the mobile object (100). The stillness determination unit (24) determines whether the mobile object (100) is in a static state on the basis of the movement state detected by the first detection unit (21) and the information detected by the second detection unit (22).

公开(公告)号：US20220317293A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17629540

申请日：2020-07-08

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： MIKIO NAKAI ,  RYO WATANABE

IPC: G01S15/86 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S15/93 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/93

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a preliminary map generation unit that creates a preliminary map based on ranging information obtained by an optical ranging sensor; an acquisition unit that acquires measurement information obtained by an ultrasonic sensor; and a difference extraction unit that extracts difference information between the preliminary map and the measurement information.

公开(公告)号：US20220207883A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17607057

申请日：2020-04-27

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： RYO WATANABE ,  MIKIO NAKAI

IPC: G06V20/58 ,  G06V10/764

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a classification unit and a generation unit. The classification unit classifies an object detected in a space on a basis of a predetermined criterion. The generation unit sets a priority for the object on a basis of a classification result by the classification unit, and generates position-related information regarding a position in the space on a basis of the set priority. Use of the position-related information makes it possible to improve the accuracy of autonomous movement control. This makes it possible to improve the accuracy of autonomous movement control.

公开(公告)号：US20240302843A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18663945

申请日：2024-05-14

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： KUNIAKI TORIl ,  MIKIO NAKAI ,  YUSUKE KUDO

IPC: G05D1/249 ,  G05D1/247 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G10L15/22

CPC classification number: G05D1/249 ,  G05D1/247 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G10L15/1815 ,  G10L15/22

Abstract: A control device includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an external environment based on sensing information, an action decision managing unit that, based on the recognized external environment, decides on actions to be taken, a behavior managing unit that, based on at least either difficulty level of recognition for the recognizing unit or difficulty level of action decision for the action decision managing unit, determines about whether or not to exhibit emotional expressions, and a drive control unit that, based on the determination performed by the behavior managing unit, controls execution of the actions corresponding to the emotional expressions.

公开(公告)号：US20220282987A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17630247

申请日：2020-07-06

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： MIKIO NAKAI ,  RYO WATANABE ,  KAZUNORI YAMAMOTO ,  MARI IKENAGA

IPC: G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/30 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: An information processing system according to the present disclosure includes a mobile body that creates an advance map corresponding to a travel environment based on a distance measurement result by a distance measurement sensor to perform self-position estimation based on the advance map and an information processing device that arranges nodes in the advance map. The information processing device includes a receiving unit that receives a self-position estimation result of a mobile body in an advance map and a node arrangement unit that arranges nodes in the advance map based on the self-position estimation result.

公开(公告)号：US20220095786A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17310502

申请日：2020-01-31

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： KOHEI KOJIMA ,  MIKIO NAKAI ,  KUNIAKI TORII ,  TAICHI YUKI ,  KAZUNORI YAMAMOTO ,  TAKAMORI YAMAGUCHI ,  CHAO WANG ,  MASATAKA TOYOURA ,  YOSHIHITO OHKI

IPC: A47B9/00 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06V20/50 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving body and a control method capable of improving affinity of the moving body for a person and a space. A moving body according to one aspect of the present technology includes a top plate that serves as a desk at which a person performs work, a support arm that supports the top plate and that can extend and contract, and a moving unit that holds the support arm and performs movement for causing the work to be performed. Furthermore, the moving body controls a posture state including a state of the support arm and a movement state of the moving unit in accordance with a relationship with an environment state as a state of a surrounding environment and a person state as a state of the person located around, sensed by a sensor. The present technology can be applied to a movable robot.