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US 10,761,533 B2Granted
Mobile body, information processor, mobile body system, information processing method, and information processing program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsToshimoto Mitomo, Kazutoshi Serita
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Abstract
A mobile body includes: an imaging unit; a movement mechanism that moves itself; a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication; and an information generator that generates, on a basis of external information received from outside by the wireless communication unit, route guidance information for use in allowing the movement mechanism to move itself.
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A mobile body comprising:
- a movement mechanism that moves the mobile body autonomously;
- a wireless communicator that performs wireless communication;
- an information generator that generates, on a basis of external information received from outside by the wireless communicator, route guidance information for use in allowing the movement mechanism to move the mobile body autonomously;
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- an imaging unit configured to capture image data,
- wherein the information generator uses captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, position information of the mobile body, and map information to generate the route guidance information,
- wherein the information generator generates the route guidance information with use of a correspondence relationship between mode setting information, which sets an autonomous move mode of a plurality of autonomous move modes, and a plurality of kinds of information for each of the plurality of autonomous move modes,
- wherein the route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes,
- wherein the captured image data, the position information, and the map information are stored together with data update time information regarding the captured image data, and
- wherein the information generator automatically generates the route guidance information on a regular basis with use of the data update time information, with updated image data being stored as the captured image data on a regular basis, and with the map information being automatically updated on a regular basis.
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An information processor comprising:
- a wireless communicator that performs wireless communication with a mobile body, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data;
- a user interface;
- a storage unit;
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- an information generator that generates route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body autonomously by the movement mechanism based on information received from the mobile body by the wireless communicator, input information inputted by a user via the user interface, and held information held in the storage unit, the information received from the mobile body including any one or any combination of:
- captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, position information of the mobile body, and map information,
- wherein the information generator generates the route guidance information with use of a correspondence relationship between mode setting information, which sets an autonomous move mode of a plurality of autonomous move modes, and a plurality of kinds of information for each of the plurality of autonomous move modes,
- wherein the route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes,
- wherein the captured image data, the position information, and the map information are stored together with data update time information regarding the captured image data, and
- wherein the information generator automatically generates the route guidance information on a regular basis with use of the data update time information, with updated image data being stored as the captured image data on a regular basis, and with the map information being automatically updated on a regular basis.
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A mobile body system comprising:
- a mobile body including:
- a first wireless communicator, a movement mechanism that moves the mobile body autonomously, and an imaging unit configured to capture image data;
- and
- an information processor including, a user interface, and a storage unit, and a second wireless communicator that performs wireless communication with the mobile body,
- wherein one or both of:
- a first information generator in the mobile body and a second information generator in the information processor is or are provided, in which the first information generator generates first information as route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body autonomously by the movement mechanism on a basis of external information received from outside by the first wireless communicator, and in which the second information generator generates second information as the route guidance information on a basis of one or more pieces of information out of received information received from the mobile body by the second wireless communicator, input information inputted by a user via the user interface unit, and held information held in the storage unit,
- wherein the first information generator uses captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, position information of the mobile body, and map information to generate the route guidance information,
- wherein the first information generator generates the route guidance information with use of a correspondence relationship between mode setting information, which sets an autonomous move mode of a plurality of autonomous move modes, and a plurality of kinds of information for each of the plurality of autonomous move modes,
- wherein the route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes,
- wherein the captured image data, the position information, and the map information are stored together with data update time information regarding the captured image data, and
- wherein the first information generator automatically generates the route guidance information on a regular basis with use of the data update time information, with updated image data being stored as the captured image data on a regular basis, and with the map information being automatically updated on a regular basis.
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An information processing method of a mobile body that includes a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the method comprising:
- receiving external information from outside through wireless communication;
- storing captured image data in a storage device, the captured image data being captured by the imaging unit;
- periodically updating the captured image data stored in the storage device;
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- generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body autonomously by the movement mechanism, the generating being based on the received external information, the periodically updated captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and map information,
- wherein the route guidance information is generated with use of a correspondence relationship between mode setting information, which sets an autonomous move mode of a plurality of autonomous move modes, and a plurality of kinds of information for each of the plurality of autonomous move modes,
- wherein the route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes,
- wherein the periodically updated captured image data, the position information, and the map information are stored together with data update time information regarding the periodically updated captured image data, and
- wherein the route guidance information is automatically generated on a regular basis with use of the data update time information and the periodically updated captured image data, and the map information is automatically updated on a regular basis.
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An information processing method of an information processor, the method comprising:
- obtaining information received from a mobile body through wireless communication with the mobile body, input information inputted from a user via a user interface in the information processor, and held information held in a storage unit in the information processor, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the information received from the mobile body including captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, and the captured image data being periodically updated and stored;
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- generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body autonomously by the movement mechanism based on the captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and map information,
- wherein the route guidance information is generated with use of a correspondence relationship between mode setting information, which sets an autonomous move mode of a plurality of autonomous move modes, and a plurality of kinds of information for each of the plurality of autonomous move modes,
- wherein the route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes,
- wherein the captured image data, the position information, and the map information are stored together with data update time information regarding the captured image data, and
- wherein the route guidance information is automatically generated on a regular basis with use of the data update time information, with updated image data being stored as the captured image data on a regular basis, and with the map information being automatically updated on a regular basis.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing code for an information processing program that, when executed by a computer in a mobile body, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:
- receiving external information from outside through wireless communication in the mobile body, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data;
- storing captured image data in a storage device, the captured image data being obtained by the imaging unit;
- periodically updating the captured image data stored in the storage device;
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- generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body autonomously by the movement mechanism, the generating being based on the received external information, the periodically updated captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and map information,
- wherein the route guidance information is generated with use of a correspondence relationship between mode setting information, which sets an autonomous move mode of a plurality of autonomous move modes, and a plurality of kinds of information for each of the plurality of autonomous move modes,
- wherein the route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes,
- wherein the periodically captured image data, the position information, and the map information are stored together with data update time information regarding the periodically captured image data, and
- wherein the route guidance information is automatically generated on a regular basis with use of the data update time information and the periodically captured image data, with the map information being automatically updated on a regular basis.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing code for an information processing program that, when executed by a computer in an information processor, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining information received from a mobile body through wireless communication with the mobile body, input information inputted from a user via a user interface in the information processor, and held information held in a storage unit in the information processor, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the information received from the mobile body including captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, and the captured image data being periodically updated and stored;
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- generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body autonomously by the movement mechanism based on the captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and map information,
- wherein the route guidance information is generated with use of a correspondence relationship between mode setting information, which sets an autonomous an autonomous move mode of a plurality of autonomous move modes, and a plurality of kinds of information for each of the plurality of autonomously move modes,
- wherein the route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes,
- wherein the captured image data, the position information, and the map information are stored together with data update time information regarding the captured image data, and
- wherein the route guidance information is automatically generated on a regular basis with use of the data update time information and the captured image data, with the map information being automatically updated on a regular basis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.