Information processing device and information processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYasutaka Fukumoto
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Abstract
Provided is an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire sensing data and a mode changing unit configured to change a mode on a basis of the sensing data. The acquisition unit changes sensing data to be acquired on a basis of the change of the mode.
Claims11
An information processing device, comprising:
- a first processor;
- a second processor different from the first processor;
- a third processor different from the first processor and the second processor;
- and
- circuitry configured to:
- acquire, in a first mode of the information processing device, first sensing data from a sensor, wherein the first mode corresponds to a stop state of one of a user or an object;
- process, in the first mode, the acquired first sensing data by the first processor;
- change from the first mode to a second mode of the information processing device based on the processed first sensing data, wherein the second mode corresponds to a moving and stopping state of the one of the user or the object;
- change from the first processor to the second processor based on the change from the first mode to the second mode, wherein the first processor corresponds to the first mode and the second processor corresponds to the second mode;
- acquire, in the second mode, second sensing data from the sensor based on the change from the first mode to the second mode, wherein the second sensing data is different from the first sensing data;
- determine, by the second processor in the second mode, that the one of the user or the object is in the stop state for a first number of times based on the acquired second sensing data, wherein the first number of times is less than a first threshold number of times;
- determine, by the second processor in the second mode, that the one of the user or the object is in a moving state for a second number of times based on the acquired second sensing data, wherein
- the second number of times is more than a second threshold number of times, and
- the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the moving state for the second number of times is based on the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the stop state for the first number of times which is less than the first threshold number of times;
- change from the second mode to a third mode of the information processing device based on the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the moving state for the second number of times which is more than the second threshold number of times,
- wherein the third mode corresponds to a continuously moving state of the one of the user or the object;
- change from the second processor to the third processor based on the change from the second mode to the third mode and the change from the first processor to the second processor, wherein the third processor corresponds to the third mode;
- acquire, in the third mode, third sensing data from the sensor based on the change from the second mode to the third mode, wherein the third sensing data is different from the first sensing data and the second sensing data;
- process, in the third mode, the acquired third sensing data by the third processor;
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- determine motion of the one of the user or the object motion based on the processed third sensing data.
An information processing method, comprising:
- in an information processing device including a first processor, a second processor different from the first processor, a third processor different from the first processor and the second processor, and circuitry:
- acquiring, by the circuitry, first sensing data from a sensor, wherein
- the first sensing data is acquired in a first mode of the information processing device, and
- the first mode corresponds to a stop state of one of a user or an object;
- processing, by the first processor, the acquired first sensing data in the first mode;
- changing, by the circuitry, from the first mode to a second mode of the information processing device based on the processed first sensing data, wherein the second mode corresponds to a moving and stopping state of the one of the user or the object;
- changing, by the circuitry, from the first processor to the second processor based on the change from the first mode to the second mode, wherein the first processor corresponds to the first mode and the second processor corresponds to the second mode;
- acquiring, by the circuitry, second sensing data from the sensor based on the change from the first mode to the second mode, wherein
- the second sensing data is different from the first sensing data, and
- the second sensing data is acquired in the second mode;
- determining, by the second processor in the second mode, that the one of the user or the object is in the stop state for a first number of times based on the acquired second sensing data, wherein the first number of times is less than a first threshold number of times;
- determining, by the second processor in the second mode, that the one of the user or the object is in a moving state for a second number of times, wherein
- the second number of times is more than a second threshold number of times, and
- the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the moving state for the second number of times is based on the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the stop state for the first number of times which is less than the first threshold number of times;
- changing, by the circuitry, from the second mode to a third mode of the information processing device based on the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the moving state for the second number of times which is more than the second threshold number of times,
- wherein the third mode corresponds to a continuously moving state of the one of the user or the object;
- changing, by the circuitry, from the second processor to the third processor based on the change from the second mode to the third mode and the change from the first processor to the second processor, wherein the third processor corresponds to the third mode;
- acquiring, by the circuitry, third sensing data from the sensor based on the change from the second mode to the third mode, wherein the third sensing data is different from the first sensing data and the second sensing data;
- processing, by the third processor, the acquired third sensing data in the third mode;
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- determining, by the circuitry, motion of one of the user or the object based on the processed third sensing data.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer of an information processing device, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- acquiring, in a first mode of the information processing device, first sensing data from a sensor, wherein the first mode corresponds to a stop state of one of a user or an object;
- processing, in the first mode, the acquired first sensing data by a first processor of the information processing device;
- changing from the first mode to a second mode of the information processing device based on the processed first sensing data, wherein the second mode corresponds to a moving and stopping state of the one of the user or the object;
- changing from the first processor to a second processor, of the information processing device, based on the change from the first mode to the second mode, wherein
- the first processor corresponds to the first mode and the second processor corresponds to the second mode, and
- the second processor is different from the first processor;
- acquiring, in the second mode, second sensing data from the sensor based on the change from the first mode to the second mode, wherein the second sensing data is different from the first sensing data;
- determining, by the second processor in the second mode, that the one of the user or the object is in the stop state for a first number of times based on the acquired second sensing data, wherein the first number of times is less than a first threshold number of times;
- determining, by the second processor in the second mode, that the one of the user or the object is in a moving state for a second number of times based on the acquired second sensing data, wherein
- the second number of times is more than a second threshold number of times, and
- the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the moving state for the second number of times is based on the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the stop state for the first number of times which is less than the first threshold number of times;
- changing from the second mode to a third mode of the information processing device based on the determination that the one of the user or the object is in the moving state for the second number of times which is more than the second threshold number of times,
- wherein the third mode corresponds to a continuously moving state of the one of the user or the object;
- changing from the second processor to a third processor, of the information processing device, based on the change from the second mode to the third mode and the change from the first processor to the second processor, wherein
- the third processor corresponds to the third mode, and
- the third processor is different from the first processor and the second processor;
- acquiring, in the third mode, third sensing data from the sensor based on the change from the second mode to the third mode, wherein the third sensing data is different from the first sensing data and the second sensing data;
- processing, in the third mode, the acquired third sensing data by the third processor;
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- determining motion of the one of the user or the object based on the processed third sensing data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.