Sensor control apparatus, sensor control method, and program
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsKazuyuki Shikama, Yoshio Miyazaki
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Abstract
A sensor control apparatus includes an environment information acquisition section configured to acquire environment information indicative of an operating environment of a sensor that detects the force or the moment exerted on the surface of a housing, and a correction processing section configured to correct the output of the sensor on the basis of the environment information.
Claims9
A sensor control apparatus comprising a processor operating under control of an application program in order to implement:
- an environment information acquisition section configured to acquire environment information indicative of an operating environment of a sensor that detects a force or a moment exerted on a surface of a housing;
- and
- a correction processing section configured to correct an output of the sensor on a basis of the environment information, wherein:
- the environment information includes temperature information indicative of an ambient temperature of the sensor, and contact information indicative of whether or not there is an object in contact with the surface,
- the correction processing section determines a correction value with respect to an output value of the sensor as a function of the ambient temperature, and
- the sensor control apparatus further includes a correction value updating section configured to update the correction value on a basis of the ambient temperature and on the output value in a case where there is no object in contact with the surface.
A sensor control method performed by a processor operating under control of an application program in order to carry out actions, comprising:
- acquiring environment information indicative of an operating environment of a sensor that detects a force or a moment exerted on a surface of a housing;
- and
- correcting an output of the sensor on a basis of the environment information, wherein:
- the environment information includes temperature information indicative of an ambient temperature of the sensor, and contact information indicative of whether or not there is an object in contact with the surface,
- the correcting includes determining a correction value with respect to an output value of the sensor as a function of the ambient temperature, and
- the sensor control method further includes updating the correction value on a basis of the ambient temperature and on the output value in a case where there is no object in contact with the surface.
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a sensor control method by carrying out actions, comprising:
- acquiring environment information indicative of an operating environment of a sensor that detects a force or a moment exerted on a surface of a housing;
- and
- correcting an output of the sensor on a basis of the environment information, wherein:
- the environment information includes temperature information indicative of an ambient temperature of the sensor, and contact information indicative of whether or not there is an object in contact with the surface,
- the correcting includes determining a correction value with respect to an output value of the sensor as a function of the ambient temperature, and
- the sensor control method further includes updating the correction value on a basis of the ambient temperature and on the output value in a case where there is no object in contact with the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.