Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing apparatus, comprising

• circuitry configured to:
• classify an object, detected in a space, based on a specific criterion;
• set a priority for the object based on a result of the classification;
• generate position-related information regarding a position in the space based on the set priority for the object;
• generate map information regarding the space as the position-related information, wherein the map information is an occupancy grid map;
• and
• set, based on the set priority, a priority for each grid of the occupancy grid map.

An information processing method, comprising:

• in an information processing apparatus:
• classifying an object, detected in a space, based on a specific criterion, wherein
• the specific criterion comprises date and time information;
• setting a priority for the object based on a result of the classification;
• and
• generating position-related information regarding a position of the information processing apparatus in the space based on the set priority for the object.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• classifying an object, detected in a space, based on a specific criterion, wherein
• the specific criterion comprises date and time information;
• setting a priority for the object based on a result of the classification;
• and
• generating position-related information regarding a position of the information processing apparatus in the space based on the set priority for the object.