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US 12,619,247 B2Granted
Mobile object, information processing method, information processing system, and computer program
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsYuki Katsumata, Akira Fukui
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Abstract
A mobile object includes: a remaining energy amount acquisition unit that acquires the amount of energy remaining in the mobile object; and a range specifying unit that specifics, on the basis of the amount of energy remaining in the mobile object, a movement range in which the mobile object can return from the current position to the return position.
Claims17
A mobile object comprising:
- circuitry including a processor that is configured to
- acquire an amount of energy remaining in the mobile object;
- specify a movement range in which the mobile object is able to return from a position of the mobile object to a return position, based on the amount of energy remaining in the mobile object;
- acquire attribute information about a region adjacent to a boundary of the movement range on a side of the return position on a map;
- and
- when the attribute information is classified as an unrecommended type in terms of entry, change the movement range in accordance with the region corresponding to the attribute information classified as the unrecommended type.
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An information processing method comprising:
- acquiring an amount of energy remaining in a mobile object;
- specifying a movement range in which the mobile object is able to return from a position of the mobile object to a return position, based on the amount of energy remaining in the mobile object;
- and
- controlling the mobile object to forcibly start moving to the return position when the mobile object crosses the movement range to a side on which the mobile object moves away from the return position.
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An information processing system comprising:
- a mobile object that includes an imager configured to capture an image of surroundings of the mobile object;
- and
- an information processing device that includes circuitry including a processor that is configured to
- acquire an amount of energy remaining in the mobile object,
- specify a movement range in which the mobile object is able to return from a position of the mobile object to a return position, based on the amount of energy remaining in the mobile object, and
- control a display to display the movement range superimposed on a map image, wherein
- the circuitry is further configured to
- specify a region adjacent to a boundary of the movement range on a side of the return position based on the image captured by the imager, and
- when attribute information about the region that was specified and/or an object included in the region is classified as an unrecommended type in terms of entry, change the movement range in accordance with the region corresponding to the attribute information classified as the unrecommended type and/or the region including the object.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having a computer program product for causing a computer to carry out:
- acquiring an amount of energy remaining in a mobile object;
- specifying a movement range in which the mobile object is able to return from a position of the mobile object to a return position, based on the amount of energy remaining in the mobile object;
- determining a route to the return position, when control to move the mobile object to the return position is activated in accordance with a control command from a user or in a forcible manner;
- changing the route that was determined;
- and
- when direct return energy to be consumed for movement to the return position becomes larger than the amount of energy remaining in the mobile object during the movement to the return position along the route that was determined, specifying a plurality of candidate arrival points and further specifying a route to the candidate arrival point closest to the return position among the plurality of candidate arrival points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.