Information processing apparatus, information processing method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with executable information processing program stored thereon, and information processing system
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeiya Osuga, Junichi Takatori
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Abstract
A new configuration in which a distance to a user in addition to a sleep state of the user is measured is provided. An information processing apparatus includes a sensing unit including a Doppler sensor, a distance measurement unit that measures a distance to a user based on an output from the Doppler sensor, and a sleep state measurement unit that measures in real time, a sleep state of the user based on the output from the Doppler sensor.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a sensing unit including a sensor configured to sense a subject by emitting incident waves and receiving reflected waves produced by reflection of the incident waves;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing apparatus to at least:
- generate, for display, a user interface for receiving an input from the user associated with a positional relation between a position where the information processing apparatus is placed and a position where the user lies during sleep, wherein
- the sensing unit is placed on a surface at a position separate from the position where the user lies during sleep, and
- the user interface is configured to display a first distance associated with the positional relation between the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- set the first distance based on the positional relation between the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- measure a distance to the user based on an output from the sensor;
- and
- determine the user as not being present when the measured distance to the user exceeds the first distance, wherein the first distance is shorter than a measurable maximum distance.
An information processing method implemented via an information processing apparatus having a sensing unit including a sensor configured to sense a subject by emitting incident waves and receiving reflected waves produced by reflection of the incident waves, the information processing method comprising:
- generating, for display, a user interface for receiving an input from the user associated with a positional relation between a position where the information processing apparatus is placed and a position where the user lies during sleep, wherein the user interface is configured to display a first distance associated with the positional relation between the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- setting the first distance based on the positional relation between the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- measuring a distance to the user based on the output from the sensor;
- and
- determining the user as not being present when the measured distance to the user exceeds the first distance, wherein the first distance is shorter than a measurable maximum distance.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, including a sensor configured to sense a subject by emitting incident waves and receiving reflected waves produced by reflection of the incident waves, cause the information processing apparatus to provide execution comprising:
- generating, for display, a user interface for receiving an input from the user associated with a positional relation between a position where the information processing apparatus is placed and a position where the user lies during sleep, wherein the user interface is configured to display a first distance associated with the positional relation between the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- setting the first distance based on the positional relation between the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- measuring a distance to the user based on an output from the sensor;
- and
- determining the user as not being present when the measured distance to the user exceeds the first distance, wherein the first distance is shorter than a measurable maximum distance.
An information processing system, comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense a subject by emitting incident waves and receiving reflected waves produced by reflection of the incident waves;
- and
- a control device having at least a processor and a memory, wherein the control device is configured to at least:
- generate, for display, a user interface for receiving an input from the user associated with a positional relation between a position where the information processing system is placed and a position where the user lies during sleep, wherein the user interface is configured to display a first distance associated positional relation between the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- set the first distance based on the position tween the position where the information processing apparatus is placed and the position where the user lies during sleep;
- measure a distance to the user based on an output from the sensor;
- and
- determine the user as not being present when the measured distance to the user exceeds the first distance, wherein the first distance is shorter than a measurable maximum distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.