Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Computer Program

An information processing method for executing processing for creating an environmental map, the information processing method comprising:

• an image photographing step in which a camera photographs an image:
• a self-position detecting step in which a self-position detecting unit detects a position and a posture of the camera on the basis of the image acquired by the camera;
• an image-recognition processing step in which an image-recognition processing unit detects an object from the image acquired by the camera;
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• a data constructing step in which a data constructing unit is inputted with information concerning the position and the posture of the camera detected by the self-position detecting unit and information concerning the object detected by the image-recognition processing unit and executes processing for creating or updating the environmental map, wherein
• in the image-recognition processing step, the image-recognition processing unit executes processing for detecting an object from the image acquired by the camera with reference to dictionary data in which object information including at least three-dimensional shape data corresponding to objects is registered, and
• in the data constructing step, the data constructing unit applies the three-dimensional shape data registered in the dictionary data to the environmental map and executes object arrangement on the environmental map.

A computer program for causing an information processing apparatus to execute processing for creating an environmental map, the computer program comprising:

• an image photographing step of causing a camera to photograph an image;
• a self-position detecting step of causing a self-position detecting unit to detect a position and a posture of the camera on the basis of the image acquired by the camera;
• an image-recognition processing step of causing an image-recognition processing unit to detect an object from the image acquired by the camera;
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• a data constructing step of inputting information concerning the position and the posture of the camera detected by the self-position detecting unit and information concerning the object detected by the image-recognition processing unit to a data constructing unit and causing the data constructing unit to execute processing for creating or updating the environmental map, wherein
• the image-recognition processing step is a step of detecting an object from the image acquired by the camera with reference to dictionary data in which object information including at least three-dimensional shape data corresponding to objects is registered, and
• the data constructing step is a step of applying the three-dimensional shape data registered in the dictionary data to the environmental map and executing object arrangement on the environmental map.