# US 2014/0191872 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191872 A1 - Document ID: US20140191872A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/147,862 - Filed: 2014-01-06 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Shinichiro GOMI; Takeshi Koga; Akari Hoshi; Manabu Kii; Ryuichi Namba - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191872A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0201: Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data - G06F 16/287: {Visualization; Browsing} - G06F 21/6254: {by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification} - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - G06Q 30/0205: {based on location or geographical consideration} - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract There is provided an information processing apparatus including a user state detector configured to detect a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information, a user state integration unit configured to integrate the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information, and a state display generator configured to generate information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: a user state detector configured to detect a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information; a user state integration unit configured to integrate the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and a state display generator configured to generate information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data including biological information of each of the plurality of users. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users by comparing a numerical value based on the biological information with a threshold value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the user state detector sets the threshold value for each user group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data including pulse, perspiration, or brain waves of the plurality of users. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user state detector detects at least one of an excited state, a relaxed state, and an emotional state of the plurality of users based on the sensing data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data obtained by a terminal device carried by each of the plurality of users. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users by using position information obtained by the terminal device as the sensing data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the user state detector detects that at least some of the plurality of users are in a congested state with each other based on the position information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on an operation history of the terminal device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state detector detects a state of each of the plurality of users based on the sensing data that is being anonymized. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for each user group defined for each area that is set in a space defining the position information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for a user group corresponding to an area having a predetermined attribute, from among the areas. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for each user having a predetermined attribute from among users included in the user group. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the state display generator generates information for displaying an icon that indicates the integrated state information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the icon indicates the number of users who are in a predetermined state by means of number, color, or shape. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the state display generator generates information for displaying the icon on a map. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the user state integration unit generates the integrated state information for each user group defined for each area that is set in a space defining the position information, and wherein the state display generator generates information for displaying the icon in a list of the areas. ### Claim 19 An information processing method comprising: detecting a state of each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information; integrating the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and generating information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position. ### Claim 20 A program for causing a computer to execute: detecting a state for each of a plurality of users based on sensing data provided from the plurality of users together with position information; integrating the detected state for each user group defined based on the position information to generate integrated state information; and generating information for displaying the integrated state information in association with a position.