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US 2021/0240194 A1Published application
Control apparatus, control method, robot apparatus and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYudai YUGUCHI
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Abstract
Provided is a control apparatus including: an assessment unit configured to assess whether a relevant element is represented by environment information acquired from a sensor or not; and an environment information setting unit configured to, in a case where the assessment unit has assessed that the relevant element is represented by the environment information, switch the environment information to acquired-in-advance environment information in which the relevant element is not included.
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A control apparatus comprising:
- an assessment unit configured to assess whether or not a relevant element is represented by environment information newly acquired from a sensor;
- an environment information setting unit configured, in a case where the assessment unit has assessed that the relevant element is represented by a portion of the environment information, to select, in place of at least the portion of the environment information newly acquired from the sensor, acquired-in-advance environment information in which the relevant element is assessed not to be included;
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- a control unit configured to execute a control function in dependence upon the environment information.
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A control method comprising:
- assessing whether or not a relevant element is represented by environment information newly acquired from a sensor;
- in a case where the assessing step assesses that the relevant element is represented by a portion of the environment information, selecting, in place of at least the portion of the environment information newly acquired from the environment sensor, acquired-in-advance environment information in which the relevant element is not assessed to be included;
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- executing a control function in dependence upon the environment information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.