Personal digital assistant with multiple active elements for guiding user to moving target
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorTatsuya Ooka
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus that detects a first location of the information processing apparatus; receives information representing a target location from a target information processing apparatus; detects a target direction from the first location toward the target location; detects an orientation of a casing of the information processing apparatus; calculates an angular difference between the target direction and the orientation of the casing; determines a perceptual strength of each of a plurality of active elements disposed in different locations on or within the casing based on the angular difference; and controls each of the plurality of active elements based on the perceptual strengths.
Claims19
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a casing;
- a plurality of active elements disposed in different locations on or within the casing, each of the plurality of active elements being configured to provide a sensory output to a user;
- and
- circuitry configured to
- detect a first location of the information processing apparatus;
- receive information representing a target location from a target information processing apparatus;
- detect a target direction from the first location toward the target location;
- detect an orientation of the casing;
- calculate an angular difference between the target direction and the orientation of the casing;
- determine an output strength of each of the plurality of active elements based on the angular difference;
- and
- control each of the plurality of active elements based on the output strengths to provide the sensory output to the user.
An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting a first location of the information processing apparatus;
- receiving information representing a target location from a target information processing apparatus;
- detecting a target direction from the first location toward the target location;
- detecting an orientation of a casing of the information processing apparatus;
- calculating an angular difference between the target direction and the orientation of the casing;
- determining an output strength of each of a plurality of active elements disposed in different locations on or within the casing based on the angular difference, said each of the plurality of active elements being configured to provide a sensory output to a user;
- and
- controlling each of the plurality of active elements based on the output strengths to provide the sensory output to the user.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
- detecting a first location of the information processing apparatus;
- receiving information representing a target location from a target information processing apparatus;
- detecting a target direction from the first location toward the target location;
- detecting an orientation of a casing of the information processing apparatus;
- calculating an angular difference between the target direction and the orientation of the casing;
- determining an output strength of each of a plurality of active elements disposed in different locations on or within the casing based on the angular difference, said each of the plurality of active elements being configured to provide a sensory output to a user;
- and
- controlling each of the plurality of active elements based on the output strengths to provide the sensory output to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.