IP Library Granted Patent US 11,156,473
Granted Patent B2
US 11,156,473 · App. 16/324,469 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Akira Ono (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuya Naruse (Kanagawa, JP); Mikio Takenaka (Kanagawa, JP); Ryosuke Murakami (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Hayashi (Aichi, JP); Mioko Ambe (Tokyo, JP); Ryosuke Takeuchi (Saitama, JP); Kazutoshi Ohno (Kanagawa, JP); Seiji Muramatsu (Saitama, JP); Tetsuya Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G01C21/3652G01C21/26G01C21/30G01C21/3623G06F3/01G08G1/005G09B29/10
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Patent No.
US 11,156,473
App. No.
16/324,469
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] An object of the present technology is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The haptic-feedback determining part determines a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on the basis of an angle formed by the apparatus direction and the target direction.

Claims (33)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a position-coordinate acquisition part acquiring a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus in real space;

a target-position setting part setting a position coordinate of a target in real space;

a direction acquisition part acquiring an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces;

a direction calculation part calculating a target direction of the target with respect to the information processing apparatus based on the position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus; and

a haptic-feedback determining part determining a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on a basis of an angle between the apparatus direction and the target direction.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the haptic-feedback determining part determines a first haptic feedback as the haptic feedback to be presented to the user in a case that the angle is a predetermined value or more, and determines a second haptic feedback being different from the first haptic feedback as the haptic feedback to be presented to the user in a case that the angle is less than the predetermined value.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the haptic-feedback determining part determines an intensity of the first haptic feedback according to a size of the angle in the case that the angle is the predetermined value or more.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the haptic-feedback determining part determines an intensity of the second haptic feedback according to a distance between the information processing apparatus and the target in the case that the angle is less than the predetermined value.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a haptic-feedback presenting part presenting the haptic feedback to the user, wherein

the haptic-feedback presenting part produces an oscillation that causes the user to feel that the information processing apparatus is pulled in a predetermined direction.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the target-position setting part setting the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus as the position coordinate of the target according to a predetermined operation input to the information processing apparatus.

7. An information processing system, comprising:

a position-coordinate acquisition part acquiring a position coordinate of an information processing apparatus;

a target-position setting part setting a position coordinate of a target in real space;

a direction acquisition part acquiring an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces;

a direction calculation part calculating a target direction of the target with respect to the information processing apparatus based on the position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus; and

a haptic-feedback determining part determining a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on a basis of an angle between the apparatus direction and the target direction.

8. An information processing method, wherein

a position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of an information processing apparatus in real space,

a target-position setting part sets a position coordinate of a target in real space;

a direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces,

a direction calculation part calculates a target direction of the target with respect to the information processing apparatus based on the position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus, and

a haptic-feedback determining part determines a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on a basis of an angle between the apparatus direction and the target direction.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a haptic-feedback presenting part, wherein

the haptic-feedback presenting part increases an intensity of the first haptic feedback when the angle becomes smaller.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a haptic-feedback presenting part, wherein

the haptic-feedback presenting part increases an intensity of the first haptic feedback when a distance between the information processing apparatus and the target becomes smaller.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2019
From: YOKOYAMA, RYO; ONO, AKIRA; NARUSE, TETSUYA; TAKENAKA, MIKIO; MURAKAMI, RYOSUKE; HAYASHI, HIDEAKI; TAKEUCHI, RYOSUKE; OHNO, KAZUTOSHI; MURAMATSU, SEIJI; TAKAHASHI, TETSUYA
To: SONY CORPORATION; SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 048769/0346 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049404/0887 →