IP Library Granted Patent US 11,640,589
Granted Patent B2
US 11,640,589 · App. 17/226,626 · Granted May 2, 2023

Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

Inventors: Takahiko Sueyoshi (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Shionozaki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Iwanami (Tokyo, JP); Keigo Ihara (Tokyo, JP); Yasushi Miyajima (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
G06Q20/04G06F16/00G06F16/24575G06F21/6263G06Q30/02G06Q30/08G06Q50/00G01D9/00
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Patent No.
US 11,640,589
App. No.
17/226,626
Granted
May 2, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method and a storage medium through which emotional values of objects can be numerically expressed on the basis of an interaction between the objects. [Solution] An information processing system including: a detection unit that detects information related to an interaction between a first object and a second object; and a generation unit that is capable of generating an emotion value of the first object and an emotion value of the second object on the basis of the information related to the interaction.

Claims (35)

1. An information processing system comprising:

at least one sensor configured to sense interactions between objects in order to generate information related to the interactions; and

circuitry configured to:

generate an absolute emotion value based on information generated by the at least one sensor related to interactions between one of the plurality of objects and other ones of the plurality of objects and a relative emotion value based on information generated by the at least one sensor related to an interaction between the one of the plurality of objects and a specific object,

store the absolute emotion value and the relative emotion value, and

cause display of a parameter based on at least one of the absolute emotion value or the relative emotion value,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to automatically set a privacy level depending on an emotional value of a user of a communication destination device and control a picture of another user of a communication source device to be masked depending on an automatically set privacy level when the picture of the other user of the communication source device is transmitted to the communication destination device.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to associate information related to another interaction with each of a first object and a second object and to store the information,

wherein an emotional value of the specific object is generated based on a history of the information related to the interaction and associated with the specific object.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate a first emotional value of a first object and a second emotional value of a second object based on information related to an interaction between the first object and the second object when the first object is a person and the second object is an article.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to detect, when an interaction between a first object and a second object has been generated, information related to a bidirectional interaction.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to regard the absolute emotional value as a trust of an exhibitor or a value of an exhibited item and provide another emotional value of the exhibitor or the exhibited item.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control an environment adjustment depending on an emotional value of a target user or an object involved with the target user when a surrounding environment of the target user is adjusted by a moving object moving while tracking the target user.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate abstracted presence reproduction information based on an emotional value of a subject extracted from content data and control the generated abstracted presence reproduction information to be associated with the content data and to be stored.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the relative emotional value is acquired based on a plurality of search conditions designated by a person.

9. An information processing method, comprising:

sensing, with at least one sensor, interactions between objects in order to generate information related to the interactions;

generating, with circuitry, an absolute emotion value based on information generated by the at least one sensor related to interactions between one of the plurality of objects and other ones of the plurality of objects and a relative emotion value based on information generated by the at least one sensor related to an interaction between the one of the plurality of objects and a specific object;

storing the absolute emotion value and the relative emotion value:

causing display of a parameter based on at least one of the absolute emotion value or the relative emotion value; and

automatically setting a privacy level depending on an emotional value of a user of a communication destination device and controlling a picture of another user of a communication source device to be masked depending on an automatically set privacy level when the picture of the other user of the communication source device is transmitted to the communication destination device.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

associating information related to another interaction with each of a first object and a second object and to store the information,

wherein an emotional value of the specific object is generated based on a history of the information related to the interaction and associated with the specific object.

11. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

generating a first emotional value of a first object and a second emotional value of a second object based on information related to an interaction between the first object and the second object when the first object is a person and the second object is an article.

12. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

detecting, when an interaction between a first object and a second object has been generated, information related to a bidirectional interaction.

13. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

regarding the absolute emotional value as a trust of an exhibitor or a value of an exhibited item and providing another emotional value of the exhibitor or the exhibited item.

14. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

controlling an environment adjustment depending on an emotional value of a target user or an object involved with the target user when a surrounding environment of the target user is adjusted by a moving object moving while tracking the target user.

15. The information processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

generating abstracted presence reproduction information based on an emotional value of a subject extracted from content data and controlling the generated abstracted presence reproduction information to be associated with the content data and to be stored.

16. The information processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the relative emotional value is acquired based on a plurality of search conditions designated by a person.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062416/0642 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2014-227004 · Nov 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15522834
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