IP Library Granted Patent US 11,995,995
Granted Patent B2
US 11,995,995 · App. 17/261,577 · Granted May 28, 2024

Information processing device, information processing method, program, and mobile device

Inventors: Masato Nishio (Tokyo, JP); Yuhei Yabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,995,995
App. No.
17/261,577
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is intended to allow an orientation of a mobile device observed in imaging data to be more appropriately specified. There is provided an information processing device ( 100 ) including an acquisition unit ( 111 c ) that acquires the imaging data and a direction specification unit ( 111 c ) that analyzes the imaging data to specify the orientation of the mobile device observed in the imaging data.

Claims (41)

1. An information processing device comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire imaging data,

analyze the imaging data to specify an orientation of a mobile device observed in the imaging data,

analyze the imaging data to specify the position of the mobile device observed in the imaging data,

predict, based on the orientation and the position, the orientation or the position of the mobile device at a given future time point, and

control, based on a result of predicting the orientation or the position of the mobile device, movement of the mobile device.

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

the circuitry is configured to specify, as the orientation of the mobile device, at least one of a direction in which the mobile device is moving, a direction in which the mobile device is movable, and a direction in which the mobile device is expected to move.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to specify, as the orientation of the mobile device, at least one of a two-dimensional direction and a three-dimensional direction in which the mobile device is oriented.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to specify the orientation of the mobile device based on a feature of the mobile device, the feature being observed in the imaging data.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to specify the orientation of the mobile device based on light emitted from the mobile device, the light being observed in the imaging data.

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

the circuitry is configured to specify the orientation of the mobile device based on an environment around the mobile device, the environment being observed in the imaging data.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to specify the orientation of the mobile device based on a marker added to the mobile device, the marker being observed in the imaging data.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing device is a movable device including a camera that generates the imaging data.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein

the movable device is capable of flying, and the imaging data is generated by aerial photography.

10. The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein

the circuitry recognizes that the specification of the orientation of the mobile device is interrupted and controls the position to be moved forward/rearward, leftward/rightward, upward/downward, or a combination thereof.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera that generates the imaging data is provided in an external device serving as a movable device.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry controls, based on the result of predicting the orientation or the position of the mobile device, the movement of the mobile device to avoid a collision between the mobile device and another object.

13. An information processing method to be implemented by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring imaging data;

analyzing the imaging data to specify an orientation of a mobile device observed in the imaging data;

analyzing the imaging data to specify the position of the mobile device observed in the imaging data;

predicting, based on the orientation and the position, the orientation or the position of the mobile device at a given future time point; and

controlling, based on a result of predicting the orientation or the position of the mobile device, movement of the mobile device.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

acquiring imaging data;

analyzing the imaging data to specify an orientation of a mobile device observed in the imaging data;

analyzing the imaging data to specify the position of the mobile device observed in the imaging data;

predicting, based on the orientation and the position, the orientation or the position of the mobile device at a given future time point; and

controlling, based on a result of predicting the orientation or the position of the mobile device, movement of the mobile device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2021
From: NISHIO, MASATO; YABE, YUHEI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054961/0848 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-165362 · Sep 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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