IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,914,236
Granted Patent B2
US 8,914,236 · App. 13/951,725 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

Mobile object, system, and storage medium

Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakoda (Chiba, JP); Yoichiro Sako (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Asada (Kanagawa, JP); Katsuhisa Aratani (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Takatoshi Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Mitsuru Takehara (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Koga (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Hanaya (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoya Onuma (Shizuoka, JP); Akira Tange (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G06F17/00G02B2027/0138G02B27/01H04L29/08G02B2027/014B60K35/00
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Patent No.
US 8,914,236
App. No.
13/951,725
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a mobile object including an input detection unit configured to detect an input from an outside, an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information detected by a sensor in a remote location, in accordance with a content of detection performed by the input detection unit, and a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, the driving actuator relating to movement of the mobile object.

Claims (29)

1. A mobile object comprising:

an input detection unit configured to detect an input provided by a user associated with the mobile object;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information associated with a location in accordance with the detection performed by the input detection unit, wherein the environmental information is detected by a sensor disposed at the location; and

a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the driving actuator is related to movement of the mobile object and the actuator other than the driving actuator is unrelated to the movement of the mobile object.

2. The mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires the environmental information detected by the sensor, in accordance with position information of the location detected by the input detection unit, the sensor being disposed at the location indicated by the position information.

3. The mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the environmental information is detected by the sensor in a real time.

4. The mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the input detection unit detects position information of the location based on a letter input or an audio input, and wherein the position information is a name of a region, an address, or a name of an institution.

5. The mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator other than the driving actuator is a display device, an air conditioning device, a speaker, or a fragrance generator provided in the mobile object, wherein the control unit performs a display control, a temperature control, an audio reproduction control, or a fragrance generation control of the mobile object, in accordance with the environmental information associated with the location to recreate, inside the mobile object, an environment similar to an environment of the location.

6. The mobile object according to claim 5 , wherein the display device is provided on at least one or more of a wind shield, a side glass, a rear glass, a ceiling, a side, a floor, and a back of a front seat of the mobile object.

7. The mobile object according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a mode setting unit configured to set an operation mode of the mobile object to one of a movement mode and an immersion mode, wherein when the movement mode is set, the control unit enables the mobile object to be driven and when the immersion mode is set, the control unit determines a stop state of the mobile object and creates, inside the mobile object, an environment similar to an environment of the location, wherein the stop state disables the mobile object from being driven.

8. The mobile object according to claim 7 , wherein, when the movement mode is set by the mode setting unit, the control unit controls the driving actuator in accordance with a driving input provided by the user to the driving actuator, the driving input being detected by the input detection unit.

9. The mobile object according to claim 8 , wherein the input detection unit detects a user manipulation to a handle, an accelerator, or a brake provided in the mobile object, as the driving input to the driving actuator.

10. The mobile object according to claim 7 , wherein, when the immersion mode is set by the mode setting unit, the control unit controls the actuator other than the driving actuator in accordance with a driving input provided by the user to the driving actuator and the environmental information, the driving input being detected by the input detection unit.

11. The mobile object according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a transmission unit configured to transmit an operation instruction to an actuator in accordance with a user manipulation, the actuator being disposed in a vicinity of the sensor that detects the environmental information.

12. A system comprising:

a mobile object including

an input detection unit configured to detect an input provided by a user associated with the mobile object,

an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a server, environmental information associated with a location in accordance with the detection performed by the input detection unit, wherein the environmental information is detected by a sensor disposed at the location, and

a control unit configured to control an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the driving actuator is related to movement of the mobile object and the actuator other than the driving actuator is unrelated to the movement of the mobile object; and

the server including

a first reception unit configured to receive, from the sensor disposed at the location, the environmental information associated with the location detected by the sensor,

a second reception unit configured to receive content of the detection performed by the input detection unit from the mobile object, and

a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the mobile object, the environmental information associated with the location received by the first reception unit, in accordance with the content of the detection received by the second reception unit.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored thereon, a machine code and/or a computer program having at least one code section executable by a computer, thereby causing the computer to perform the steps comprising:

detecting an input provided by a user associated with a mobile object;

acquiring environmental information associated with a location in accordance with the detection, wherein the environmental information is detected by a sensor disposed at the location; and

controlling an actuator other than a driving actuator in accordance with the acquired environmental information, wherein the driving actuator is related to movement of the mobile object and the actuator other than the driving actuator is unrelated to the movement of the mobile object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2013
From: SAKODA, KAZUYUKI; SAKO, YOICHIRO; ASADA, KOHEI; ARATANI, KATSUHISA; WATANABE, KAZUHIRO; NAKAMURA, TAKATOSHI; TAKEHARA, MITSURU; KOGA, YUKI; HANAYA, HIROYUKI; ONUMA, TOMOYA; TANGE, AKIRA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030883/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-175695 · Aug 8, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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