IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,769,796
Granted Patent B2
US 10,769,796 · App. 15/113,620 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium

Inventors: Hideyuki Matsunaga (Kanagawa, JP); Kosei Yamashita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06T7/20G06K9/00342G06K9/00496G09B19/0038G06T2207/10016G06T2207/30221
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,769,796
App. No.
15/113,620
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus to more accurately specify a type of event that is defined based on the sensor information and corresponds to the action of the user, the information processing apparatus including: a data acquiring section configured to acquire sensing data generated due to an action of a target; and an event specifying section configured to specify an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action. Provided is an information processing method, including: sensing an action of a target; transmitting sensing data acquired by the sensing; and performing, by a processor of an information processing apparatus that receives the sensing data, a process of specifying an event corresponding to the action based on a pattern shown in the sensing data and a context of the action.

Claims (48)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a data acquiring section configured to acquire sensing data generated due to an action of a target;

a pattern detecting section configured to detect a pattern shown in the sensing data; and

an event specifying section configured to identify at least two events, of a plurality of events, associated with the detected pattern shown in the sensing data,

wherein the event specifying section specifies, based on a context of the action, an event corresponding to the action by selecting, from among the at least two events associated with the detected pattern, only one event of the at least two events as the event corresponding to the action,

wherein, in a case the detected pattern is not associated with an event that corresponds with the context, the event specifying section specifies an event corresponding to the action based on the context regardless of the detected pattern,

wherein the context is identified based on at least one event of a history of events before the event corresponding to the action,

wherein the event is specified by a rule related to the action, and

wherein the data acquiring section, the pattern detecting section, and the event specifying section are each implemented via at least one processor.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the action includes a sports play, and

wherein the event includes at least a play event specified by the rule.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sensing data includes motion data.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the event specifying section specifies the event corresponding to the action based on the context before the action occurs.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the event specifying section specifies the event corresponding to the action further based on the context after the action occurs.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the context is defined based on at least the sensing data.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the context is defined based on data different from the sensing data.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the sensing data includes motion data, and

wherein the context is defined based on a different type of sensing data from the motion data.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the context of the action is state-related information of the target.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the state-related information includes information indicating a state of a sports play of the target.

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

a management section configured to update the context of the action based on the event corresponding to the action,

wherein the management section is implemented via at least one processor.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the context is further identified based on whether or not an elapsed time after the at least one event of the history of events occurs is less than a predetermined amount of time.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

acquiring sensing data generated due to an action of a target;

detecting a pattern shown in the sensing data;

identifying at least two events, of a plurality of events, associated with the detected pattern shown in the sensing data;

specifying, based on a context of the action, an event corresponding to the action by selecting, from among the at least two events associated with the pattern, only one event of the at least two events as the event corresponding to the action; and

specifying, in a case the detected pattern is not associated with an event that corresponds with the context, an event corresponding to the action based on the context regardless of the detected pattern,

wherein the context is identified based on at least one event of a history of events before the event corresponding to the action, and

wherein the event is specified by a rule related to the action.

14. An information processing method, comprising:

sensing an action of a target;

transmitting sensing data acquired by the sensing; and

performing, by a processor of an information processing apparatus that receives the sensing data, a process of detecting a pattern shown in the sensing data, identifying at least two events, of a plurality of events, associated with the detected pattern shown in the sensing data, specifying, based on a context of the action, an event corresponding to the action by selecting, from among the at least two events associated with the pattern, only one event of the at least two events as the event corresponding to the action, and specifying, in a case the detected pattern is not associated with an event that corresponds with the context, an event corresponding to the action based on the context regardless of the detected pattern,

wherein the context is identified based on at least one event of a history of events before the event corresponding to the action, and

wherein the event is specified by a rule related to the action.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2016
From: MATSUNAGA, HIDEYUKI; YAMASHITA, KOSEI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039439/0174 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-056794 · Mar 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170011527A1 · Jan 12, 2017