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Granted Patent B2
US 11,449,148 · App. 17/142,749 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Communication system, server, storage medium, and communication control method

Inventor: Hiroshi Iwanami (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,449,148
App. No.
17/142,749
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a communication system that includes a recognition unit that recognizes whether a user is performing a specific gesture, and a control unit that identifies a client serving as a communication destination, when the specific gesture is recognized. The control unit further identifies an impression represented by the recognized gesture information and performs control such that the impression represented by the gesture information is notified to a user corresponding to the client.

Claims (30)

1. A communication system, comprising:

first circuitry configured to:

recognize a specific gesture of a first user to obtain gesture information, wherein

a first client device corresponds to the first user, and

the specific gesture of the first user is based on a specific action of a second user;

generate position information that indicates a position of the first client device and a height of the first user, and direction information that indicates a specific direction pointed out by the specific gesture of the first user; and

transmit the position information, the direction information, and the gesture information, wherein the gesture information indicates the specific gesture.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the position information, the direction information, and the gesture information are transmitted to a server.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuitry is further configured to recognize the specific gesture of the first user based on a sound input by a sound input device.

4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuitry is further configured to execute quasi-electrostatic field communication based on the recognition of the specific gesture.

5. The communication system according to claim 1 , further comprising a server that includes second circuitry.

6. The communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the second circuitry is configured to:

receive the position information, the direction information, and the gesture information; and

identify a second client device based on the position information, the direction information, and the gesture information.

7. The communication system according to claim 6 , wherein the second circuitry is further configured to control transmission of a message corresponding to the gesture information to the second client device.

8. The communication system according to claim 7 , wherein

the second client device is pointed out by the first user, and

the second client device corresponds to the second user.

9. The communication system according to claim 8 , wherein

the second circuitry is further configured to identify an impression represented by the gesture information, and

the identified impression indicates an evaluation of the second user.

10. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the second circuitry is further configured to control transmission of a notification of the identified impression to the second client device.

11. A communication method, comprising:

in a communication system:

recognizing a specific gesture of a first user to obtain gesture information, wherein

a client device corresponds to the first user, and

the specific gesture of the first user is based on a specific action of a second user;

generating position information indicating a position of the client device and a height of the first user, and direction information indicating a specific direction pointed out by the specific gesture of the first user; and

transmitting the position information, the direction information, and the gesture information, wherein the gesture information indicates the specific gesture.

12. The communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the position information, the direction information and the gesture information are transmitted to a server.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-221161 · Nov 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15769561
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