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US 11,450,153 · App. 17/467,837 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Information processing method and information processing system

Inventor: Motoshi Anabuki (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G07C5/06G08G1/123G05D1/0212G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,450,153
App. No.
17/467,837
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing method includes: obtaining, from vehicles, sensor data obtained from sensors of the vehicles; performing object detection processes each using a different one of the sensor data; determining a style of a presentation for monitoring or controlling the vehicles, using results of the object detection processes; and controlling the presentation made by a presentation device according to the style determined.

Claims (19)

1. An information processing method, comprising:

obtaining, by an information processing apparatus, from vehicles, sensor data obtained from sensors of the vehicles;

performing, by the information processing apparatus, object detection processes for each vehicle using a different one of the sensor data;

determining, by the information processing apparatus, a style of a presentation for an operator to monitor or control the vehicles, using results of the object detection processes; and

controlling the presentation made by a presentation device according to the style determined,

wherein in each of the object detection processes for each vehicle of the vehicles, an object outside a moving vehicle and a position of the object are detected,

wherein the determining of the style of the presentation includes:

calculating, by the information processing apparatus, for each vehicle of the vehicles, a danger level outside the vehicle, using the object and the position of the object detected;

determining, by the information processing apparatus, priority levels of the vehicles according to the danger level outside the vehicle that has been calculated for each vehicle so that the presentation is preferentially made to the operator; and

determining the style of the presentation for the operator according to the priority levels determined, the style being a style in which a vehicle among the vehicles having a higher calculated danger level is presented as the vehicle to be preferentially monitored.

2. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an obtaining unit that obtains, from vehicles, sensor data obtained from sensors of the vehicles;

a detection processor that performs object detection processes for each vehicle using a different one of the sensor data;

a determination unit that determines a style of a presentation for an operator to monitor or control the vehicles, using results of the object detection processes; and

a presentation controller that controls the presentation made by a presentation device according to the style determined,

wherein in each of the object detection processes for each vehicle of the vehicles, an object outside a moving vehicle and a position of the object are detected, and

wherein the determination unit calculates, for each vehicle of the vehicles, a danger level outside the vehicle, using the object and the position of the object detected,

wherein the determination unit determines priority levels of the vehicles according to the danger level outside the vehicle that has been calculated for each vehicle so that the presentation is preferentially made to the operator, and

wherein the determination unit determines the style of the presentation for the operator according to the priority levels determined, the style being a style in which a vehicle among the vehicles having a higher calculated danger level is presented as the vehicle to be preferentially monitored.

Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-136099 · Jul 19, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-047427 · Mar 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16507575 · Jul 10, 2019
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