IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,793,119
Granted Patent B2
US 11,793,119 · App. 17/369,786 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Information processing device and information processing method

Inventor: Masatoshi Funabashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
A01G7/00A01B79/005G06Q50/02G06T11/00G06T19/00G09B5/065
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Patent No.
US 11,793,119
App. No.
17/369,786
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method, in which Synecoculture (registered trademark) can be assisted. An ecosystem object indicating an ecosystem constituent configuring an ecosystem of an agricultural field in which a plurality of types of vegetation are mixed up and a task object indicating a task performed with respect to the ecosystem constituent are acquired, and the ecosystem object is subjected to augmented reality (AR) display in a position in a predetermined background space, corresponding to a real position of the ecosystem constituent, and the task object is subjected to AR display in the background space. The present technology, for example, can be applied to a case or the like where information of assisting Synecoculture (registered trademark) is provided.

Claims (44)

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, perform an information processing method comprising:

acquiring an ecosystem object indicating an ecosystem constituent configuring an ecosystem of an agricultural field in which a plurality of types of vegetation are mixed up, and a task object indicating a task performed with respect to the ecosystem constituent; and

controlling augmented reality (AR) display of the ecosystem object in a position in a background space, corresponding to a real position of the ecosystem constituent, and controlling AR display of the task object in the background space, wherein the AR display of the ecosystem object and the AR display of the task object are displayed in the background space in a superimposed manner, wherein the superimposed ecosystem object is an object indicating a value of sensor data obtained by sensing the ecosystem constituent and indicating a position in the background space corresponding to a real position in the agricultural field where the sensor data was obtained, and wherein the ecosystem object or the task object to be displayed is changed according to a degree of proficiency of a user.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the superimposed ecosystem object is an object indicating a plurality of types of vegetation.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein a predetermined marker or a positional information of a global positioning system (GPS) is associated with the ecosystem object, and

the ecosystem object is displayed in a relative position based on the marker or a position indicated by the positional information in the background space.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 3 ,

wherein one marker is associated with the ecosystem object of a part or all of one agricultural field.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 3 ,

wherein two different markers are associated with the same ecosystem object.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 3 ,

wherein the marker associated with the ecosystem object is movable, and

the ecosystem object is displayed in the same position as the position before the marker is moved, after the marker associated with the ecosystem object is moved.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ecosystem object or the task object is edited according to an operation of a user, and

the ecosystem object and the task object are acquired after being edited.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 7 ,

wherein the ecosystem object of one agricultural field is copied on another agricultural field as editing of the ecosystem object.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 8 ,

wherein a task object indicating a task to be performed with respect to an ecosystem constituent indicated by the ecosystem object to be copied on the other agricultural field is added.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein a display scale of the background space is capable of being changed.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein images of two or more agricultural fields are capable of being simultaneously displayed as the background space.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ecosystem object is displayed along one axis.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 ,

wherein the ecosystem object is displayed along a time axis.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ecosystem object indicating the ecosystem constituent relevant to the entire agricultural field is displayed in a fixed position.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein associated information associated with the ecosystem constituent which is indicated by the ecosystem object is linked to the ecosystem object, and

the associated information is displayed.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ecosystem constituent includes a dangerous area or an area to be watched of the agricultural field.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein ecosystem objects of one or more categories selected from a plurality of categories are displayed.

18. An information processing device, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire an ecosystem object indicating an ecosystem constituent configuring an ecosystem of an agricultural field in which a plurality of types of vegetation are mixed up, and a task object indicating a task performed with respect to the ecosystem constituent; and

a display control unit configured to control augmented reality (AR) display of the ecosystem object in a position in a background space, corresponding to a real position of the ecosystem constituent, and to control AR display of the task object in the background space, wherein the AR display of the ecosystem object and the AR display of the task object are displayed in the background space in a superimposed manner, wherein the superimposed ecosystem object is an object indicating a value of sensor data obtained by sensing the ecosystem constituent and indicating a position in the background space corresponding to a real position in the agricultural field where the sensor data was obtained, and wherein the ecosystem object or the task object to be displayed is changed according to a degree of proficiency of a user.

19. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring an ecosystem object indicating an ecosystem constituent configuring an ecosystem of an agricultural field in which a plurality of types of vegetation are mixed up, and a task object indicating a task performed with respect to the ecosystem constituent; and

controlling augmented reality (AR) display of the ecosystem object in a position in a background space, corresponding to a real position of the ecosystem constituent, and controlling AR display of the task object in the background space, wherein the AR display of the ecosystem object and the AR display of the task object are displayed in the background space in a superimposed manner, wherein the superimposed ecosystem object is an object indicating a value of sensor data obtained by sensing the ecosystem constituent and indicating a position in the background space corresponding to a real position in the agricultural field where the sensor data was obtained, and wherein the ecosystem object or the task object to be displayed is changed according to a degree of proficiency of a user.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 8, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059643/0832 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2022
From: FUNABASHI, MASATOSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059660/0802 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-199862 · Oct 8, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15765042
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