IP Library Granted Patent US 12,400,415
Granted Patent B2
US 12,400,415 · App. 18/181,619 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Wataru Kaku (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06T19/20G06V10/761G06T2219/2004
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Patent No.
US 12,400,415
App. No.
18/181,619
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to adjust a virtual distance from a predetermined reference position in virtual space to an object in the virtual space, the object corresponding to an interlocutor of a user, so that the sum of a real distance from a display disposed in real space to the user in the real space and the virtual distance corresponds to a predetermined value.

Claims (21)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to adjust a virtual distance of an object in virtual space from a first distance to a second distance,

wherein the first distance corresponds to a virtual distance between a second display in the virtual space and the object in the virtual space,

wherein the second distance corresponds to a real distance between a first display disposed in real space and a user in the real space,

wherein the object corresponds to an interlocutor of the user,

wherein a sum of the first distance and the second distance corresponds to a predetermined interpersonal distance.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate the interpersonal distance based on a distance allocated by the user between the user and the interlocutor.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate the interpersonal distance based on an amount of speech by the user to the interlocutor.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to perform control to prevent the interlocutor from realizing that the virtual distance has been adjusted.

5. A method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

adjusting a virtual distance of an object in virtual space from a first distance to a second distance,

wherein the first distance corresponds to a virtual distance between a second display in the virtual space and the object in the virtual space,

wherein the second distance corresponds to a real distance between a first display disposed in real space and a user in the real space,

wherein the object corresponds to an interlocutor of a user, and

wherein a sum of the first distance and the second distance corresponds to a predetermined interpersonal distance.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to execute an operation, the operation comprising:

adjusting a virtual distance of an object in virtual space from a first distance to a second distance,

wherein the first distance corresponds to a virtual distance between a second display in the virtual space and the object in the virtual space,

wherein the second distance corresponds to a real distance between a first display disposed in real space and a user in the real space,

wherein the object corresponds to an interlocutor of a user, and

wherein a sum of the first distance and the second distance corresponds to a predetermined interpersonal distance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: KAKU, WATARU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062941/0064 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-039540 · Mar 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230290097A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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