US 11,719,551 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
Ryo Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); Akira Ono, Kanagawa (JP); Tetsuya Naruse, Kanagawa (JP); Mikio Takenaka, Kanagawa (JP); Ryosuke Murakami, Tokyo (JP); Hideaki Hayashi, Aichi (JP); Mioko Ambe, Tokyo (JP); Ryosuke Takeuchi, Saitama (JP); Kazutoshi Ohno, Kanagawa (JP); Seiji Muramatsu, Saitama (JP); and Tetsuya Takahashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,478.
Application 17/484,478 is a continuation of application No. 16/324,469, granted, now 11,156,473, previously published as PCT/JP2017/022476, filed on Jun. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-160681 (JP), filed on Aug. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011135 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3652 (2013.01) [G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G01C 21/3623 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G08G 1/005 (2013.01); G09B 29/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a position-coordinate acquisition part acquiring a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus;
a target-position setting part setting a position coordinate of a target;
a direction acquisition part acquiring an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces;
a direction calculation part calculating a target direction of the target with respect to the information processing apparatus based on the position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus; and
a haptic-feedback determining part determining a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on a basis of an angle between the apparatus direction and the target direction.