US 11,996,093 B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Shinichi Kawano, Tokyo (JP); Hiro Iwase, Kanagawa (JP); Mari Saito, Kanagawa (JP); and Yuhei Taki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION
Appl. No. 16/650,030
Filed by SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/026381
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/069529, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-192362 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0279559 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
one or more sensors having a sensing range and configured to acquire first sensing results related to a user based on a presence of the user within the sensing range;
one or more processors configured to:
transmit a sensing result provision request to a plurality of devices that are located in a predetermined space, in response to the user being outside the sensing range of the one or more sensors, to acquire a plurality of second sensing results related to the user;
receive, from the plurality of devices, the plurality of second sensing results based on the sensing result provision request;
select, based on a predetermined reference, one or more third sensing results from among the received plurality of second sensing results, wherein the predetermined reference is a combination of a plurality of types of references, and wherein the one or more third sensing results are selected based on the combination of the plurality of the types of references and a priority level associated with each of the plurality of the types of references;
estimate, based on the predetermined reference and the one or more third sensing results, a user state as one of a plurality of predetermined states, wherein the plurality of predetermined states includes a state to emphasize notification information, a state to deliver the notification information after a predetermined time, and a state to deliver the notification information in a normal configuration to the user; and
control an output of the notification information based on the estimated user state.