US 11,998,066 B2
Kigurumi staging support apparatus, kigurumi staging support system, and kigurumi staging support method
Junichi Yamagiwa, Tokyo (JP); Masami Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP); Kana Takizawa, Tokyo (JP); Miki Sakurai, Tokyo (JP); and Masafumi Nakamura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to THE POKEMON COMPANY, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by The Pokemon Company, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,297.
Application 17/346,297 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/048689, filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-234408 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0329982 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A63J 7/00 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01)
CPC A41D 1/002 (2013.01) [A63J 7/005 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); G06V 40/178 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kigurumi staging support apparatus to be worn by a performer of kigurumi, the kigurumi staging support apparatus comprising:
a biometric sensor configured to acquire biometric information of the performer of the kigurumi;
a memory configured to store staging information of the kigurumi; and
processing circuitry configured to:
acquire the biometric information of the performer of the kigurumi,
determine whether the biometric information satisfies a predetermined condition based on whether the biometric information is within a predetermined numerical range of the performer during exercise,
in response to a determination that the biometric information satisfies the predetermined condition, output a first staging of the kigurumi by changing an external appearance of the kigurumi or outputting a move of the kigurumi, wherein the first staging indicates a state of a health of the performer, and
in response to a determination that the biometric information does not satisfy the predetermined condition, output a second staging of the kigurumi in accordance with an analyzed situation of a spectator watching the performer of the kigurumi, wherein the analyzed situation of the spectator is derived from environmental information capturing surroundings of the kigurumi,
wherein the output of the first staging in response to the biometric information satisfying the predetermined condition is different than the output of the second staging in response to the biometric information not satisfying the predetermined condition.