US 12,001,226 B2
Information processing apparatus, control method, and program
Nobuo Nishi, Tokyo (JP); Kazutaka Takaki, Tokyo (JP); Tatsuo Sekimoto, Tokyo (JP); and Junichiro Misawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/635,935
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/027926
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/039191, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-155101 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334597 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0891 (2013.01) [B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 11/001 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
an autonomous mobile body that travels while maintaining an inverted state; and
an operation control unit that controls an operation of the autonomous mobile body, wherein
the autonomous mobile body includes:
a main body,
two wheels mounted on the main body, and
a drive mechanism that drives the two wheels, and
the operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to:
maintain the inverted state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels in a first state, and
make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state.