US 12,429,872 B2
Device control apparatus, device control method, and recording medium
Hirokazu Hasegawa, Koganei (JP); Yoshihiro Kawamura, Fussa (JP); and Miyuki Urano, Akiruno (JP)
Assigned to CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,576.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-042123 (JP), filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299999 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); A63H 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [A63H 13/005 (2013.01); A63H 2200/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/001 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device control apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to execute a program stored in at least one memory,
wherein the at least one processor:
sets growth degree data representing a simulated growth degree of a device,
acquires character data representing a simulated character of the device,
acquires, from the at least one memory, other data including movement data representing respective different movements performable by the device, the other data being different from the character data, and the movement data including (i) basic movement data representing movements performed by the device independently of the character data, and (ii) character movement data representing movements performed by the device based on the character data,
selectively sets a movement mode under which movement of the device is controlled, according to the set growth degree data, the movement mode being selectively set from among a first movement mode in which the movement of the device is controlled based on both the basic movement data and the character movement data, and a second movement mode in which the movement of the device is controlled based only on the basic movement data, and
controls the movement of the device according to the set movement mode,
wherein:
the growth degree data is set based on the character data,
the character data includes a predetermined number of character values respectively representing degrees of different characters, and
the growth degree data is set based on a largest value among the character values.