US 12,117,848 B2
Control device and control method
Kuniaki Torii, Tokyo (JP); Mikio Nakai, Tokyo (JP); and Yusuke Kudo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/052,753
Filed by SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/007032
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/220733, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-093670 (JP), filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0232150 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/247 (2024.01); G05D 1/249 (2024.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/249 (2024.01) [G05D 1/247 (2024.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
recognize an external environment based on sensing information;
determine a difficulty level of the recognition of the external environment;
determine, based on the recognized external environment, a first action to be taken;
determine a difficulty level of the determination of the first action based on at least one of
a number of options for the first action, or
a complexity of the first action;
determine, based on at least one of the difficulty level of the recognition of the external environment or the difficulty level of the determination of the first action whether to exhibit an emotional expression; and
control, based on the determination to exhibit the emotional expression, execution of a second action corresponding to the emotional expression.