Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Masataka Toyoura

Ryo Takahashi

Ryo Watanabe

Yusuke Takahashi

Keisuke Maeda

Dai Kobayashi

Takamori Yamaguchi

Chao Wang

The influence of multipath on the positioning calculation based on positioning signals transmitted from satellites is reduced. A self-position is estimated using a positioning calculation result based on a positioning signal transmitted from a satellite. Movement of a mobile body is controlled on the basis of the estimated self-position. A multipath reduction action signal is output when the mobile body is in a multipath environment. The mobile body is controlled so as to take a multipath reduction action when the mobile body is in a predetermined movement state and the multipath reduction action signal is output.

Mobile body control device and mobile body control method

Information regarding an obstacle region and information regarding an empty region are optimally updated to minimize an information amount. In the obstacle region, an obstacle exists in space where a mobile body moves. In the empty region, an obstacle does not exist. According to the disclosure, there is provided an environmental information update apparatus including an update unit that updates information regarding an obstacle region and information regarding an empty region, an obstacle existing in space where a mobile body moves in the obstacle region, the obstacle not existing in the empty region, in which the update unit updates the obstacle region, and updates the empty region on the basis of different periods of elapsed time.

Environmental information update apparatus, environmental information update method, and program for updating information regarding an obstacle in a space

An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology includes an estimation unit, a generation unit, and a frequency control unit. The estimation unit estimates at least one of a location or a posture of a mobile object. The generation unit generates a movement plan for moving the mobile object. The frequency control unit controls frequency of update of the movement plan to be performed by the generation unit, on the basis of load index information serving as an index of a load on the estimation unit.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and mobile object

To achieve a reduction of power consumption by stopping an inter-node data input/output process and node processing by autonomous control of each node without using a management table. Included are a data processing unit that performs predetermined processing on data input from an upstream node; and a data output management unit that outputs, to a downstream node, the data on which the predetermined processing has been performed in the data processing unit, and monitors a state of the downstream node. The data output management unit controls the data processing unit to stop the data processing in a case of detecting that there is no downstream node using the output data. The stop of node processing and inter-node data input/output are performed upstream in a chain manner.

Power reduction in an autonomous mobile by stopping data processing in an upstream node when there is no downstream node using the output data

Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a moving body that enable removal of noise in distance images. A distance image having a pixel value corresponding to a distance to an object and an intensity image having a pixel value corresponding to the received light intensity of light reflected from the object that are taken at the same angle are acquired, and a pixel value of a pixel in the distance image that corresponds to a pixel having a pixel value smaller than a predetermined threshold in the intensity image is converted into a no-distance pixel. Noise in the distance image is removed in this way.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masataka Toyoura