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Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hideyuki Ono, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/18 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/0005 (2013.01); B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01);
Abstract

A virtual creature control system, including: a communication unit configured to receive information of current states of a plurality of virtual creatures and transmit a signal for controlling operations of the plurality of virtual creatures, at least one virtual creature among the plurality of virtual creatures being hardware; and a control unit configured to generate a signal for controlling an operation of the at least one virtual creature among the plurality of virtual creatures such that the plurality of virtual creatures are not visually recognized at a same time by a specific user and control the communication unit such that the signal is transmitted to the one virtual creature. The virtual creature control system and virtual creature control method can control the plurality of virtual creatures in conjunction and promote indirect communication among a plurality of spots using the virtual creatures.


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