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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Noriko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Marukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Asako Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present technology relates to a moving object control apparatus, a moving object control method, and a moving object that make it possible to properly perform driving of a moving object in accordance with a person getting on the moving object or a candidate therefor and a person getting off the moving object or a candidate therefor. The moving object control apparatus includes a driving control unit that performs, on the basis of recognition of at least one of a candidate for getting on the moving object or a candidate for getting off the moving object, acceleration/deceleration control of the moving object. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a moving object such as a bus and a taxi, or a control apparatus that controls automatic driving or semi-automatic driving of the moving object.