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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Stephen William John, Nara, JP;
Kazunobu Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Katsuhiko Asai, Nara, JP;
Kazuo Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Kuhara, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An information processing method performed by a computer includes: determining whether a target sound has been recognized; when it is determined that the target sound has been recognized, acquiring positions and sound recording directions of unmanned aerial vehicles; acquiring noise-related information regarding noise generated by at least one of the unmanned aerial vehicles; acquiring an estimated position of a sound recording target estimated from the target sound; determining at least one of target positions and target sound recording directions of the unmanned aerial vehicles based on the estimated position of the sound recording target, the positions and the sound recording directions of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the noise-related information; and outputting, to each of the unmanned aerial vehicles, at least one of a request for moving to the target position and a request for setting the sound recording direction to the target sound recording direction.