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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); G01C 21/1656 (2020.08); G05D 1/0251 (2013.01); G05D 1/0253 (2013.01); G05D 1/027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01);
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a controller that, when an autonomous mobile object estimates a self-position, determines which of a first estimation method using a result of sensing by a first sensor unit configured to sense internal world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object and a second estimation method using a result of sensing by a second sensor unit configured to sense external world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object is used by the autonomous mobile object based on whether a state of the autonomous mobile object is a stopped state.