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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Muneyuki Horiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;
Ippei Yamakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Shravan Tangudu, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Communication with a user is more naturally and effectively realized. An information processing apparatus includes an autonomous mobile body that travels while maintaining an inverted state, and an operation control unit that controls an operation of the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body includes a main body, two wheels mounted on the main body, and a drive mechanism that drives the two wheels. The operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to maintain the inverted state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels. When the autonomous mobile body is placed on a surface that is flat, a part of a columnar surface of each of the wheels comes into contact with the surface.