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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Tokutake, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/249 (2024.01); G05D 1/667 (2024.01); G05D 105/28 (2024.01); G05D 109/25 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/249 (2024.01); G05D 1/667 (2024.01); G05D 2105/285 (2024.01); G05D 2109/254 (2024.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor determines distance information associated with a destination based on global positioning system (GPS) data, switches from utilization of the GPS data to utilization of main data based on the distance information, executes a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) process based on the main data and a 3D map of surroundings of the destination, and searches for a route to a destination using the SLAM process.