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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Masashi Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Fumito Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiro Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yui Sasajima, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hosono, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Fumito Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiro Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yui Sasajima, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hosono, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object control device includes an object of interest specifying unit configured to specify an object of interest to obtain position information on the object of interest, an obstacle determining unit configured to determine whether there is an obstacle between the object of interest and the object, and a time measuring unit configured to measure a period after determining that there is the obstacle, and a holding unit configured to hold position information of the object of interest when the period reaches a predetermined period, and an object action control unit configured to control a direction of a part of the object, based on the position information obtained by the object of interest specifying unit before the period reaches the predetermined period, and based on the position information on the object of interest held in the holding unit after the period reaches the predetermined period.