Assistance Detection with Accompanying Object Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack the ability to flexibly determine the necessity and content of notifications for assistance-needing individuals, particularly in situations where a companion, such as a guide dog, is present, leading to unnecessary alerts.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with detection units for identifying assistance-needing persons and accompanying objects, a decision unit to assess notification necessity and content based on detection results, and a notification unit to implement decisions, allowing for context-dependent alerting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notification is performed for all detected assistance-needing persons, then the reliability of assistance detection is improved, but false alarms increase and notification effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an accompanying object detection unit as an intermediary element that detects objects (such as guide dogs, wheelchairs, or other assistive devices) associated with the assistance-needing person. This intermediary detection mechanism provides additional context information that helps distinguish between situations requiring notification and those where assistance is already provided, thereby reducing false alarms while maintaining detection reliability.
2Device complexity
If simple detection of assistance-needing persons is implemented, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different assistance situations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The notification decision unit is designed with multi-functionality to handle various assistance situations. It can adaptively decide whether to issue notifications based on different types of accompanying objects detected (e.g., guide dogs for visually impaired persons, wheelchairs for mobility-impaired persons, or other assistive devices). This universal decision-making capability allows the system to adapt to diverse assistance scenarios without requiring separate specialized systems for each case.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an assistance-needing-person (30) and an assister (40) present around the assistance-needing-person (30) at a surveillance target location. The detection of the assistance-needing-person (30) and the assister (40) is performed using various sensors. The information processing apparatus (2000) performs any one or more of decision as to whether or not to perform notification related to the assistance-needing-person (30) and decision of a content of the notification based on detection results of the assistance-needing-person (30) and the assister (40).