Mobile Object Route Presentation Based on Human Relation Degree

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for presenting a travel route by mobile objects in human living environments often fail to account for the behavior of individuals in the vicinity, leading to ineffective route recognition and potential safety concerns.

Innovation Solution

A mobile object control apparatus that decides a degree of relation with individuals nearby and sets a travel mode for both movement and route representation, using a degree-of-relation deciding section and a setting section to adjust the process performed by the driving and output sections based on this relation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a travel route is presented based solely on distance to individuals, then the presentation detail increases for closer individuals, but the route becomes irrelevant to individual behavior and recognition fails

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveroute recognition accuracyVSAvoidroute recognition reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the parameters used for route presentation from simple distance-based metrics to multi-dimensional parameters including individual behavior patterns, attention direction, and interaction context. This allows the route presentation to adapt dynamically to different behavioral scenarios, resolving the contradiction between presentation detail and recognition reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback loops that continuously monitor individual behavior and adjust route presentation in real-time. By observing individual responses and behavioral changes, the system refines its route presentation strategy, ensuring both accuracy and reliability in route recognition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the mobile object moves autonomously without presenting detailed route information, then operational efficiency increases, but individual awareness and safety decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemobile object operational efficiencyVSAvoidindividual safety
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The route presentation system operates dynamically, adjusting its behavior based on real-time conditions. When individuals are present and engaged, the system provides appropriate route information to ensure safety. When no individuals are present or conditions permit, the system operates autonomously with minimal presentation, maintaining operational efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different levels of route presentation quality to different spatial and contextual zones. In areas where individuals are present and attention is required, detailed route information is provided. In autonomous operation zones, minimal presentation is used, optimizing efficiency while maintaining safety where needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If the mobile object presents detailed route information in all situations, then individual recognition of movement improves, but system complexity and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemovement recognition accuracyVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control system is segmented into multiple functional modules that handle different aspects of route presentation independently. This modular architecture manages complexity by dividing the overall system into manageable components, each responsible for specific tasks such as individual detection, behavior analysis, and route information generation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs multi-functional components that can operate in multiple modes. For example, the output section can present route information through various channels (visual, auditory) and at different detail levels, reducing the need for separate specialized systems and thereby managing overall complexity while maintaining accurate movement recognition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11526172B2Mobile object control apparatus and mobile object control method
Publication Date: 2022.12.13 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

Provided are a mobile object control apparatus and a mobile object control method that provide an improved method of presenting a travel route during movement of the mobile object. A degree of relation with an individual in the vicinity of a mobile object is decided, and a travel mode that is associated with a process performed by a driving section that moves the mobile object and a process performed by an output section that outputs a representation for presenting a travel route of the mobile object is set on the basis of the degree of relation.