Movement Purpose Guide Information Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for grasping the situation of people's movement, such as counting positional information receptions, fail to determine the purpose of movement, limiting their applicability and usefulness.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that acquires movement information including positions, position acquisition times, and purpose of movement, and generates guide information by selecting and identifying movement directions based on this data, allowing for the presentation of movement purposes and directions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If statistical methods (counting positional information receptions) are used to grasp movement situations, then the measurement coverage is improved, but the measurement precision deteriorates because the purpose of movement cannot be determined

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of positional information receptionsVSAvoidaccuracy of movement situation grasping

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the collected positional information by purpose of movement (e.g., commuting, shopping, leisure). The guide information generating section creates separate statistical data for each purpose category, allowing precise analysis of movement patterns specific to each purpose while maintaining the broad coverage of collecting all positional information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If only counted values of movements are used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the loss of information increases because the purpose of movement is not captured

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of information processingVSAvoidmissing purpose of movement information

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by having the information processing apparatus pre-collect and categorize the purpose of movement along with positional information. This preparatory data collection enables later generation of meaningful guide information without requiring complex real-time analysis, thus maintaining device simplicity while preserving essential information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive movement data is collected to determine purpose of movement, then the measurement precision is improved, but the loss of time increases due to additional data processing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of purpose of movement identificationVSAvoidtime for data processing

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic action by generating guide information at predetermined time intervals rather than continuously processing all data in real-time. The guide information generating section periodically creates statistical data based on collected positional information and purpose of movement, reducing processing time while maintaining sufficient accuracy for practical applications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS9924325B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

Publication Date: 2018.03.20 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

There is provided an information processing system including an acquisition section configured to acquire a movement direction and a movement purpose from each one of a plurality of terminal devices; and a guide information issuing section configured to issue a guide information which is generate based on the movement direction and the movement purpose of the a plurality of terminal devices.