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Information processing apparatus

US12103679B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2020
Grant dateOct 1, 2024
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G5/76
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls a first flying vehicle and a second flying vehicle. The first flying vehicle captures an image of a surface of a road. The second flying vehicle emits light onto the surface, such that a spot where a level difference is estimated, in advance, to occur on the surface, an image capturing direction in which the first flying vehicle captures an image of the spot, and a light emitting direction in which the second flying vehicle emits the light onto the spot have a relationship that causes, when the level difference exists, a shadow to occur at the spot and the shadow to be captured.

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