Patent ID: 11957989
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A control method performed by circuitry of a control apparatus, comprising:
acquiring a manipulation of a user;
performing control to cause a mobile apparatus having a camera to photograph at least a part of a sheet where images indicating coordinates are arranged to travel on the sheet according to the manipulation of the user;
detecting a position of the mobile apparatus on a basis of an image photographed by the camera included in the mobile apparatus;
determining, on a basis of the position detection of the mobile apparatus, whether or not the mobile apparatus has moved as estimated on a basis of the manipulation of the user;
performing a predetermined procedure in a case where the mobile apparatus is determined not move as estimated; and
controlling another mobile apparatus according to a virtual route defined by virtual markers stored in the circuitry of the control apparatus,
wherein
the method further includes determining, on a basis of the position detected, whether or not the mobile apparatus has moved as estimated on the basis of the manipulation of the user,
the mobile apparatus further includes a sensor to detect whether or not the mobile apparatus has collided with another object, and
the method further includes:
determining, on a basis of output of the sensor, whether or not the mobile apparatus has collided with the another object,
performing a predetermined procedure in a case the mobile apparatus is determined not move as estimated and that the mobile apparatus has collided with the another object,
detecting a position of the another mobile apparatus on a basis of an image photographed by the camera included in the another mobile apparatus,
determining, on a basis of the position of the mobile apparatus manipulated by the user and the position of the another mobile apparatus, whether or not the mobile apparatus and the another mobile apparatus are in proximity to each other,
performing a first procedure in a case where it is determined that the mobile apparatus does not move as estimated, that the mobile apparatus has collided with the another object, and that the mobile apparatus and the another mobile apparatus are in proximity to each other, and
performing a second procedure different from the first procedure in a case where it is determined that the mobile apparatus does not move as estimated, that the mobile apparatus has collided with the another object, and that the mobile apparatus and the another object are not in proximity to each other.