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

Claim 0:
1. A control system comprising:
a mobile apparatus that moves on a sheet where images indicating coordinates are arranged, the mobile apparatus including a camera to photograph at least a part of the sheet;
another mobile apparatus that moves on the sheet, the another mobile apparatus including a camera to photograph at least another part of the sheet; and
a control apparatus including circuitry configured to:
acquire a manipulation of a user,
perform control to cause the mobile apparatus to travel according to the manipulation of the user,
detect a position of the mobile apparatus on a basis of an image photographed by the camera included in the mobile apparatus,
determine, on a basis of the position detected, whether or not the mobile apparatus has moved as estimated on a basis of the manipulation of the user,
perform a predetermined procedure in a case where the mobile apparatus is determined not move as estimated,
control the another mobile apparatus to move along a virtual route defined by virtual markers stored in the circuitry of the control apparatus, and
determine, 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,
wherein
the mobile apparatus further includes a sensor to detect whether or not the mobile apparatus has collided with another object,
the circuitry determines, on a basis of output of the sensor, whether or not the mobile apparatus has collided with the another object,
the circuitry performs 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,
the circuitry detects a position of the another mobile apparatus on a basis of an image photographed by the camera included in the another mobile apparatus, and
the circuitry
determines, 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,
performs 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
performs 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.