Patent ID: 11906968
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A mobile device control method performed in a mobile device, the method comprising:
by a controller of the mobile device,
receiving input detection information of a sensor mounted on the mobile device;
determining whether or not an object approaching the mobile device is a human on a basis of the input detection information; and
performing control different between a case where the controller determines that the object is a human and a case where the controller determines that the object is not a human,
wherein, in response to determining that the object is a human, determining whether the human is oriented full face to the mobile device based on the input detection information,
in response to determining that the human is oriented full face to the mobile device, controlling the mobile device to approach the human to a first predetermined distance and stop after setting an article mounted in the mobile device in a direction visible to the human, and
in response to determining that the human is not oriented full face to the mobile device, controlling the mobile device to stop after setting the article mounted in the mobile device in the direction visible to the human at a position separated from the human by a second distance that is greater than the first predetermined distance.