Patent ID: 11946768
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor and memory holding a program which makes the processor function as:
a shape information acquiring unit configured to acquire shape information of a surrounding environment of a movable apparatus measured by a sensor mounted in the movable apparatus;
a position and posture acquiring unit configured to acquire position and posture information of a sensor mounted in the movable apparatus;
a state acquiring unit configured to acquire a processing state relating to a process of correcting the position and posture information due to the movable apparatus revisiting a position already acquired by the position and posture acquiring unit;
a determining unit configured to determine an area to generate a map with priority; and
a map generating unit configured to generate the map from the area determined by the determining unit on the basis of the shape information, the position and posture information acquired at the time of acquisition of the shape information, and the processing state.