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

Claim 14:
15. A control system comprising:
a first apparatus and a second apparatus, each configured to travel on a sheet where images indicating coordinates are arranged and each having a camera to photograph part of the sheet; and
a control apparatus including circuitry configured to:
acquire a manipulation of a user,
perform control to cause the first apparatus to travel according to the manipulation of the user,
detect a position of the first apparatus on a basis of an image photographed by the camera included in the first apparatus and detect a position of the second apparatus on a basis of an image photographed by the camera included in the second apparatus,
control the second apparatus to travel alone a virtual route defined by virtual markers stored in the circuitry of the control apparatus,
decide a destination of the second apparatus on a basis of the position of the first apparatus and the position of the second apparatus, and adjust the travel of the second apparatus alone the virtual route on a basis of the decided destination, and
determine, on a basis of the position detected, whether or not the first apparatus has moved as estimated on the basis of the manipulation of the user,
wherein
the first apparatus further includes a sensor to detect whether or not the first apparatus has collided with another object,
the circuitry determines, on a basis of output of the sensor, whether or not the first apparatus has collided with the another object,
the circuitry performs a predetermined procedure in a case the first apparatus is determined not move as estimated and that the first apparatus has collided with the another object,
the circuitry detects a position of the second mobile apparatus on a basis of an image photographed by the camera included in the second mobile apparatus, and
the circuitry
determines, on a basis of the position of the first apparatus manipulated by the user and the position of the second mobile apparatus, whether or not the first apparatus and the second mobile apparatus are in proximity to each other,
performs a first procedure in a case where it is determined that the first apparatus does not move as estimated, that the first apparatus has collided with the another object, and that the first apparatus and the second 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 first apparatus does not move as estimated, that the first apparatus has collided with the another object, and that the second apparatus and the another object apparatus are not in proximity to each other.