Patent ID: 11928591
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus for controlling active sensing using a sensor,
the information processing apparatus including
a storage device that stores therein a learning model corresponding to each of a plurality of categories and obtained by learning, and the categories to each of which a previously recognized object to be sensed belongs, the information processing method comprising:
a first step of selecting one or a plurality of learning models from among the learning models stored in the storage device;
a second step of calculating a probability distribution of a latent variable given observation data obtained by sequentially compounding pieces of sensor data applied from the sensor, the probability distribution of the latent variable being output from each of the selected learning models when the observation data is input to each of the learning models;
a third step of calculating a probability distribution of an information amount inherent in the observation data at a next cycle on a basis of the calculated probability distribution of the latent variable of the observation data and the observation data; and
a fourth step of selecting a setting of sensing at the next cycle on a basis of the calculated probability distribution of the information amount owned by the observation data, wherein
the first step includes
selecting the learning model corresponding to the category estimated as the category to which a current object to be sensed belongs with a highest probability on a basis of the categories to each of which the previously recognized object to be sensed stored in the storage device belongs; and wherein
the first step includes
selecting the learning models corresponding to a predetermined number of top categories high in total number of objects to be sensed belonging to each of the categories, among the categories to each of which the previously recognized object to be sensed belongs.