Patent Document ID: 8797331
Application ID: 12221526
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a bio-information obtaining unit configured to obtain bio-information of a subject; a kinetic-information obtaining unit configured to obtain kinetic information of the subject; a storage unit storing a plurality of avatars reflecting a plurality of emotions; and a control unit configured to determine an emotion of the subject on the basis of the bio-information obtained by the bio-information obtaining unit and the kinetic information obtained by the kinetic-information obtaining unit and to perform a control operation to select from the storage unit an avatar having an emotion matching the determined emotion of the subject and to display the avatar on a display together with an avatar representing a person other than the subject, wherein the bio-information includes information representing at least one of an electromyogram, breathing, perspiration, galvanic skin response, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, skin surface temperature, brain wave, blood flow change, or temperature, and wherein the bio-information obtaining unit, kinetic-information obtaining unit, display and control unit in combination form at least part of a mobile device; the information processing apparatus further comprising a position-information obtaining unit configured to obtain position information; and a map-image obtaining unit configured to obtain map image data, wherein the control unit is configured to control, on the basis of the position information obtained by the position-information obtaining unit, the map-image obtaining unit to obtain map image data to display a map image, and performs the control operation so that the avatar having the emotion matching the determined emotion of the subject is displayed at a position in accordance with the position information on the map image.