IP Library Granted Patent US 9,182,816
Granted Patent B2
US 9,182,816 · App. 13/484,871 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Information processing apparatus and program

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Patent No.
US 9,182,816
App. No.
13/484,871
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a display, a detection unit, and controller. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image to acquire a captured image. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image to acquire a captured image. The display has a display surface that faces in the same direction as an imaging direction of the imaging unit. The detection unit is configured to perform imaging processing on the captured image to detect an opening degree of eye of a user in the captured image. The controller is configured to control a presentation of the display based on a result of the detection by the detection unit.

Claims (39)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

detect an opening degree of a left eye of a user and an opening degree of a right eye of the user in a captured image,

determine a difference between the opening degrees of the left and right eyes of the user by determining a ratio between the opening degrees of the left and right eyes, and

determine a predetermined function based on the determined difference between the opening degrees of the left and right eyes of the user.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

detect a face region that is a region of a face of the user in the captured image, and

set an eye search region that is predicted to include the left and/or right eye of the user in the face region, and

execute imaging processing for the eye search region.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

temporarily change the presentation of the display based on a change with time in the opening degree of the left eye and/or the right eye.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

detect an area of an eye region that is a region of the left and/or right eye of the user, and

temporarily change the presentation of the display in accordance with one of an amount of change in area and an amount of change in height of the eye region.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

detect an area of an eye region that is a region of the left eye and the right eye of the user, and

temporarily change the presentation of the display in accordance with one of an area ratio and a height ratio in the eye region between the left eye and the right eye of the user.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

temporarily change a display magnification of a display target image in accordance with one of the amount of change in area and the amount of change in height to cause a display to display the display target image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

fix the display magnification when the user performs an input operation.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

temporarily change the presentation to display a specific layout region of a display target image when one of the amount of change in area and the amount of change in height is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

temporarily change the display to display, as the specific layout region, a layout region of the display target image, the layout region being located at a center of the display.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

change an application for generating a display image to be displayed on a display when one of the area ratio and the height ratio is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

fix, when the user performs an input operation, the application for generating the display image irrespective of the area ratio and the height ratio to be obtained thereafter.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

cause, when the opening degree of the left and/or right eye is detected, the display to display a presentation indicating that the opening degree of the left and/or right eye is detected.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

execute calibration for a size of the left and/or right eye of the user based on a maximum value of the opening degree of the left and/or right eye within a predetermined period of time.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to:

detect an opening degree of a left eye of a user and an opening degree of a right eye of the user in a captured image;

determine a difference between the opening degrees of the left and right eyes of the user by determining a ratio between the opening degrees of the left and right eyes; and

determine a predetermined function based on determined difference between the opening degrees of the left and right eyes of the user.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

determine the predetermined function independent of which position on a display is viewed by the user.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073986/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2012
From: KASAHARA, SHUNICHI; NASHIDA, TATSUSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028297/0078 →