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Granted Patent B2
US 9,406,139 · App. 13/684,949 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Image processing device and image processing method

Inventors: Atsushi Shionozaki (Tokyo, JP); Junichi Rekimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroshi Goto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G06T7/0065G06T15/205G06T15/503
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Patent No.
US 9,406,139
App. No.
13/684,949
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an image processing device including a depth acquisition unit configured to acquire depth information of an object included in a captured image, an image combining unit configured to combine the object with an image object having depth information according to each piece of the depth information, and an effect processing unit configured to execute effect processing according to the depth information of the object.

Claims (23)

1. An image processing device comprising:

one or more processors operable to:

acquire depth information of an object included in a captured image;

generate a composite image by combining the object with an image object in another image having depth information, according to each piece of the depth information of the object; and

execute effect processing on the composite image in an event a difference between the depth information of the object in the captured image and the depth information of the image object in the other image is greater than or equal to a threshold value,

wherein the one or more processors are operable to provide an indication to guide a movement of the object to a predetermined position in an event the object is separated from the image object.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to execute the effect processing according to a relationship between the depth information of the image object and the depth information of the object.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to increase the strength the effect processing with an increase in the difference between the depth information of the object and the depth information of the image object.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to execute the effect processing according to a positional relationship between the image object and the object in the composite image obtained by combining the object with the image object.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to execute the effect processing for each pixel constituting the object according to depth information of each pixel.

6. An image processing method comprising:

in an image processing device comprising one or more processors:

acquiring depth information of an object included in a captured image;

generating a composite image by combining the object with an image object of another image having depth information according to each piece of the depth information of the object;

executing effect processing on the composite image in an event a difference between the depth information of the object in the captured image and the depth information of the image object in the other image is greater than or equal to a threshold value; and

providing an indication to guide a movement of the object to a predetermined position in an event the object is separated from the image object.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the depth information indicates a distance between an imaging device and the object.

8. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to compare the depth information of the object and the depth information of the image object in units of pixels of the object in the captured image to execute the effect processing.

9. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the object is extracted from the captured image based on depth distribution of each pixel of the captured image.

10. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to set a threshold value to execute the effect processing based on the depth information of the image object.

11. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the object is a human image.

12. The image processing device according to claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to perform effect processing by treating a mean value of a depth of each pixel of the human image as the depth information of the human image.

13. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the effect processing provides a notification indicating that the difference is greater than or equal to the threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2013
From: SHIONOZAKI, ATSUSHI; REKIMOTO, JUNICHI; GOTO, HIROSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029761/0665 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-264444 · Dec 2, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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