IP Library Granted Patent US 9,600,931
Granted Patent B2
US 9,600,931 · App. 14/415,278 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Information processing device and program

Inventors: Akira Tange (Tokyo, JP); Toshihiko Kawai (Kanagawa, JP); Atsushi Kuribayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Megumi Kikiuchi (Tokyo, JP); Shigefumi Tamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06T17/05G01C21/3638G06F3/011G06T19/003G06T19/20G09B29/007G09B29/10
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Patent No.
US 9,600,931
App. No.
14/415,278
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including a control unit that controls generation of image information of three-dimensional space based on position information indicating a position of a terminal device and orientation information indicating an orientation of the terminal device, and an obtaining unit that obtains a request for a change related to the generation of the image information. The control unit controls the generation in a manner that first image information of the three-dimensional space corresponding to the position and the orientation is generated, and when obtaining the request, the control unit controls the generation in a manner that second image information of the three-dimensional space corresponding to the position, the orientation, and the change is generated.

Claims (31)

1. An information processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

control generation of image information of three-dimensional space based on position information indicating a position of a terminal device and orientation information indicating an orientation of the terminal device; and

obtain a request for a change related to the generation of the image information,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control the generation in a manner that first image information of the three-dimensional space corresponding to the position and the orientation is generated, and in an event the request is obtained, the circuitry is configured to control the generation in a manner that second image information of the three-dimensional space corresponding to the position, the orientation, and the change is generated,

wherein the change is a change in all or a portion of the three-dimensional space, and

wherein the first image information is image information of the three-dimensional space which is viewed from a point of view corresponding to the position and the orientation, and the second image information is image information of the three-dimensional space after the change which is viewed from the point of view.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the change is to add, delete, or change an object included in the three-dimensional space.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the change is to delete an object that satisfies a condition among objects included in all or a portion of the three-dimensional space, or to add the object that satisfies the condition to all or a portion of the three-dimensional space in which the object satisfying the condition has not been placed.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the object that satisfies the condition is an object other than a target object.

5. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the object that satisfies the condition is an object which exceeds a predetermined height.

6. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the change is to replace an object included in a portion of the three-dimensional space with another object.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control generation of image information of the three-dimensional space after the change which is viewed from a point of view located in or in the vicinity of the replaced another object.

8. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the change is to change a portion of an individual object included in the three-dimensional space.

9. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the object includes an object corresponding to a building.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the change includes a change in the three-dimensional space from the three-dimensional space corresponding to first time to the three-dimensional space corresponding to second time.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first image information is map information of the three-dimensional space corresponding to the position and the orientation,

the change is to maintain a first region including a position corresponding to the position in the three-dimensional space, and simplify a second region other than the partial region in the three-dimensional space, and

the second image information is map information of the three-dimensional space after the change corresponding to the position and the orientation.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11 , wherein the first region is determined based on a history of accumulated positions of the terminal device.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein in an event, the change is to change a point of view for generating the image information of the three-dimensional space, the first image information is image information of the three-dimensional space which is viewed from a first point of view corresponding to the position and the orientation, and the second image information is image information of the three-dimensional space which is viewed from a second point of view corresponding to the position and the orientation.

14. The information processing device according to claim 13 , wherein the first point of view and the second point of view are located at different heights.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14 , wherein one of the first image information and the second image information is image information of a two-dimensional map of the three-dimensional space, and the other of the first image information and the second image information is image information of a three-dimensional map of the three-dimensional space which is viewed from a point of view located in the vicinity of a height at which the terminal device is assumed to be located.

16. The information processing device according to claim 14 , wherein one of the first point of view and the second point of view is a point of view located in the vicinity of a height at which the terminal device is assumed to be located, and the other of the first point of view and the second point of view is a point of view located higher than the point of view located in the vicinity of the height at which the terminal device is assumed to be located.

17. The information processing device according to claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control generation of image information of the three-dimensional space which is viewed from at least one different point of view which is passed during transition from the first point of view to the second point of view.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer cause a computer to perform operations comprising:

controlling generation of image information of three-dimensional space based on position information indicating a position of a terminal device and orientation information indicating an orientation of the terminal device; and

obtaining a request for a change related to the generation of the image information,

wherein the generation is controlled in a manner that first image information of the three-dimensional space corresponding to the position and the orientation is generated, and in an event obtaining the request, the generation is controlled in a manner that second image information of the three-dimensional space corresponding to the position, the orientation, and the change is generated,

wherein the change is a change in all or a portion of the three-dimensional space, and

wherein the first image information is image information of the three-dimensional space which is viewed from a point of view corresponding to the position and the orientation, and the second image information is image information of the three-dimensional space after the change which is viewed from the point of view.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2015
From: TANGE, AKIRA; KAWAI, TOSHIHIKO; KURIBAYASHI, ATSUSHI; KIKUCHI, MEGUMI; TAMURA, SHIGEFUMI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034781/0126 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 1998
From: ALOS, RAPHAEL; PORATO, MARC; DIMECH, JEAN-MARC; SYKES, FRANCIS
To: SAGEM SA
Reel/Frame 009564/0993 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-164581 · Jul 25, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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