IP Library Granted Patent US 9,415,313
Granted Patent B2
US 9,415,313 · App. 14/510,380 · Granted Aug 16, 2016

Information processing device and information processing method

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Patent No.
US 9,415,313
App. No.
14/510,380
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes an image acquirer that acquires a shot image of a user, a registered user information holder that holds face identification data of a registered user, a face recognition section that detects a face image of a registered user existing in the shot image by using face identification data held in the registered user information holder, and an information processing section that executes information processing based on a detection result by the face recognition section. The face identification data includes information on a face image of a user shot in advance and an after-processing image obtained by performing predetermined processing on the face image.

Claims (33)

1. An information processing device comprising:

an image acquirer configured to acquire a shot image of a user;

a registered user information holder configured to hold face identification data of a registered user;

a face recognition section configured to detect a face image of a registered user existing in the shot image by comparing the face image to face identification data held in the registered user information holder; and

an information processing section configured to authenticate the registered user based on a detection result by the face recognition section,

wherein the face identification data includes information on a face image of a user shot in advance and an after-processing image obtained by performing predetermined processing on the face image,

wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing luminance of a predetermined region in the face image,

wherein a size of the predetermined region is a smaller than a size of the face image, and

wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing luminance based on a range in which a shadow is made when a predetermined incident angle of light is assumed.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by making orientation of a face different from orientation of the face in the face image.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image acquirer acquires a plurality of shot images obtained by shooting a user from a plurality of directions, and

the face identification data includes information on shot face images of the user in a plurality of orientations.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the after-processing image includes an image that is generated through interpolation from the face images of the user in the plurality of orientations and includes a face in an orientation different from orientation of the face in the face image.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing an expression of a face in the face image.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by combining the face image with another image representing a wearable object or hair.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing color of skin in the face image.

8. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring a shot image of a user from a connected imaging device;

reading out face identification data of a registered user stored in a storage device and detecting a face image of a registered user existing in the shot image by comparing the face image to face identification data; and

authenticating the registered user based on a result of the detection,

wherein the face identification data includes information on a face image of a user shot in advance and an after-processing image obtained by performing predetermined processing on the face image

wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing luminance of a predetermined region in the face image,

wherein a size of the predetermined region is a smaller than a size of the face image, and

wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing luminance based on a range in which a shadow is made when a predetermined incident angle of light is assumed.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a computer program is recorded, the computer program for a computer including:

acquiring a shot image of a user from a connected imaging device;

reading out face identification data of a registered user stored in a storage device and detecting a face image of a registered user existing in the shot image by using the face identification data; and

executing information processing based on a result of the detection,

wherein the face identification data includes information on a face image of a user shot in advance and an after-processing image obtained by performing predetermined processing on the face image,

wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing luminance of a predetermined region in the face image,

wherein a size of the predetermined region is a smaller than a size of the face image, and

wherein the after-processing image includes an image obtained by changing luminance based on a range in which a shadow is made when a predetermined incident angle of light is assumed.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2016
From: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038829/0114 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2016
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 038381/0797 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2014
From: IKENOUE, SHOICHI
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 033921/0146 →