IP Library Granted Patent US 9,968,845
Granted Patent B2
US 9,968,845 · App. 14/751,609 · Granted May 15, 2018

Image processing device and image processing method, and program

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Patent No.
US 9,968,845
App. No.
14/751,609
Granted
May 15, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing device for recognizing an object corresponding to a registered image registered beforehand from an imaged image, comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain the imaged image; a recognizing unit configured to recognize an object corresponding to the registered image from the imaged image; and a detecting unit configured to detect, based on a registered image corresponding to an object recognized from the imaged image thereof, an area where another object is overlapped with the object corresponding to the registered image thereof.

Claims (27)

1. An image processing device, comprising:

an imaging unit configured to obtain an input image;

a recognition unit configured to recognize a first object in the input image by using a registered image of the first object stored in the image processing device;

an image correcting unit configured to correct a luminance of the first object to be equal to a luminance of the registered image;

a detection unit configured to detect an overlapping area in the input image where another object is overlapping with the first object based on the corrected luminance of the first object and the luminance of the registered image, and generate overlapped position information representing the overlapping area;

a control unit configured to control a display of an icon at an area other than the overlapping area in the input image based on the overlapped position information; and

a command issuing unit configured to issue a command corresponding to the icon,

wherein the imaging unit, the recognition unit, the image correcting unit, the detection unit, the control unit, and the command issuing unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects the overlapping area based on a difference between a luminance of the first object and a luminance of the registered image.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the detection unit is further configured to determine an area as the overlapping area when the difference between the luminance of the first object and the luminance of the registered image is greater than a predetermined value.

4. An image processing method executed using at least one processor, the method comprising:

obtaining an input image;

recognizing a first object in the input image by using a registered image of the first object;

correcting a luminance of the first object to be equal to a luminance of the registered image;

detecting an overlapping area in the input image where another object is overlapping with the first object based on the corrected luminance of the first object and the luminance of the registered image;

generating overlapped position information representing the overlapping area;

displaying an icon at an area other than the overlapping area in the input image based on the overlapped position information; and

issuing a command corresponding to the icon.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

obtaining an input image;

recognizing a first object in the input image by using a registered image of the first object;

correcting a luminance of the first object to be equal to a luminance of the registered image;

detecting an overlapping area in the input image where another object is overlapping with the first object based on the corrected luminance of the first object and the luminance of the registered image;

generating overlapped position information representing the overlapping area;

displaying an icon at an area other than the overlapping area in the input image based on the overlapped position information; and

issuing a command corresponding to the icon.

6. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the another object is different than the icon.

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 Jun 26, 2015
From: TSURUMI, SHINGO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035914/0123 →