IP Library Granted Patent US 10,133,966
Granted Patent B2
US 10,133,966 · App. 15/026,074 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

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Patent No.
US 10,133,966
App. No.
15/026,074
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a technology capable of having another object related to one object easily recognized after detection of the one object, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined detection object, a data obtaining unit configured to obtain instruction information ordering that a predetermined imaging object according to the detection object fall within an imaging range of an imaging unit, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the instruction information.

Claims (48)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined detection object;

a data obtaining unit configured to obtain instruction information associated with the predetermined detection object, the instruction information ordering that an imaging unit should be adjusted such that a predetermined imaging object associated with the instruction information is positioned within an imaging range of the imaging unit; and

a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the instruction information,

wherein the detection unit, the data obtaining unit, and the display control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a processing unit configured to execute processing according to the predetermined imaging object when the predetermined imaging object is recognized from a captured image captured by the imaging unit,

wherein the processing unit is implemented via at least one processor.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

an imaging object recognition unit configured to recognize the predetermined imaging object from the captured image,

wherein the imaging object recognition unit is implemented via at least one processor.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the data obtaining unit obtains dictionary data of the predetermined imaging object after determining the predetermined imaging object according to the predetermined detection object, and

wherein the imaging object recognition unit recognizes the predetermined imaging object on the basis of collation between a feature amount extracted from the captured image and the dictionary data.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the data obtaining unit obtains a virtual object associated with the predetermined imaging object when obtaining the dictionary data, and

wherein the processing unit executes processing of having the virtual object displayed on the display unit when the predetermined imaging object is recognized from the captured image.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the detection unit detects, as the predetermined detection object, an object recognized from the captured image captured by the imaging unit.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a control unit configured to cause an operation mode to transition from a first mode in which the predetermined detection object is recognized to a second mode in which the predetermined imaging object is recognized,

wherein the control unit is implemented via at least one processor.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein in the first mode, a marker is recognized as the predetermined detection object and in the second mode, an object is recognized as the predetermined imaging object.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display a message that the operation mode is caused to transition from the first mode to the second mode.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the detection unit detects position information of a user holding the imaging unit as the predetermined detection object.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the detection unit detects a combination of an object recognized from a captured image captured by the imaging unit and position information of a user holding the imaging unit as the predetermined detection object.

12. An information processing method comprising:

detecting a predetermined detection object;

obtaining instruction information associated with the predetermined detection object, the instruction information ordering that an imaging unit should be adjusted such that a predetermined imaging object associated with instruction information is positioned within an imaging range of the imaging unit; and

causing, by a processor, a display unit to display the instruction information.

13. An information processing system comprising:

an information provision apparatus including

a detection object recognition unit configured to recognize a predetermined detection object,

wherein the detection object recognition unit is implemented via at least one processor; and

an information processing apparatus including

a detection unit configured to detect the predetermined detection object,

a data obtaining unit configured to obtain instruction information associated with the predetermined detection object, the instruction information ordering that an imaging unit should be adjusted such that a predetermined imaging object associated with the instruction information is positioned within an imaging range of an imaging unit, and

a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the instruction information,

wherein the detection unit, the data obtaining unit, and the display control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction information comprises a frame surrounding the predetermined imaging object.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit is further configured to cause the display unit to display a virtual object associated with the predetermined imaging object.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display control unit is further configured to:

adjust a position and a posture of the instruction information in accordance with a a position and a posture of the predetermined detection object; and

superpose the instruction information, in accordance with the position and the posture of the predetermined detection object, on the captured image.

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 Mar 30, 2016
From: SHIONOZAKI, ATSUSHI; GOTO, HIROSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038302/0452 →