IP Library Granted Patent US 11,823,447
Granted Patent B2
US 11,823,447 · App. 16/756,999 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

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

Inventor: Tetsu Ogawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
G06V20/188G06T5/50G06T7/97G06V10/143G06V10/267G06T2207/10036G06T2207/30188G06V10/58G06V20/194
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Patent No.
US 11,823,447
App. No.
16/756,999
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is achieved short-time measurement of a measurement target such as a farm field with high accuracy. Therefore, processing is performed on a sampling image obtained by the imaging of a part of a range as a measurement target with a multi spectrum camera that performs imaging to capture images in a plurality of different wavelength bands. Then, arithmetic processing is performed on the sampling image as a processing target to generate a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the entire measurement target.

Claims (65)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a memory storing program code, and

a processor configured to execute the program code to perform operations comprising:

performing arithmetic processing on a sampling image, as a processing target, obtained by imaging of a part of a measurement target with a multi spectrum camera;

generating a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the measurement target;

generating an evaluation index image by using the sampling image; and

generating a first filter image that can be used for a filtering process, by using the evaluation index image.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a second filter image that can be used for the filtering process, by using the sampling image.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluation index image is a vegetation index image representing a vegetation index.

4. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing program code, and

a processor configured to execute the program code to perform operations comprising:

performing arithmetic processing on a sampling image, as a processing target, obtained by imaging of a part of a measurement target with a multi spectrum camera;

generating a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the measurement target;

generating an evaluation index image by using the sampling image; and

generating a first filter image that can be used for a filtering process, by using a second filter image generated by use of the sampling image and a third filter image generated by use of the evaluation index image.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a filtering result image by using the first filter image.

6. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing program code, and

a processor configured to execute the program code to perform operations comprising:

performing arithmetic processing on a sampling image, as a processing target, obtained by imaging of a part of a measurement target with a multi spectrum camera;

generating a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the measurement target;

generating an evaluation index image by using the sampling image;

generating a filter image that can be used for a filtering process; and

generating a filtering result image of the evaluation index image by using the filter image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a presentation image by using the filtering result image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

dividing the filtering result image into areas, and generating a presentation image in which each area has been color-mapped.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

dividing the filtering result image into areas, and generating a presentation image color-mapped by use of a representative value of each area.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

dividing the filtering result image into areas, and generating a presentation image by combining an image in which each area has been color-mapped and another image.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

the another image is any of the sampling image, the evaluation index image, the filter image, or the filtering result image.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

combining a low-resolution image and the presentation image, the low-resolution image being obtained by imaging of the measurement target, as an image lower in resolution than the sampling image.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

performing image composition by using correspondence information that associates a presentation image with the low-resolution image obtained by imaging of a range including a sampling image that is a source of the presentation image.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

performing composition in which the presentation image is disposed at a position corresponding to an imaging range of a sampling image that is a source of the presentation image in the low-resolution image.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

performing composition such that a representative value of the presentation image is reflected in the low-resolution image.

16. An information processing method to be performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

performing arithmetic processing on a sampling image, as a processing target, obtained by imaging of a part of a measurement target with a multi spectrum camera;

generating a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the measurement target;

generating an evaluation index image by using the sampling image;

generating a filter image that can be used for a filtering process; and

generating a filtering result image of the evaluation index image by using the filter image.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code, the program code being executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

performing arithmetic processing on a sampling image, as a processing target, obtained by imaging of a part of a measurement target with a multi spectrum camera;

generating a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the measurement target;

generating an evaluation index image by using the sampling image;

generating a filter image that can be used for a filtering process; and

generating a filtering result image of the evaluation index image by using the filter image.

18. An information processing system comprising:

a multi spectrum camera that performs imaging to capture images in a plurality of different wavelength bands; and

a control unit configured to

perform arithmetic processing on a sampling image, as a processing target, obtained by imaging of a part of a measurement target with the multi spectrum camera,

generate a calculation result image serving as evaluation information for the measurement target,

generate an evaluation index image by using the sampling image,

generate a filter image that can be used for a filtering process, and

generate a filtering result image of the evaluation index image by using the filter image.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064023/0822 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 053367 FRAME 0820. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER SHOULD READ AS "880001-6554-US01". Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: OGAWA, TETSU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053722/0272 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2020
From: OGAWA, TETSU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053367/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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