IP Library Granted Patent US 11,468,647
Granted Patent B2
US 11,468,647 · App. 17/140,144 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

Inventors: Akihiko Kaino (Kanagawa, JP); Masaki Fukuchi (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuki Kashitani (Tokyo, JP); Kenichiro Ooi (Kanagawa, JP); Jingjing Guo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06T19/006G06T7/70G06T7/73G06T19/20H04N7/183G06T2207/10021G06T2207/30244G06T2219/004
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Patent No.
US 11,468,647
App. No.
17/140,144
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system that acquires video data captured by an image pickup unit; detects an object from the video data; detects a condition corresponding to the image pickup unit; and controls a display to display content associated with the object at a position other than a detected position of the object based on the condition corresponding to the image pickup unit.

Claims (47)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one sensor;

at least one imaging device;

a display;

a memory; and

circuitry configured to

capture an image including a real object, wherein the real object is at least part of an object;

store a three-dimensional position and posture of the real object;

display an augmented reality (AR) object based on the three-dimensional position and posture of the real object;

control the display of the information processing apparatus to continue displaying, on the display of the information processing apparatus, the AR content associated with the real object when the object is no longer detected on the display of the information processing apparatus;

detect a status of the information processing apparatus; and

control at least one of an appearance of the AR object and a movement of the AR object based on the status of the information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control an appearance of the AR object.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the AR object appears in response to a condition being satisfied.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the condition is determined based on the three-dimensional position and posture of the at least one imaging device relative to the three-dimensional position and posture of the real object.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of a positioning sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a gyro sensor.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

control the display to continue displaying the AR object associated with the real object when the object is partially observable in acquired imaging data.

7. A method, comprising:

capturing, by an imaging device, an image including a real object, wherein the real object is at least part of an object;

storing, by processing circuitry, a three-dimensional position and posture of the real object;

displaying, by the processing circuitry, an augmented reality (AR) object based on the three-dimensional position and posture of the real object;

controlling, by the processing circuitry, a display to continue displaying, on the display, the AR object associated with the real object when the object is no longer detected on the display;

detecting a status of the information processing apparatus; and

controlling at least one of an appearance of the AR object and a movement of the AR object based on the status of the information processing apparatus.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

controlling an appearance of the AR object.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

displaying the AR object in response to a condition being satisfied.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining the condition based on the three-dimensional position and posture of the imaging device relative to the three-dimensional position and posture of the real object.

11. The method of claim 7 , controlling the display to continue displaying the AR object associated with the real object when the object is partially observable in acquired imaging data.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

capturing an image including a real object, wherein the real object is at least part of an object;

storing a three-dimensional position and posture of the real object;

displaying an augmented reality (AR) object based on the three-dimensional position and posture of the real object;

controlling a display to continue displaying, on the display, the AR object associated with the real object when the object is no longer detected, on the display;

detecting a status of the information processing apparatus; and

controlling at least one of an appearance of the AR object and a movement of the AR object based on the status of the information processing apparatus.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

controlling an appearance of the AR object.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

displaying the AR object in response to a condition being satisfied.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining the condition based on the three-dimensional position and posture of an imaging device relative to the three-dimensional position and posture of the real object.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

controlling the display to continue displaying the AR object associated with the real object when the object is partially observable in acquired imaging data.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011 -235749 · Oct 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 16587070 · Sep 30, 2019
Continuation 16051893 · Aug 1, 2018
Continuation 15459711 · Mar 15, 2017
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