IP Library Patent Application 18325349
Patent Application
App. No. 18/325,349

INFORMATION SUPERIMPOSITION DEVICE, INFORMATION SUPERIMPOSITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

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18/325,349
Abstract

In accordance with present invention, an information superimposition device for superimposing, in a video, superimposition information that is associated with an object in the video, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: extract candidate superimposition positions from the video, based on positions of one or more objects recognized in the video, the candidate superimposition positions being positions where the superimposition information can be superimposed without overlapping the one or more objects recognized in the video; and determine a position of the superimposition information, based on a set of the candidate superimposition positions and the positions of the one or more objects recognized in the video, such that a distance between the object and the superimposition information that is associated with the object is made small.

Claims (18)

1 . An information superimposition device for superimposing, in a video, superimposition information that is associated with an object in the video, the information superimposition device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

extract candidate superimposition positions from the video, based on positions of one or more objects recognized in the video, the candidate superimposition positions being positions where the superimposition information can be superimposed without overlapping the one or more objects recognized in the video; and

determine a position of the superimposition information, based on a set of the candidate superimposition positions and the positions of the one or more objects recognized in the video, such that a distance between the object and the superimposition information that is associated with the object is made small.

2 . An information superimposition device for superimposing, in a video, superimposition information that is associated with an object in the video, the information superimposition device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

extract candidate superimposition positions from the video, based on positions of one or more objects recognized in the video, the candidate superimposition positions being positions where the superimposition information can be superimposed without overlapping the one or more objects recognized in the video; and

determine a position of the superimposition information, based on a set of the candidate superimposition positions and the positions of the one or more objects recognized in the video, such that the position of the superimposition information changes little between image frames.

3 . The information superimposition device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the position of the superimposition information, based on the set of the candidate superimposition positions and the positions of the one or more objects recognized in the video, such that the distance between the object and the superimposition information that is associated with the object is made small, and such that the position of the superimposition information changes little between image frames.

4 . The information superimposition device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the position of the superimposition information for each object by solving an optimization problem in which an objective function is designed such that:

when the superimposition information is superimposed with respect to an object at a previous time, a distance between the superimposition information at the previous time and a candidate superimposition position is made small; and

when the superimposition information is not superimposed with respect to the object at the previous time, a distance between the object and the candidate superimposition position is made small.

5 . An information superimposition method to be executed by an information superimposition device for superimposing, in a video, superimposition information that is associated with an object in the video, the information superimposition method comprising:

extracting candidate superimposition positions from the video, based on positions of one or more objects recognized in the video, the candidate superimposition positions being positions where the superimposition information can be superimposed without overlapping the one or more objects recognized in the video; and

determining a position of the superimposition information, based on a set of the candidate superimposition positions and the positions of the one or more objects recognized in the video, such that a distance between the object and the superimposition information that is associated with the object is made small, and such that the position of the superimposition information changes little between image frames.

6 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the information superimposition device of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 1, 2025
From: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
To: NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, INC.
Reel/Frame 072987/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2023
From: TARASHIMA, SHUHEI
To: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063793/0760 →