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Granted Patent B2
US 10,070,059 · App. 15/323,456 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

Control device, control method, and control system

Inventor: Hiroyuki Umeo (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04N5/23245H04N5/23293H04N5/77
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Patent No.
US 10,070,059
App. No.
15/323,456
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, a program, and a control system capable of more certainly increasing a degree of perfection of a multi-view video content. An obtaining unit obtains information regarding remaining operable time of each of a plurality of devices, and a setting unit sets an operation mode of at least one device out of the plurality of devices on the basis of the information regarding remaining operable time of each of the plurality of devices. The present technology may be applied to a controller which controls a plurality of GPS terminals, a controller which controls a plurality of portable game devices having a communication function and the like in addition to a controller which controls a plurality of cameras which records a multi-view video content, for example.

Claims (59)

1. A control device, comprising:

a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to:

obtain first information regarding first remaining operable time of each of a plurality of devices;

set, based on the first information, an operation mode of a first device of the plurality of devices;

obtain second information regarding second remaining operable time of the control device;

set, based on the first information and the second information, a recording mode of the first device; and

control, based on the set recording mode, the first device to record a first moving image.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

obtain, as the first information, a remaining battery level of each of the plurality of devices;

calculate, based on the first information, the first remaining operable time of each of the plurality of devices; and

set, based on the first remaining operable time of each of the plurality of devices, the recording mode of the first device.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

calculate a first difference between the first remaining operable time of the first device, and the first remaining operable time of a second device of plurality of devices; and

set, based on the first difference, the recording mode of the second device.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

calculate a second difference between a shorter one of the first remaining operable time and a remaining recording time of the first device, and the first remaining operable time of the second device, and

set, based on the second difference, the recording mode of the second device.

5. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

suppress, based on the first remaining operable time, power consumption of the first device and the second device; and

set the recording mode based on the suppressed power consumption.

6. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to determine, as the first device, a device from the plurality of devices of which the remaining battery level is the highest among the plurality of devices.

7. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to determine the first device from the plurality of devices based on at least one of a posture or a position of each of the plurality of devices.

8. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to determine the first device from the plurality of devices based on content of the first moving image.

9. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to dynamically determine the first device from the plurality of devices.

10. The control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the CPU is further configured to control a display screen to display, in real time, the first moving image recorded by the first device.

11. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein the CPU is further configured to control the display screen to display the remaining battery level of each of the plurality of devices.

12. The control device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the CPU is further control the display screen to display the first moving image that is recorded by the first device, and

wherein the first moving image is different from a second moving image recorded by the second device.

13. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein the CPU is further configured to control the display screen to display third information, which indicates the recording mode set for the second device, on a display area of a second moving image that is recorded by the second device.

14. The control device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the CPU is further configured to control the display screen to display a warning to prompt battery replacement on a display area of a second moving image that is recorded by the second device, and

wherein the remaining battery level of the second device reaches 0 before the first remaining operable time of the first device elapses.

15. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

obtain a remaining battery level of each of the plurality of devices; and

calculate, based on the obtained remaining battery level of each of the plurality of devices, the first remaining operable time of each of the plurality of devices,

wherein the remaining battery level of each of the plurality of devices corresponds to the first information.

16. A method, comprising

in a control device:

obtaining first information regarding first remaining operable time of each of a plurality of devices;

setting, based on the first information, an operation mode of at least one device of the plurality of devices;

obtaining second information regarding second remaining operable time of the control device;

setting, based on the first information and the second information, a recording mode of the at least one device; and

controlling, based on the set recording mode, the at least one device to record a moving image.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions, which when executed by a control device, cause the control device to execute operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining first information regarding first remaining operable time of each of a plurality of devices;

setting, based on the first information, an operation mode of at least one device of the plurality of devices;

obtaining second information regarding second remaining operable time of the control device;

setting, based on the first information and the second information, a recording mode of the at least one device; and

controlling, based on the set recording mode, the at least one device to record a moving image.

18. A control system, comprising:

a plurality of devices; and

a control device which comprises a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to:

obtain first information regarding first remaining operable time of each of a plurality of devices;

set, based on the first information, an operation mode of at least one device of the plurality of devices;

obtain second information regarding second remaining operable time of the control device;

set, based on the first information and the second information, a recording mode of the at least one device; and

control, based on the set recording mode, the at least one device to record a moving image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2017
From: UMEO, HIROYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041231/0220 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-148836 · Jul 22, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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