IP Library Granted Patent US 11,287,658
Granted Patent B2
US 11,287,658 · App. 16/918,559 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Picture processing device, picture distribution system, and picture processing method

Inventors: Masashi Nakata (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Imamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
G02B27/0172H04N5/23238H04N5/23296G02B2027/014G02B2027/0138
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Patent No.
US 11,287,658
App. No.
16/918,559
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A picture processing device includes a picture acquisition section that acquires data on a moving picture indicating a space to be viewed, an image extraction section that extracts an image of a target from a frame of the moving picture, and a magnification control section that causes the extracted image of the target to be displayed at a position corresponding to the target, at a magnification that is different from that of a remaining image.

Claims (47)

1. A picture processing device comprising:

a picture acquisition section that acquires data on a moving picture indicating a space to be viewed;

an image extraction section that extracts an image of a target from a frame of the moving picture; and

a magnification control section that causes the extracted image of the target to be displayed at a position corresponding to the target, at a magnification that is different from that of a remaining image.

2. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the picture acquisition section acquires data on a moving picture taken by one camera, and

the magnification control section combines an enlarged image of the target with a frame of the moving picture used by the image extraction section to extract the image of the target.

3. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnification control section causes an enlarged image of the target to be displayed within a predetermined range from an original position of the image of the target.

4. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a positional information acquisition section that acquires positional information regarding a target in a three-dimensional subject space, wherein

the magnification control section causes an enlarged image of the target to be displayed so as to be present within a predetermined range from the target in the subject space.

5. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnification control section reduces, in a frame of the moving picture, an image other than the image of the target that is determined as a target to be highlighted, and combines the reduced image with the image of the target.

6. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the picture acquisition section acquires the data on the moving picture and information concerning a movement permitted range of the target, from a server over a network, and

the image extraction section searches the image of the target in a region that is delimited on a basis of the information concerning the movement permitted range.

7. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the picture acquisition section acquires the data on the moving picture and identification information regarding the target, from a server over a network, and

the magnification control section further causes an image of the target corresponding to the identification information to be displayed.

8. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the picture acquisition section acquires data on plural moving pictures which are taken by plural cameras and which are different in image sizes of an identical target, and

the magnification control section combines the extracted image of the target with a frame of a moving picture that is different from the moving picture used by the image extraction section to extract the image of the target.

9. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the picture acquisition section acquires data on a moving picture obtained by photographing an event venue including an audience and a to-be-viewed person, and

the magnification control section enlarges at least an image of the to-be-viewed person or an image of a presentation tool as the target, and displays the enlarged image.

10. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnification control section displays, as a volumetric image, the image of the target or the remaining image.

11. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnification control section further causes a content picture which is not a moving picture including the target to be displayed.

12. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnification control section combines the image of the target with a frame of the moving picture, and updates the image of the target at a frequency higher than that of the remaining image.

13. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnification control section combines the image of the target with a frame of the moving picture, at a resolution higher than that of the remaining image.

14. The picture processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a corresponding region in a visual field of an augmented-reality glass worn by a user who is viewing a space represented by the moving picture, the magnification control section displays the extracted image of the target so as to have a size that is different from an apparent size of the target.

15. A picture distribution system comprising:

a server including

a target information acquisition section that extracts an image of a target from a frame of a moving picture, and

a distribution processing section that transmits data on the extracted image of the target and the moving picture; and

a picture processing device including

a picture acquisition section that acquires the data outputted from the server over a network, and

a magnification control section that displays the image of the target at a position corresponding to the target in the frame, at a magnification different from that of a remaining image.

16. A picture processing method for a picture processing device, the method comprising:

acquiring data on a moving picture indicating a space to be viewed;

extracting an image of a target from a frame of the moving picture; and

displaying the extracted image of the target at a position corresponding to the target, at a magnification different from that of a remaining image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: NAKATA, MASASHI; IMAMURA, TAKASHI
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-129340 · Jul 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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