Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, recording medium, and information processing system for selecting an information poster and displaying a view image of the selected information poster

• US 10,257,129 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2016
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takaoka, Tomohisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Chia Wei A
• Application Number:
  US15/371,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20170093763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00323 with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]

Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image that includes a target a user is paying attention to, an access information acquisition unit for acquiring access information assigned with a time-limited access right to public information that is associated with the target in the image, a public information acquisition unit for acquiring the public information using the access information, and a display control unit for controlling display of the public information.

Claims

1. A server for sharing first-person view images, the server comprising:

circuitry configured to;

store image data that is uploaded in real-time by a plurality of information posters and includes a first-person view image of each information poster of the plurality of information posters, the first-person view image being seen from a position of the information poster;

receive selecting information, which is input by a user of a mobile terminal, to select a human image by selecting a part of a displayed image on the mobile terminal, wherein the displayed image is captured by an imaging device of the mobile terminal;

determine whether the stored image data includes a first-person view image corresponding to the selected human image; and

send, based on a determination that the stored image data includes the first-person view image corresponding to the selected human image, to the mobile terminal the first-person view image corresponding to the selected human image.

2. The server according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify the user of characteristics of each information poster of the plurality of information posters in a case when the selected human image corresponds to the plurality of information posters.

3. The server according to claim 2,

wherein the characteristics of each information poster of the plurality of information posters include at least one of age and gender.

4. The server according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to store history data on an access by the user to the stored image data.

5. The server according to claim 4,

wherein the circuitry is configured to send at least part of the stored history data to an information terminal of the information poster.

6. The server according to claim 4,

wherein the circuitry is configured to provide ranking information on accesses by the plurality of users to the stored image data.

7. The server according to claim 1,

wherein the displayed image corresponds to a space which the mobile terminal is turned toward.

8. The server according to claim 7,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises a head mounted display.

9. The server according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control, in accordance with a setting set by each information poster, whether to allow the stored image data uploaded by the information poster to be kept in the mobile terminal of the user.

10. The server according to claim 1,

wherein the stored image data uploaded in real-time by each information poster is associated with an affiliate link.

11. An information processing method for sharing first-person view images, implemented via at least one processor, the method comprising:

sending, to a server, selecting information of a human image in accordance with a part of a displayed image that is selected by a user of a mobile terminal, wherein the displayed image is captured by an imaging device of the mobile terminal and corresponds to at least one selected information poster of a plurality of information posters; and

receiving stored image data uploaded in real-time by the at least one selected information poster from the server with the mobile terminal,

wherein the stored image data that is uploaded in real-time by the at least one selected information poster includes a first-person view image of each information poster of the at least one selected information poster, and

wherein the first-person view image of each information poster is seen from a position of the information poster.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a display device, causes the display device to execute a method for sharing first-person view images, the method comprising:

sending, to a server, selecting information of a human image in accordance with a part of a displayed image that is selected by a user of a mobile terminal, wherein the displayed image is captured by an imaging device of the mobile terminal and corresponds to at least one selected information poster of a plurality of information posters; and

receiving stored image data uploaded in real-time by the at least one selected information poster from the server with the mobile terminal,

wherein the stored image data that is uploaded in real-time by the at least one selected information poster includes a first-person view image of each information poster of the at least one selected information poster, and

wherein the first-person view image of each information poster is seen from a position of the information poster.