Information processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, information processing method, and imaging system

• US 10,291,835 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ito, Ryogo, Katsumata, Shunsuke, Akamatsu, Kazuma
• Primary Examiner(s): Hossain, Farzana
• Application Number:
  US14/571,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20150189151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1405, 348 13
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/20 Image signal generators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/221 using the relative movement between cameras and objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an image specification condition setting section that sets an image specification condition for an imaging apparatus; and an image specification instruction section that issues an image specification instruction to the imaging apparatus when the image specification condition is satisfied by the imaging apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

set an imaging condition for an imaging apparatus, wherein the set imaging condition indicates a position, a direction, and a tilt of the imaging apparatus;

capture a first image that includes the imaging apparatus;

determine a state of the imaging apparatus based on the captured first image;

display, on a display section of the information processing apparatus, the set imaging condition for the imaging apparatus;

receive a first user input to modify the state of the imaging apparatus based on the displayed set imaging condition;

sequentially set each image specification point of a plurality of image specification points as subsequent imaging conditions for the imaging apparatus, wherein each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points indicates the position, the direction, and the tilt of the imaging apparatus;

transmit, for each of the sequentially set image specification point, an image specification instruction to instruct the imaging apparatus to photograph a corresponding second image,

wherein a plurality of second images comprises the corresponding second image photographed at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points; and

process the plurality of second images, based on the corresponding image specification instruction to photograph at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

receive a second user input; and

set the imaging condition for the imaging apparatus based on the received second user input.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding image specification instruction further instructs the imaging apparatus to tag frame images comprising a moving image captured by the imaging apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate a panoramic image based on the plurality of second images.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate a 3D modeling image based on the plurality of second images.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to generate a third image based on the plurality of second images, and

wherein the third image has a larger size than each of the plurality of second images.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the imaging condition based on the plurality of second images.

8. An imaging apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

receive, for each of a sequentially set image specification point of a plurality of image specification points, an image specification instruction to photograph a corresponding first image, wherein a plurality of first images comprises the corresponding first image photographed at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points,

wherein each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points is sequentially set as subsequent imaging conditions for the imaging apparatus, wherein each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points indicates a position, a direction, and a tilt of the imaging apparatus; and

wherein the plurality of first images are processed, based on the corresponding image specification instruction to photograph at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points;

generate the plurality of first images;

transmit the generated plurality of first images to an information processing apparatus,

wherein an imaging condition for the imaging apparatus is set, wherein the set imaging condition indicates the position, the direction, and the tilt of the imaging apparatus, wherein the set imaging condition is displayed on a display section of the information processing apparatus, and wherein a user input to modify a state of the imaging apparatus is received based on the displayed set imaging condition,

and wherein the state of the imaging apparatus is determined based on a second image that includes the imaging apparatus and that is captured by the information processing apparatus.

9. The imaging apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

capture a moving image; and

tag frame images comprising the moving image.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire acceleration information of the imaging apparatus; and

transmit the acquired acceleration information to the information processing apparatus.

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire direction information of the imaging apparatus; and

transmit the acquired direction information to the information processing apparatus.

12. An information processing method, comprising:

in an information processing apparatus;

setting an imaging condition for an imaging apparatus, wherein the set imaging condition indicates a position, a direction, and a tilt of the imaging apparatus;

capturing a first image that includes the imaging apparatus;

determining a state of the imaging apparatus based on the captured first image;

displaying, on a display section of the information processing apparatus, the set imaging condition for the imaging apparatus;

receiving a user input to modify the state of the imaging apparatus based on the displayed set imaging condition;

sequentially setting each image specification point of a plurality of image specification points as subsequent imaging conditions for the imaging apparatus, wherein each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points indicates the position, the direction, and the tilt of the imaging apparatus;

transmitting, for each of the sequentially set image specification point, an image specification instruction to instruct the imaging apparatus to photograph a corresponding second image,

wherein a plurality of second images comprises the corresponding second image photographed at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points; and

processing the plurality of second images, based on the corresponding image specification instruction to photograph at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to execute operations, the operations comprising:

setting an imaging condition for an imaging apparatus, wherein the set imaging condition indicates a position, a direction, and a tilt of the imaging apparatus;

controlling capture of a first image that includes the imaging apparatus;

determining a state of the imaging apparatus based on the capture of the first image;

displaying, on a display section of the information processing apparatus, the set imaging condition for the imaging apparatus;

receiving a user input to modify the state of the imaging apparatus based on the displayed set imaging condition;

sequentially setting each image specification point of a plurality of image specification points as subsequent imaging conditions for the imaging apparatus, wherein each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points indicates the position, the direction, and the tilt of the imaging apparatus;

transmitting, for each of the sequentially set image specification point, an image specification instruction to instruct the imaging apparatus to photograph a corresponding second image,

wherein a plurality of second images comprises the corresponding second image photographed at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points; and

processing the plurality of second images, based on the corresponding image specification instruction to photograph at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points.

14. An imaging system, comprising:

an imaging apparatus that includes;

a first circuitry configured to;

receive an image specification instruction from an information processing apparatus;

generate a first image;

transmit the generated first image to the information processing apparatus; and

the information processing apparatus that includes;

a second circuitry configured to;

set an imaging condition for the imaging apparatus, wherein the set imaging condition indicates a position, a direction, and a tilt of the imaging apparatus;

capture a second image that includes the imaging apparatus;

determine a state of the imaging apparatus based on the captured second image;

display, on a display section of the information processing apparatus, the set imaging condition for the imaging apparatus;

receive a user input to modify the state of the imaging apparatus based on the displayed set imaging condition;

sequentially set each image specification point of a plurality of image specification points as subsequent imaging conditions for the imaging apparatus, wherein each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points indicates the position, the direction, and the tilt of the imaging apparatus;

transmit, for each of the sequentially set image specification point, an image specification instruction to instruct the imaging apparatus to photograph the corresponding first image,

wherein a plurality of first images comprises the corresponding first image photographed at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points; and

process the plurality of first images, based on the corresponding image specification instruction to photograph at each image specification point of the plurality of image specification points.