Image processing device, image processing method, and information storage medium

• US 20070126874A1
• Filed: 11/15/2006
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kake, Tomokazu
• Application Number:
  US11/600,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20070126874A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/159
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2537 Optical discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

To control display on a screen using motion images of a plurality of users. The image processing device comprises an image acquiring section for acquiring images every predetermined period of time, each image being captured using each of the two or more cameras, an image displaying section for sequentially displaying on a screen the images acquired by the image acquiring section every predetermined period of time, and a display content control section for controlling content of a screen image shown on the screen, based on a relationship between the respective images captured using the two cameras and acquired by the image acquiring section.

Claims

1. An image processing device, comprising:

image acquiring means for acquiring images every predetermined period of time, each image being captured using each of two or more cameras;

image displaying means for sequentially displaying on a screen the images acquired by the image acquiring means every predetermined period of time; and

display content control means for controlling content of a screen image shown on the screen, based on a relationship between the respective images captured using the two cameras and acquired by the image acquiring means.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1,

wherein

the display content control means controls the content of the screen image shown on the screen, based on the relationship between contents of the respective images captured using the two cameras and acquired by the image acquiring means or relationship between motions of objects shown in the images.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2,

wherein

the display content control means creates an image representative of a difference between the contents of the respective images captured using the two cameras, and controls the content of the screen image shown on the screen based on the image.

4. The image processing device according to claim 3,

wherein

the display content control means creates the image representative of the difference between the contents of the images captured using the two cameras, acquired by the image acquiring means at different points in time, and displayed on the screen, and controls the content of the screen image shown on the screen based on the image.

5. The image processing device according to claim 3,

wherein

the display content control means creates the image representative of the difference between the contents of the images captured using the two cameras, acquired by the image acquiring means at the same point in time, and displayed on the screen, and controls the content of the screen image shown on the screen based on the image.

6. The image processing device according to claim 2,

wherein

the display content control means controls the content of the screen image shown on the screen based on whether or not directions of motions of objects shown in the respective images captured using the two cameras and acquired by the image acquiring means, hold a predetermined relationship.

7. An image processing method, comprising:

an image acquiring step of acquiring images every predetermined period of time, each image being captured using each of the two or more cameras;

an image displaying step of sequentially displaying on a screen the images acquired at the image acquiring step every predetermined period of time; and

a display content control step of controlling content of a screen image shown on the screen, based on a relationship between the respective images captured using the two cameras and acquired at the image acquiring step.

8. An information storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to operate as

image acquiring means for acquiring images every predetermined period of time, each image being captured using each of the two or more cameras;

image displaying means for sequentially displaying on a screen the images acquired by the image acquiring means every predetermined period of time; and

display content control means for controlling content of a screen image shown on the screen, based on a relationship between the respective images captured using the two cameras and acquired by the image acquiring means.