INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20110228983A1
• Filed: 03/11/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Kouichi
• Application Number:
  US13/046,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20110228983A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2027/001 Comprising a presence or proximity detector
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2027/002 Advertising message recorded in a memory device
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an information processor including, a storage section configured to store feature quantity data of a target object and audio data associated with the target object, an acquisition section configured to acquire an image of the target object, a recognition section configured to recognize an object included in the image based on the feature quantity data stored in the storage section and a reproduction section configured to reproduce the audio data associated with the recognized object and output a reproduced sound from an output device worn by the user.

Claims

1. An information processor comprising:

storage means for storing feature quantity data of a target object and audio data associated with the target object;

acquisition means for acquiring an image of the target object;

recognition means for recognizing an object included in the image based on the feature quantity data stored in the storage means; and

reproduction means for reproducing the audio data associated with the recognized object and output a reproduced sound from an output device worn by the user.

2. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the recognition means recognizes the positional relationship between the object included in the image and the user, and

the reproduction means outputs the reproduced sound so that the reproduced sound is localized at the user position, with the installed position of the object included in the image set as the position of a sound source.

3. The information processor of claim 1, wherein

the storage means stores feature quantity data of a portion of the target object and audio data associated with the portion of the target object,

the recognition means recognizes a portion of the target object included in the image based on the feature quantity data of the portion of the target object stored in the storage section, and

the reproduction means reproduces the audio data associated with the portion of the target object recognized by the recognition means.

4. The information processor of claim 1 further comprising:

positioning means for detecting a position; and

communication means for communicating with a server having databases for the feature quantity data and audio data, the communication means also operable to download the feature quantity data of an object installed in an area including the position detected by the positioning means and the audio data associated with the object, wherein

the storage means stores the feature quantity data and audio data downloaded by the communication means.

5. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

storing feature quantity data of a target object and audio data associated with the target object;

acquiring an image of the target object;

recognizing an object included in the image based on the stored feature quantity data; and

reproducing the audio data associated with the recognized object and outputting a reproduced sound from an output device worn by the user.

6. A program causing a computer to perform a process, the process comprising the steps of:

storing feature quantity data of a target object and audio data associated with the target object;

acquiring an image of the target object;

recognizing an object included in the image based on the stored feature quantity data; and

reproducing the audio data associated with the recognized object and outputting a reproduced sound from an output device worn by the user.

7. An information processor comprising:

a storage section configured to store feature quantity data of a target object and audio data associated with the target object;

an acquisition section configured to acquire an image of the target object;

a recognition section configured to recognize an object included in the image based on the feature quantity data stored in the storage section; and

a reproduction section configured to reproduce the audio data associated with the recognized object and output a reproduced sound from an output device worn by the user.