INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120206603A1
• Filed: 02/01/2012
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Rekimto, Junichi, Tsujita, Hitomi
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,977 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/167 using comparisons between temporally consecutive images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/175 Static expression
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/176 Dynamic expression

Abstract

An information processing device includes a recognition unit which recognizes a facial expression of a user taken on a captured image, and a control unit which controls equipment to permit the user to use the equipment when the facial expression recognized by the recognition unit is a specific facial expression.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a recognition unit which recognizes a facial expression of a user taken on a captured image; and

a control unit which controls equipment to permit the user to use the equipment when the facial expression recognized by the recognition unit is a specific facial expression.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a capturing unit which captures an image of the user,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes a facial expression of the user taken on the image captured by the capturing unit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the specific facial expression is a smile.

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

an output unit which outputs information indicating the specific facial expression when the specific facial expression is recognized by the recognition unit and outputs information indicating a different facial expression from the specific expression when the facial expression that is not the specific expression is recognized by the recognition unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, when the user finishes using the equipment, the control unit controls the equipment to set non-permission to the user to use the equipment.

6. An information processing method comprising:

recognizing a facial expression of a user taken on a captured image; and

controlling equipment to permit the user to use the equipment when the facial expression recognized by the recognition unit is a specific facial expression.

7. A program that causes a computer to execute processes comprising:

recognizing a facial expression of a user taken on a captured image; and

controlling equipment to permit the user to use the equipment when the facial expression recognized by the recognition unit is a specific facial expression.