INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
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Abstract
An index detecting section detects an index in a physical space, from a captured image obtained by an imaging apparatus. An erroneous-detection prevention processing section performs erroneous-detection prevention processing, based on information relating to image coordinates of a detected index. An image output section outputs, to a display device, an image having been subjected to the erroneous-detection prevention processing. This prevents an image displayed on the display device from being mistaken for a real index when the display device is in the field of view of the imaging apparatus.
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5 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an image input unit adapted to input an image captured by an image capturing unit which captures an image of a display device located in a physical space and of an index located in the physical space other than the display device; a detection unit adapted to detect, from the input image, the index located in the physical space; a position and orientation measuring unit adapted to obtain position and orientation of the image capturing unit based on the index detected by the detection unit; a generation unit adapted to generate a display image by superimposing a specific image on the input image; and an output unit adapted to cause the display device to display the display image generated by the generation unit, wherein the input image on which the specific image is superimposed is not used to obtain the position and orientation of the image capturing unit. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. An information processing method comprising the steps of:
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inputting an image captured by an image capturing unit which captures an image of a display device located in a physical space and of an index located in the physical space other than the display device; detecting, from the input image, the index located in the physical space; obtaining position and orientation of the image capturing unit based on the detected index; generating a display image by superimposing a specific image on the input image; and causing the display device to display the generated display image, wherein the input image on which the specific image is superimposed is not used to obtain the position and orientation of the image capturing unit.
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