INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130162674A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shionozaki, Atsushi, Mitsuya, Koshiro, NAKAMURA, Takatoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,269,004 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments

Abstract

An information processing terminal includes a recognition unit that recognizes an identifier projected over an image, an acquisition unit that acquires data of an object corresponding to the identifier, a processing unit that changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on the image and, when it is no longer able to recognize the identifier, changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on sensor data, and a display control unit that causes the object of which the orientation is changed according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier to be displayed over the image in a superimposed manner.

Claims

1. An information processing terminal comprising:

a recognition unit that recognizes an identifier projected over an image;

an acquisition unit that acquires data of an object corresponding to the identifier;

a processing unit that changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on the image, and when it is no longer able to recognize the identifier, changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on sensor data; and

a display control unit that causes the object of which the orientation is changed according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier to be displayed over the image in a superimposed manner.

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

a capturing unit,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes the identifier projected over the image captured by the capturing unit.

3. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit changes the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on the sensor data detected at the time when and after the identifier can be last recognized when it is no longer able to recognize the identifier.

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

a sensor unit that detects the sensor data.

5. The information processing terminal according to claim 4, wherein the sensor unit includes a gyro sensor.

6. The information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein the identifier is a two-dimensional code including regions with different colors.

7. An information processing method comprising:

recognizing an identifier projected over an image;

acquiring data of an object corresponding to the identifier;

changing the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on the image, and when it is no longer able to recognize the identifier, changing the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on sensor data; and

causing the object of which the orientation is changed according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier to be displayed over the image in a superimposed manner.

8. A program which causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

recognizing an identifier projected over an image;

acquiring data of an object corresponding to the identifier;

changing the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on the image, and when it is no longer able to recognize the identifier, changing the orientation of the object according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier specified based on sensor data; and

causing the object of which the orientation is changed according to the positional relationship between the information processing terminal itself and the identifier to be displayed over the image in a superimposed manner.