INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20130194238A1
• Filed: 01/04/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Yusuke
• Application Number:
  US13/734,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/175
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0425 using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45

Abstract

An information processing device includes a display unit; an object image obtaining unit configured to obtain images of objects to be displayed on the screen of the display unit; a real size obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to the real size of the objects to be displayed on the screen of the display unit; and a calculating unit configured to process the images of the objects, based on the real size of the objects obtained by the real size obtaining unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a display unit;

an object image obtaining unit configured to obtain images of objects to be displayed on the screen of the display unit;

a real size obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to the real size of the objects to be displayed on the screen of the display unit; and

a calculating unit configured to process the images of the objects, based on the real size of the objects obtained by the real size obtaining unit.

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

a display capabilities obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to the display capabilities including screen size and resolution of the screen of the display unit, and wherein the calculating unit processes images of the objects to display in real size on the screen of the display unit, based on the display capabilities obtained by the display capabilities obtaining unit, and the real size of the objects obtained by the real size obtaining unit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the calculating unit, when simultaneously displaying images of multiple objects, which are obtained by the object image obtaining unit, on the screen of the display unit, processes the images of the multiple objects so that the relation in size of the corresponding images of the objects is displayed correctly.

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

a camera unit; and

a real size estimating unit configured to estimate the real size of objects included in images taken by the camera unit.

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

a camera unit;

an image recognition unit configured to recognize faces of users included in images taken by the camera unit, and obtains face data;

a distance detection unit configured to detect the distance to the user; and

a real size estimating unit configured to estimate the real size of faces of the users, based on the distance to the user and face data of the user.

6. An information processing method, comprising:

obtaining images of objects displayed on a screen;

obtaining information related to the real size of the objects displayed on the screen; and

processing images of the objects, based on the real size of the objects obtained by obtaining information relating to the real size.

7. A computer program written in a computer-readable format, causing a computer to function as:

a display unit;

an object image obtaining unit configured to obtain images of objects to be displayed on the screen of the display unit;

a real size obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to the real size of the objects displayed on the screen of the display unit; and

a calculating unit configured to process the images of the objects, based on the real size of objects obtained by the real size obtaining unit.