TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD

• US 20130329113A1
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takatsuka, Susumu, Ide, Yuji, Naruse, Tetsuya
• Granted Patent: US 9,438,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• 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: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that acquires image data captured by an image capturing device; performs an analysis on the image data prior to cropping the image data for display to detect a specified image from the image data; generates an image for display by cropping the image data; controls a display to display the image for display; and executes predetermined processing when the specified image is detected in the image data as a result of performing the analysis on the image data prior to the cropping.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire image data captured by an image capturing device;

perform an analysis on the image data prior to cropping the image data for display to detect a specified image from the image data;

generate an image for display by cropping the image data;

control a display to display the image for display; and

execute predetermined processing when the specified image is detected in the image data as a result of performing the analysis on the image data prior to the cropping.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the image capturing device configured to capture the image data.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

perform the analysis on the image data by detecting a hand in the image data; and

execute the predetermined processing based on the detection of the hand in the image data.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

perform the analysis on the image data by detecting a hand in a portion of the image data that is cropped and not included in the image for display; and

execute the predetermined processing based on the detection of the hand in the portion of the image data that is cropped and not included in the image for display.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

perform the analysis on the image data by detecting a gesture made by a hand in the image data; and

execute the predetermined processing based on the detection of the gesture made by the hand in the image data.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

perform the analysis on the image data by detecting a gesture made by a hand in a portion of the image data that is cropped and not included in the image for display; and

execute the predetermined processing based on the detection of the gesture made by the hand in the portion of the image data that is cropped and not included in the image for display.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

determine that the gesture made by the hand detected by the analysis on the image data corresponds to a command to rotate a base to which the information processing apparatus is coupled; and

control the base to rotate based on the detected gesture made by the hand.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

determine that the gesture made by the hand detected by the analysis on the image data corresponds to a command to change a tilt angle of a base to which the information processing apparatus is coupled; and

control the base to tilt based on the detected gesture made by the hand.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

determine that the gesture made by the hand detected by the analysis on the image data corresponds to a command to perform a zoom operation corresponding to the image for display; and

control the display to enlarge the image for display based on the detected gesture made by the hand.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

determine that the gesture made by the hand detected by the analysis on the image data corresponds to a command to perform an image capture operation; and

control the image capturing device to capture an image based on the detected gesture made by the hand.

11. A method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring image data captured by an image capturing device;

performing an analysis on the image data prior to cropping the image data for display to detect a specified image from the image data;

generating an image for display by cropping the image data;

controlling a display to display the image for display; and

executing predetermined processing when the specified image is detected in the image data as a result of performing the analysis on the image data prior to the cropping.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to:

acquire image data captured by an image capturing device;

perform an analysis on the image data prior to cropping the image data for display to detect a specified image from the image data;

generate an image for display by cropping the image data;

control a display to display the image for display; and

execute predetermined processing when the specified image is detected in the image data as a result of performing the analysis on the image data prior to the cropping.