TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD

• US 20130335587A1
• Filed: 06/14/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takatsuka, Susumu, Naruse, Tetsuya, Ide, Yuji
• Application Number:
  US13/918,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20130335587A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that acquires image data captured by an image capturing device; detects whether a hand exists in the image data; and controls a state of an image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a command corresponding to at least one of a shape and a gesture of a hand detected in the image data.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire image data captured by an image capturing device;

detect whether a hand exists in the image data; and

control a state of an image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a command corresponding to at least one of a shape and a gesture of a hand detected in the image data.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the state of the image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a shape of a hand detected in the image data.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the state of the image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a gesture of a hand detected in the image data.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the state of the image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a shape and a gesture of a hand detected in the image data.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify that a gesture made by a hand detected in 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 outputting a command to the base instructing the base to tilt in response to the identified gesture made by the hand.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

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

control outputting a command to the base instructing the base to rotate in response to the identified gesture made by the hand.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify that a gesture made by a hand detected in the image data corresponds to a command to change a zoom state of the image capturing device; and

control the image capturing device to change a zoom state in response to the identified gesture made by the hand.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify that a gesture made by a hand detected in 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.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the image capturing device to operate in an automatic image capture mode in which the circuitry performs processing to detect a face in the image data and automatically performs an image capturing operation upon detecting a face in the image data.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the image capturing device to exit the automatic image capture mode upon identifying that a gesture made by a hand detected in the image data corresponds to a command to exit the automatic image capture mode.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 10, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the image capturing device to return to operating in the automatic image capture mode when no command is detected in the image data for a predetermined period of time after exiting the automatic image capture mode.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

acquire speech data captured by a sound capturing device; and

control the state of an image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a command detected in the speech data.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify that a command included in the speech data corresponds to a command to change a tilt angle of a base to which the information processing apparatus is coupled; and

control outputting a command to the base instructing the base to tilt in response to the command identified in the speech data.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify that a command included in the speech data corresponds to a command to rotate a base to which the information processing apparatus is coupled; and

control outputting a command to the base instructing the base to rotate in response to the command identified in the speech data.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify that a command included in the speech data corresponds to a command to change a zoom state of the image capturing device; and

control the image capturing device to change a zoom state in response to the command identified in the speech data.

16. The information processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify that a command included in the speech data corresponds to a command to perform an image capture operation; and

control the image capturing device to capture an image based on the command identified in the speech data.

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

acquiring image data captured by an image capturing device;

detecting whether a hand exists in the image data; and

controlling a state of an image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a command corresponding to at least one of a shape and a gesture of a hand detected in the image data.

18. 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;

detect whether a hand exists in the image data; and

control a state of an image capturing operation performed by the image capturing device in accordance with a command corresponding to at least one of a shape and a gesture of a hand detected in the image data.