INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150189152A1
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: OKAMOTO, KEIJI
• Granted Patent: US 9,942,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation state information of connected imaging devices, and an operation instruction unit configured to give an operation instruction to the imaging device specified based on the operation state information of the imaging devices acquired by the acquisition unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation state information of connected imaging devices; and

an operation instruction unit configured to give an operation instruction to the imaging device specified based on the operation state information of the imaging devices acquired by the acquisition unit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the operation state information includes information indicating an operation mode, and

wherein the operation instruction unit gives the operation instruction to the imaging device in an operation mode related to the operation mode indicated by the acquired operation state information of the imaging device.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the operation instruction unit does not give the operation instruction to the imaging device in an operation state of an abnormal operation.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the operation instruction unit gives the operation instruction using a change in an operation state of the imaging device acquired by the acquisition unit as a trigger.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the operation instruction includes an instruction to shift the operation state of the imaging device different from the imaging device related to the change to the changed operation state of the imaging device related to the change.

6. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the operation instruction includes an instruction to shift the operation state of the imaging device different from the imaging device related to the change to an operation state different from the changed operation state of the imaging device related to the change.

7. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the operation instruction unit does not give the operation instruction when the operation state of the imaging device is changed due to operation abnormality.

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

a setting unit configured to set the imaging device related to the change triggering execution of the operation instruction,

wherein the operation instruction unit gives the operation instruction using the change in the operation state of the imaging device set by the setting unit as a trigger.

9. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the operation instruction unit gives the operation instruction for each group to which the imaging device belongs.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein the operation instruction unit gives the operation instruction to the imaging device which belongs to the group to which the imaging device of which the operation state is changed belongs and is different from the imaging device of which the operation state is changed.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is the imaging device.

12. An information processing system comprising:

imaging devices each configured to include

an imaging unit, and

a communication unit that transmits operation state information; and

an information processing device configured to include

a communication unit that receives the operation state information of the connected imaging devices, and

an operation instruction unit that gives an operation instruction, through the communication unit, to the imaging device specified based on the operation state information of the imaging devices received by the communication unit,

wherein the imaging device controls the imaging unit based on the operation instruction from the information processing device.

13. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring operation state information of connected imaging devices; and

giving an operation instruction to the imaging device specified based on the acquired operation state information of the imaging devices.

14. A program causing a computer to realize:

an acquisition function of acquiring operation state information of connected imaging devices; and

an operation instruction function of giving an operation instruction to the imaging device specified based on the operation state information of the imaging devices acquired by the acquisition function.