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

• US 20160105618A1
• Filed: 06/16/2014
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SHIMAUCHI, KAZUHIRO
• Granted Patent: US 10,212,361 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/806 with processing of the sound signal

Abstract

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system that make it possible to synchronize recording of time-series data acquired by a plurality of information processing devices. An information processing terminal includes a reception control unit configured to control reception of first time-series data acquired by a plurality of cameras and acquisition times of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in each of the cameras, and a synchronization control unit configured to determine, on the basis of the first time-series data from the plurality of cameras, start timing or end timing of recording of second time-series data acquired by the plurality of cameras. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a shooting system that performs shooting with a plurality of cameras.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a reception control unit configured to control reception of first time-series data acquired by a plurality of other information processing devices and acquisition times of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in each of the other information processing devices; and

a synchronization control unit configured to determine, on the basis of the first time-series data from the plurality of other information processing devices, start timing or end timing of recording of second time-series data acquired by the plurality of other information processing devices.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the synchronization control unit determines, on the basis of the first time-series data from the plurality of other information processing devices, the start timing or the end timing based on the local time for each of the other information processing devices, and reports the start timing or the end timing to each of the other information processing devices.

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

a command unit configured to command the plurality of other information processing devices to start and end acquisition of the second time-series data.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein the synchronization control unit determines a latest time among times at which the plurality of other information processing devices have started acquisition of the first time-series data or a time later than the latest time, as the start timing.

5. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein the reception control unit controls reception of end times of acquisition of the second time-series data based on the local time of each of the other information processing devices, and

wherein the synchronization control unit determines an earliest time among the end times of the plurality of other information processing devices or a time earlier than the earliest time, as the end timing.

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

a correspondence detection unit configured to detect a difference in the local time of each of the other information processing devices by synchronizing the first time-series data from the plurality of other information processing devices,

wherein the synchronization control unit determines the start timing or the end timing on the basis of the detected difference in the local time of each of the other information processing devices.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the reception control unit controls reception of the first time-series data and the acquisition times of the first time-series data transmitted from the plurality of other information processing devices at a predetermined interval, and

wherein the correspondence detection unit performs synchronization processing of the first time-series data in parallel with reception of the first time-series data performed every predetermined interval.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein a type of the first time-series data and a type of the second time-series data coincide at least partly.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the first time-series data includes video data, audio data, or data of a sensor provided in the other information processing device, and the second time-series data includes video data or audio data.

10. An information processing method comprising:

a reception control step of controlling reception of first time-series data acquired by a plurality of other information processing devices and acquisition times of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in each of the other information processing devices, through an information processing device; and

a synchronization control step of determining, on the basis of the first time-series data from the plurality of other information processing devices, start timing or end timing of recording of second time-series data acquired by the plurality of other information processing devices through the information processing device.

11. A program for causing a computer of an information processing device to execute processing comprising:

a reception control step of controlling reception of first time-series data acquired by a plurality of other information processing devices and acquisition times of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in each of the other information processing devices; and

a synchronization control step of determining, on the basis of the first time-series data from the plurality of other information processing devices, start timing or end timing of recording of second time-series data acquired by the plurality of other information processing devices.

12. An information processing device comprising:

an acquisition control unit configured to control acquisition of first time-series data and second time-series data;

a reception control unit configured to control reception of the first time-series data acquired by one or more other information processing devices and acquisition times of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in the other information processing devices; and

a synchronization control unit configured to determine, on the basis of the first time-series data acquired by control through the acquisition control unit and the first time-series data from the other information processing devices, start timing or end timing of recording of the second time-series data acquired by control through the acquisition control unit and the second time-series data acquired by the other information processing devices.

13. An information processing device comprising:

an acquisition control unit configured to control acquisition of first time-series data and second time-series data;

a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of the first time-series data and an acquisition time of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in a device, to a first other information processing device;

a reception control unit configured to receive start timing, which is synchronized with timing at which recording of the second time-series data acquired by one or more second other information processing devices is started and is based on the local time, or end timing, which is synchronized with timing at which recording of the second time-series data acquired by the second other information processing devices is ended and is based on the local time, from the first other information processing device; and

a recording control unit configured to control start or end of recording of the second time-series data on the basis of the received start timing or end timing.

14. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the reception control unit controls reception of a command to start acquisition of the second time-series data from the first other information processing device,

wherein the acquisition control unit performs control in a manner that acquisition of the second time-series data is started in accordance with the command from the first other information processing device, and

wherein the recording control unit performs control in a manner that recording of the second time-series data is started together with the start of acquisition of the second time-series data and, when the start timing has been received from the first information processing device, the start timing is recorded in association with the second time-series data.

15. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the reception control unit controls reception of a command to start acquisition of the second time-series data from the first other information processing device,

wherein the acquisition control unit performs control in a manner that acquisition of the second time-series data is started in accordance with the command from the first other information processing device, and

wherein the recording control unit performs control in a manner that recording of the second time-series data is started together with the start of acquisition of the second time-series data and, when the start timing has been received from the first information processing device, the second time-series data before the start timing is erased.

16. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the recording control unit performs control in a manner that, when the end timing has been received from the first information processing device, the end timing is recorded in association with the second time-series data.

17. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the recording control unit performs control in a manner that, when the end timing has been received from the first information processing device, the second time-series data after the end timing is erased.

18. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the reception control unit controls reception of a command to end acquisition of the second time-series data from the first other information processing device,

wherein the acquisition control unit performs control in a manner that acquisition of the second time-series data is ended in accordance with the command from the first other information processing device, and

wherein the transmission control unit controls transmission of an end time of acquisition of the second time-series data based on the local time to the first other information processing device.

19. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the transmission control unit performs control in a manner that the first time-series data and the acquisition time of the first time-series data are transmitted at a predetermined interval.

20. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the first other information processing device is included in the second other information processing device.

21. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein a type of the first time-series data and a type of the second time-series data coincide at least partly.

22. The information processing device according to claim 13,

wherein the first time-series data includes video data, audio data, or data of a sensor provided in the other information processing device, and the second time-series data includes video data or audio data.

23. An information processing method comprising:

an acquisition control step of controlling acquisition of first time-series data and second time-series data through an information processing device;

a transmission control step of controlling transmission of the first time-series data and an acquisition time of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in a device, to a first other information processing device through the information processing device;

a reception control step of receiving start timing, which is synchronized with timing at which recording of the second time-series data acquired by one or more second other information processing devices is started and is based on the local time, or end timing, which is synchronized with timing at which recording of the second time-series data acquired by the second other information processing devices is ended and is based on the local time, from the first other information processing device through the information processing device; and

a recording control step of controlling start or end of recording of the second time-series data on the basis of the received start timing or end timing through the information processing device.

24. A program for causing a computer of an information processing device to execute processing comprising:

an acquisition control step of controlling acquisition of first time-series data and second time-series data;

a transmission control step of controlling transmission of the first time-series data and an acquisition time of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in a device, to a first other information processing device;

a reception control step of receiving start timing, which is synchronized with timing at which recording of the second time-series data acquired by one or more second other information processing devices is started and is based on the local time, or end timing, which is synchronized with timing at which recording of the second time-series data acquired by the second other information processing devices is ended and is based on the local time, from the first other information processing device; and

a recording control step of controlling start or end of recording of the second time-series data on the basis of the received start timing or end timing.

25. An information processing system comprising:

a first information processing device; and

a plurality of second information processing devices,

wherein the first information processing device includes

a reception control unit configured to control reception of first time-series data acquired by the plurality of second information processing devices and acquisition times of the first time-series data based on local time, which is time in each of the second information processing devices, and

a synchronization control unit configured to determine, on the basis of the first time-series data from the plurality of second information processing devices, start timing or end timing of recording of second time-series data acquired by the plurality of second information processing devices, and

wherein each of the second information processing devices includes

an acquisition control unit configured to control acquisition of the first time-series data and the second time-series data,

a transmission control unit configured to control transmission of the first time-series data and an acquisition time of the first time-series data based on the local time to the first information processing device, and

a recording control unit configured to control start or end of recording of the second time-series data on the basis of the start timing or end timing.