Target recognition device

• US 10,832,100 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2017
• Issued: 11/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tonouchi, Yojiro, Kobayashi, Daisuke, Yamaguchi, Osamu, Umeki, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivera-Martinez, Guillermo M
• Application Number:
  US15/691,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20180276505A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/63 Scene text, e.g. street names
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/635 Overlay text, e.g. embedded captions in a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/2445 Alphabet recognition, e.g. Latin, Kanji or Katakana
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/287 of Kanji, Hiragana or Katakana characters
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/293 of characters other than Kanji, Hiragana or Katakana

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a storage device and a processor connected to the storage device. The processor is configured to perform a process for displaying an image and information related to a size of a recognition target, and recognize a recognition target from the image. The information related to the size of the recognition target includes visual information of the recognition target.

Claims

1. A target recognition device, comprising:

a storage device configured to store a minimum value and a maximum value of a size of a target capable of being recognized from images; and

a processor connected to the storage device, wherein the processor is configured to;

display an image including a first object having a size corresponding to the minimum value stored in the storage device and a second object having a size corresponding to the maximum value stored in the storage device; and

recognize a target, having a size falling within a range from the minimum value to the maximum value, from the image;

change said range to a changed range by an operation of a user; and

recognize the target having a size falling within the changed range, from the image.

2. The target recognition device of claim 1, wherein each of the target, the first object, and the second object includes a character.

3. The target recognition device of claim 1, wherein the first object and the second object are determined in accordance with an operation mode for recognizing the target.

4. The target recognition device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, when a target having a size falling within the range is not included in the image, enlarge the range.

5. The target recognition device of claim 1, wherein the first object and the second object are determined based on one of a process for displaying an enlarged image and a process for displaying a reduced image.

6. The target recognition device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

perform a process for displaying a recognition area in the image, and

recognize the target from the recognition area.

7. The target recognition device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to perform a process for enlarging the area when no target is included in the recognition area.

8. The target recognition device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect movement of a self-device, and

control a position of the recognition area in the image based on the movement.

9. The target recognition device of claim 1, further comprising a display that displays the image, the first object, and the second object.

10. The target recognition device of claim 1, wherein

at least one of the minimum value and the maximum value is changed by the operation of the user before the target is recognized from the image.

11. The target recognition device of claim 1, wherein the minimum value and the maximum value are parameters that set a minimum size and a maximum size, respectively, of the target that can be recognized from the image.

12. The target recognition device of claim 11, wherein

at least one of the minimum value and the maximum value is changed by the operation of the user before the target is recognized from the image.