TERMINAL APPARATUS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MANAGING APPARATUS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150124106A1
• Filed: 10/15/2014
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tomita, Hisashi
• Granted Patent: US 9,558,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes

Abstract

There is provided a terminal apparatus including: a photographing portion configured to photograph a subject which is present in a reality space; an additional information acquiring portion configured to acquire additional information which is made to correspond to an object an image of which is recognized within a photographed image; and an additional information storing portion configured to store therein the acquired additional information in relation to either user identification information or photographing apparatus identification information.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus, comprising:

a photographing portion configured to photograph a subject which is present in a reality space;

an additional information acquiring portion configured to acquire additional information which is made to correspond to an object an image of which is recognized within a photographed image; and

an additional information storing portion configured to store therein the acquired additional information in relation to either user identification information or photographing apparatus identification information.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said additional information storing portion is an integrated circuit chip, and the acquired additional information is stored in a security area of said integrated circuit chip.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

an augmented reality creating portion configured to create the acquired additional information as augmented reality within the photographed image.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is information on a coupon which is exchangeable with a predetermined item.

5. An additional information managing apparatus, comprising:

a photographed image acquiring portion configured to acquire a photographed image obtained by photographing a subject which is present in a reality space;

an image recognizing portion configured to recognize an image of an object within the photographed image based on feature information on the photographed image;

an additional information acquiring portion configured to acquire additional information which is associated with the object thus image-recognized by referring to a table in which the object and the additional information are associated with each other; and

a transmitting portion configured to transmit the additional information thus acquired to a terminal apparatus with which the photographed image has been photographed.

6. The additional information managing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising

an additional information registering portion configured to register therein the acquired additional information in relation to either user identification information or photographing apparatus identification information.

7. The additional information managing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a photographing position acquiring portion configured to acquire information on a photographing position,

wherein said image recognizing portion specifies an object based on the acquired information on the photographing position.

8. The additional information managing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a photographing date-and-time acquiring portion configured to acquire information on a date and time of photographing,

wherein said image recognizing portion specifies an object based on the acquired information on the date and time of the photographing.

9. The additional information managing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a photographing direction acquiring portion configured to acquire information on a photographing direction,

wherein said image recognizing portion specifies an object based on the acquired information on the photographing direction.

10. An additional information managing method, comprising:

acquiring a photographed image obtained by photographing a subject which is present in a reality space;

recognizing an image of an object within the photographed image based on feature information on the photographed image;

acquiring additional information which is associated with the object thus image-recognized by referring to a table in which the object and the additional information are associated with each other; and

transmitting the additional information thus acquired to a terminal apparatus with which the photographed image has been photographed.

11. A program for a computer, comprising:

acquiring a photographed image obtained by photographing a subject which is present in a reality space;

recognizing an image of an object within the photographed image based on feature information on the photographed image;

acquiring additional information which is associated with the object thus image-recognized by referring to a table in which the object and the additional information are associated with each other; and

transmitting the additional information thus acquired to a terminal apparatus with which the photographed image has been photographed.