Device and method for allocating data based on an arrangement of elements in an image

• US 9,727,298 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Naruse, Tetsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Jonathan S
• Application Number:
  US13/903,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20140355819A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,533 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2227/003 Digital PA systems using, e.g. LAN or internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2400/00 Loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2410/00 Microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 27/00 Public address systems circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007; amplifiers H03F
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/04 Circuit arrangements, e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S

Abstract

A host device may include an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a guest device, and a communication unit configured to communicate with the guest device. The host device may include circuitry configured to identify, in the image of the guest device, identification information corresponding to the guest device, the identification information being displayed on a screen included on the guest device. The circuitry may calculate, based on the identification of the identification information in the image, an arrangement position of the guest device. The circuitry may assign, based on the calculated arrangement position, assigned data to the guest device. The circuitry may transmit one or more of the calculated arrangement position and information associated with the assigned data to the guest device.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

circuitry configured to

capture an image of a first guest device;

communicate with the first guest device;

recognize, in the image of the first guest device, identification information corresponding to the first guest device, the identification information being displayed on a screen included on the first guest device;

receive a user input indicating a designated relative arrangement of the information processing device and the first guest device, the designated relative arrangement comprising a location of an insertion of the information processing device into a determined arrangement that includes the first guest device and excludes the information processing device;

calculate, based on the recognition of the identification information in the image and the received user input, an arrangement position of the first guest device;

assign, based on the designated relative arrangement and the calculated arrangement position, first assigned data to the first guest device and second assigned data to the information processing device;

transmit both the calculated arrangement position and information associated with the first assigned data to the first guest device; and

process the second assigned data in the information processing device.

2. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the information associated with the first assigned data includes an instruction for obtaining the first assigned data.

3. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the information associated with the first assigned data includes a source image.

4. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to divide a source image into a plurality of segmented images, and to include one or more of the segmented images in the information associated with the first assigned data and an additional one or more of the segmented images in the second assigned data.

5. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein:

the captured image includes a plurality of guest devices,

the circuitry is configured to calculate the arrangement position for each guest device, of the plurality of guest devices, to determine the determined arrangement,

the circuitry is configured to divide a source image into a plurality of segmented images, where a number of the plurality of segmented images is greater than or equal to a number of the plurality of guest devices in the captured image,

the circuitry is configured to assign one of the segmented images to each guest device, of the plurality of guest devices, and to the information processing device based on the calculated arrangement positions, and

the circuitry is configured to transmit the assigned segmented image to each guest device, of the plurality of guest devices.

6. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the information associated with the first assigned data includes an audio signal.

7. The information processing device of claim 6, wherein:

the audio signal is comprised of a plurality of stereo channels, and

the circuitry is configured to select, based on the calculated arrangement position, one or more of the plurality of stereo channels to include in the information associated with the first assigned data.

8. The information processing device of claim 7, wherein:

the audio signal is music,

the audio signal is segmented such that each instrument included in the music is assigned an independent channel, and

the circuitry is configured to include one or more of the independent channels in the information associated with the first assigned data.

9. The information processing device of claim 7, wherein

the circuitry is configured to include a description of the selected one or more stereo channels in the information associated with the first assigned data.

10. The information processing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display configured to output the captured image, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to display a user interface together with the captured image on the display,

the circuitry is configured to receive the user input through the user interface.

11. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein:

the captured image includes a plurality of guest devices, and

the circuitry is configured to

determine that identical identification information is displayed by both the first guest device and a second guest device in the captured image,

assign independent identification information to the first guest device and the second guest device, the independent identification information of the first guest device being different than that of the second guest device, and

transmit instructions to the first guest device and the second guest device to display the assigned independent identification information.

12. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the information associated with each of the first assigned data and the second assigned data includes a play order indication corresponding to a game.

13. The information processing device of claim 12, wherein:

the game is played cooperatively by the information processing device and the first guest device on a network, and

the assigned play order determines a time at which the game is available for play.

14. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the information associated with the first assigned data includes a name of a user associated with the recognized identification information.

15. The information processing device of claim 14, further comprising:

a display configured to output the captured image, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to overlay, on the captured image displayed on the information processing device, the name of the user associated with the recognized identification information at a position corresponding to the calculated arrangement position of the guest device.

16. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the arrangement position corresponds to one or more of a three-dimensional coordinate of the guest device in space, an orientation of the guest device, and a relative position of the guest device with respect to another element included in the captured image.

17. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to acquire the identification information, and transmit the acquired identification information to the first guest device.

18. The information processing device of claim 17, wherein

the circuitry is configured to transmit the acquired identification information to the first guest device in response to receiving a connection identification signal from the first guest device.

19. A method performed by an information processing device, the method comprising:

capturing an image of a first guest device;

recognizing, in the image of the first guest device, identification information corresponding to the first guest device, the identification information being displayed on a screen included on the first guest device,

receiving a user input indicating a designated relative arrangement of the information processing device and the first guest device, the designated relative arrangement comprising a location of an insertion of the information processing device into a determined arrangement that includes the first guest device and excludes the information processing device;

calculating, based on the identification of the identification information in the image and the received user input, an arrangement position of the first guest device,

assigning, based on the designated relative arrangement and the calculated arrangement position, first assigned data to the first guest device and second assigned data to the information processing device,

transmitting, to the first guest device, both the calculated arrangement position and information associated with the first assigned data; and

processing the second assigned data in the information processing device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein that when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a process comprising:

capturing an image of a first guest device;

recognizing, in the image of the first guest device, identification information corresponding to the first guest device, the identification information being displayed on a screen included on the first guest device,

receiving a user input indicating a designated relative arrangement of the information processing device and the first guest device, the designated relative arrangement comprising a location of an insertion of the information processing device into a determined arrangement that includes the first guest device and excludes the information processing device;

calculating, based on the identification of the identification information in the image and the received user input, an arrangement position of the first guest device,

assigning, based on the designated relative arrangement and the calculated arrangement position, first assigned data to the first guest device and second assigned data to the information processing device,

transmitting, to the first guest device, both the calculated arrangement position and information associated with the assigned data; and

processing the second assigned data in the information processing device.