Information processing to automatically specify and control a device

• US 9,942,456 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): PRABHAKHER, PRITHAM DAVID
• Application Number:
  US14/574,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20150189152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• Field of Search: 34820711
• 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:

one or more processors configured to;

store operation state information of each of a first plurality of imaging devices, wherein the operation state information includes an operation mode and a process execution state;

detect a change in a first process execution state of a first imaging device of the first plurality of imaging devices, from a first state to a second state,

determine a second plurality of imaging devices from the first plurality of imaging devices, based on the detected change in the first process execution state, wherein each of the second plurality of imaging devices has a second operation mode same as a first operation mode of the first imaging device;

compare a second process execution state of each of the second plurality of imaging devices, with the first process execution state of the first imaging device;

determine at least one second imaging device of the second plurality of imaging devices that has a third process execution state same as the first state, based on the comparison of the second process execution state;

generate at least one operation instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device, based on the determination of the at least one second imaging device; and

transmit the at least one operation instruction to the at least one second imaging device.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one operation instruction includes an instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device to the second state.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one operation instruction includes an instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device to a third state different from the second state of the first imaging device.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the change in the first process execution state of the first imaging device is based on a storage capacity of the first imaging device that is greater than a threshold.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

set the change in the first process execution state of the first imaging device as a trigger; and

generate the at least one operation instruction based on the change in the first process execution state of the first imaging device set as the trigger.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate the at least one operation instruction for each group of a plurality of groups that include the first plurality of imaging devices.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the at least one second imaging device belongs to at least one same group that includes the first imaging device.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first plurality of imaging devices include the information processing device.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate the at least one operation instruction based on a storage capacity of the at least one second imaging device.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to prevent transmission of the at least one operation instruction to the at least one second imaging device based on a lack of a recording medium in the at least one second imaging device.

11. An information processing system, comprising:

a first plurality of imaging devices each comprising one or more processors configured to transmit operation state information, wherein the operation state information includes an operation mode and a process execution state; and

an information processing device comprising one or more processors configured to;

receive the operation state information of each of the first plurality of imaging devices;

detect a change in a first process execution state of a first imaging device of the first plurality of imaging devices, from a first state to a second state;

determine a second plurality of imaging devices from the first plurality of imaging devices, based on the detected change in the first process execution state, wherein each of the second plurality of imaging devices has a second operation mode same as a first operation mode of the first imaging device;

compare a second process execution state of each of the second plurality of imaging devices with the first process execution state of the first imaging device;

determine at least one second imaging device of the second plurality of imaging devices that has a third process execution state same as the first state, based on the comparison of the second process execution state;

generate at least one operation instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device, based on the determination of the at least one second imaging device; and

transmit the at least one operation instruction to the at least one second imaging device.

12. An information processing method, comprising:

in an information processing device;

storing operation state information of each of a first plurality of imaging devices, wherein the operation state information includes an operation mode and a process execution state;

detecting a change in a first process execution state of a first imaging device of the first plurality of imaging devices, from a first state to a second state;

determining a second plurality of imaging devices from the first plurality of imaging devices, based on the detected change in the first process execution state, wherein each of the second plurality of imaging devices has a second operation mode same as a first operation mode of the first imaging device;

comparing a second process execution state of each of the second plurality of imaging devices, with the first process execution state of the first imaging device;

determining at least one second imaging device of the second plurality of imaging devices that has a third process execution state same as the first state, based on the comparison of the second process execution state;

generating at least one operation instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device, based on the determination of the at least one second imaging device; and

transmitting the at least one operation instruction to the at least one second imaging device.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one operation instruction includes an instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device to the second state.

14. The information processing method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one operation instruction includes an instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device to a third state different from the second state of the first imaging device.

15. The information processing method according to claim 12, further comprising:

setting the change in the first process execution state of the first imaging device as a trigger; and

generating the at least one operation instruction based on the change in the first process execution state of the first imaging device set as the trigger.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

storing operation state information of each of a first plurality of imaging devices, wherein the operation state information includes an operation mode and a process execution state;

detecting a change in a first process execution state of a first imaging device of the first plurality of imaging devices, from a first state to a second state;

determining a second plurality of imaging devices from the first plurality of imaging devices, based on the detected change in the first process execution state, wherein each of the second plurality of imaging devices has a second operation mode same as a first operation mode of the first imaging device;

comparing a second process execution state of each of the second plurality of imaging devices with the first process execution state of the first imaging device;

determining at least one second imaging device of the second plurality of imaging devices that has a third process execution state same as the first state, based on the comparison of the second process execution state;

generating at least one operation instruction to change the third process execution state of the at least one second imaging device, based on the determination of the at least one second imaging device; and

transmitting the at least one operation instruction to the at least one second imaging device.