Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and data structure of position information
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Application No.: US14005039Application Date: 2012-01-16
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Publication No.: US09699432B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Akio Ohba , Hiroyuki Segawa
- Applicant: Akio Ohba , Hiroyuki Segawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Priority: JP2011-079991 20110331
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/000211 WO 20120116
- International Announcement: WO2012/132168 WO 20121004
- Main IPC: H04N13/00
- IPC: H04N13/00 ; G06K9/46 ; G06T7/20 ; G06T5/00 ; G06T7/593 ; H04N13/02

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus 12 includes a first camera 22 and a second camera 24. The cameras pick up an image of a target at the same timing and at the same frame rate from left and right positions spaced by a known distance from each other. Picked up frame images are converted into image data of a predetermined plurality of resolutions. An input information acquisition section 26 of an information processing apparatus 14 acquires an instruction input from a user. A position information production section 28 approximately estimates a region of the target or a region which involves some movement on an image of a low resolution and a wide range from within stereo image data as a target region and carries out stereo matching only in regard to the region on an image of a high resolution to specify a three-dimensional position of the target. An output information production section 32 carries out a necessary process based on the position of the target to produce output information. A communication section 30 carries out request for and acquisition of image data to and from the image pickup apparatus 12.
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