Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10297179-B2
Application number	US-201515533731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2015
Priority date	Feb 3, 2015
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of projecting an image to an appropriate projection destination while reducing work of a user in projection of an image, the information processing apparatus including: a 3-dimensional information acquisition unit configured to acquire 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and a projection control unit configured to decide a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed on the basis of the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit, an information processing method, and a program.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a 3-dimensional information acquisition unit configured to acquire 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and
a projection control unit configured to decide a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed based on the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit,
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region in the space in which the object is disposed in accordance with a determined mode of the information processing apparatus,
wherein the determined mode is selected from among a region change mode, a content change mode, and a shape use mode,
wherein, when the region change mode is selected, the projection control unit decides the projection region as a plane in which no unevenness is included,
wherein, when the content change mode is selected, the projection control unit changes a layout of the image so that content of the image is not projected to a position of unevenness within the projection region,
wherein, when the shape use mode is selected, the projection control unit edits the layout of the image in conformity with a shape of unevenness within the projection region, and
wherein the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit and the projection control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the region change mode is selected, the projection control unit decides the plane specified based on the 3-dimensional information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region based on a size of the specified plane.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the projection control unit decides the plane specified earlier than another plane as the projection region.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region from the specified plane based on information regarding a user in the space.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the information regarding the user includes user position information indicating a position of the user in the space, and
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region based on a relation between the position of the user indicated by the user position information and the position of the specified plane.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the information regarding the user includes number-of-users information that changes in accordance with the number of users in the space, and
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region based on the number-of-users information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the information regarding the user includes visual line information that changes in accordance with a visual line of the user, and
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region based on the visual line of the user estimated using the visual line information and the position of the specified plane.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a user identification unit configured to identify the user,
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region based on attribute information of the user identified by the user identification unit, and
wherein the user identification unit is implemented via at least one processor.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the attribute information includes information indicating whether a user is a manipulation user, and
wherein, in a case where the attribute information indicates that the user is a manipulation user, the projection control unit decides the projection region based on the information regarding the user who is the manipulation user.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the projection control unit decides the projection region based on a form appearing on the specified plane.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the projection control unit performs correction on an image to be projected based on a position of the decided projection region.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the projection control unit is further configured to change a projection form of the projected image based on a change in a form of the decided projection region.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 ,
wherein the projection control unit determines whether unevenness is included in the decided projection region based on the 3-dimensional information, and
wherein, in a case where the projection control unit determines that unevenness is included in the decided projection region, the projection control unit changes the projection form of the projected image.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the projection control unit adds an image projection region in a projection direction oriented toward the information processing apparatus as a candidate for the projection region.

16. An information processing method, executed by at least one processor, the method comprising:
acquiring, by a 3-dimensional information acquisition unit of the at least one processor, 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and
deciding a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed based on the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition unit,
wherein the projection region is decided in the space in which the object is disposed in accordance with a determined mode,
wherein the determined mode is selected from among a region change mode, a content change mode, and a shape use mode,
wherein, when the region change mode is selected, the projection region is decided as a plane in which no unevenness is included,
wherein, when the content change mode is selected, a layout of the image is changed so that content of the image is not projected to a position of unevenness within the projection region, and
wherein, when the shape use mode is selected, the layout of the image is edited in conformity with a shape of unevenness within the projection region.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
acquiring 3-dimensional information indicating disposition of an object; and
deciding a projection region to which an image is projected in a space in which the object is disposed based on the 3-dimensional information acquired by the 3-dimensional information acquisition function,
wherein the projection region is decided in the space in which the object is disposed in accordance with a determined mode,
wherein the determined mode is selected from among a region change mode, a content change mode, and a shape use mode,
wherein, when the region change mode is selected, the projection region is decided as a plane in which no unevenness is included,
wherein, when the content change mode is selected, a layout of the image is changed so that content of the image is not projected to a position of unevenne

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Doi Shouichi
• Chatani Masayuki
• Ishihara Atsushi
• Kurata Yoshinori
• Takada Masayuki
• Morita Masahiro
• Takeoka Yoshiki

Classifications

• H04N5/74

  Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor · CPC title

• G06T2207/10028

  Range image; Depth image; 3D point clouds · CPC title

• G09G2320/08

  Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal · CPC title

• G06T7/74

  involving reference images or patches · CPC title

• H04N13/271

  wherein the generated image signals comprise depth maps or disparity maps · CPC title