Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9292733-B2
Application number	US-201213413986-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2012
Priority date	Mar 22, 2011
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

An information processing device includes a conversion unit that performs conversion such that an area including a feature point and the periphery thereof in a specific target is set as a first area and, when one pixel in the first area is set as a reference pixel, an area including the reference pixel and pixels in the periphery thereof is set as a second area, and, based on a comparison result of the feature amount of the reference pixel and the feature amount of another pixel in the second area, the feature amount of another pixel is converted for each pixel in the second area, and a calculation unit that calculates a feature amount to be used in an identification process for identifying the specific target by performing computation for the value of each pixel in the second area which is obtained from the conversion for each reference pixel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising:
one or more processors operable to:
perform conversion such that an area including a feature point and the periphery thereof in a specific target included in an image is set as a first area and, when one pixel included in the first area is set as a reference pixel, an area including the reference pixel and pixels in the periphery thereof is set as a second area, and, based on a comparison result of the feature amount of the reference pixel and the feature amount of another pixel included in the second area relating to the reference pixel, the feature amount of another pixel is converted for each pixel included in the second area,
wherein each pixel included in the first area is set as the reference pixel, and
wherein a plurality of second areas are set with each second area in the plurality of second areas including the corresponding reference pixel and the corresponding pixels in the periphery thereof for each pixel included in the first area; and
calculate a feature amount to be used in an identification process for identifying the specific target by performing addition of the value of each pixel included in one of the plurality of second areas and the value of each corresponding pixel included in others of the plurality of second areas.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to calculate, as the feature amount to be used in the identification process, a feature amount having the addition result for each position of each pixel included in the plurality of second areas as a constituent element.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to perform the identification process by comparing a corresponding feature amount acquired from a storage unit that stores the feature amount to be used in the identification process in relation to the specific target to the calculated feature amount for each constituent element.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the one or more processors are operable to perform the conversion for a plurality of feature points in the specific target,
calculate the feature amounts to be used in the identification process for the plurality of feature points, and
perform the identification process by comparing the feature amount acquired from the storage unit to the calculated feature amount for each of the feature points.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the feature amount of another pixel included in one of the plurality of second areas relating to the reference pixel is equal to or higher than the feature amount of the reference pixel, the feature amount of the another pixel is converted to a first value, and when the feature amount of another pixel included in the one of the plurality of second areas relating to the reference pixel is smaller than the feature amount of the reference pixel, the feature amount of the another pixel is converted to a second value.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to perform the conversion by setting one of the first value and the second value to a positive value and the other to a negative value.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to perform the conversion by changing at least one of the size and the shape of the first area relating to a plurality of feature points in the specific target in accordance with the feature points.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to perform the conversion by changing at least one of the size and the shape of the plurality of second areas relating to a plurality of feature points in the specific target in accordance with the feature points.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more processors are operable to perform the conversion only for a position relating to the feature amount to be used in the identification process among the positions of pixels included in the plurality of second areas, and
perform the addition only for a position relating to the feature amount to be used in the identification process among the positions of pixels included in the plurality of second areas.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are operable to:
detect the specific target included in the image;
detect feature points in the detected specific target; and
perform the identification process using a corresponding feature amount acquired from a storage unit that stores the feature amount to be used in the identification process in relation to the specific target and the calculated feature amount.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the specific target is the face of a person, the feature point is at least one edge portion of organs included in the face, and
wherein the identification process identifies whether or not the detected face of the person is the face of a specific person.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein each pixel included in the first area is set as the reference pixel to convert the feature amount of another pixels in the plurality of second areas corresponding to each reference pixel.

13. An information processing method comprising:
converting such that an area including a feature point and the periphery thereof in a specific target included in an image is set as a first area and, when one pixel included in the first area is set as a reference pixel, an area including the reference pixel and pixels in the periphery thereof is set as a second area, and, based on a comparison result of the feature amount of the reference pixel and the feature amount of another pixel included in the second area relating to the reference pixel, the feature amount of another pixel is converted for each pixel included in the second area,
wherein each pixel included in the first area is set as the reference pixel, and
wherein a plurality of second areas are set with each second area in the plurality of second areas including the corresponding reference pixel and the corresponding pixels in the periphery thereof for each pixel included in the first area; and
calculating a feature amount to be used in an identification process for identifying the specific target by performing addition of the value of each pixel included in one of the plurality of second areas and the value of each corresponding pixel included in others of the plurality of second areas.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions, for causing a computer to perform steps comprising:
converting such that an area including a feature point and the periphery thereof in a specific target included in an image is set as a first area and, when one pixel included in the first area is set as a reference pixel, an area including the reference pixel and pixels in the periphery thereof is set as a second area, and, based on a comparison result of the feature amount of the reference pixel and the feature amount of another pixel included in the second area relating to the reference pixel, the feature amount of another pixel is converted for each pixel included in the second area,
wherein each pixel included in the first area is set as the reference pixel, and
wherein a plurality of second areas

Assignees

• Sato Yoichiro
• Ogawa Kaname
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Sato Yoichiro
• Ogawa Kaname

Classifications

• G06K9/00281 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K9/00288

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06V40/171 Primary

  Local features and components; Facial parts (eye characteristics G06V40/18); Occluding parts, e.g. glasses; Geometrical relationships · CPC title

• G06V40/172 Primary

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title