US9971957B2
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Terminal device, information processing device, object identifying method, program, and object identifying system
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 2015-11-25
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Granted: 2018-05-15
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Expires: 2035-11-25
Abstract
Abstract A device, apparatus, and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a device may include an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information associated with the image to an information processing apparatus, such as a server. The server may be associated with a first feature quantity dictionary. The device also may include a receiving unit configured to receive a second feature quantity dictionary from the server in response to the transmission. The second feature quantity dictionary may include less information than the first feature quantity dictionary, and the server may generate the second feature quantity dictionary based on the image information and the first feature quantity dictionary. The device may include an identification unit configured to identify an object within the image using the second feature quantity dictionary.
Inventors
- 👤 Takayuki Yoshigahara
- 👤 Masaki Fukuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:52
CPC Classifications
G06K9/6231; G; G06; G06V; G06V20/00; G06V20/20; G06F; G06F18/00; G06F18/20; G06F18/21; G06F18/211; G06F18/2115; G06K9/22; G06K9/228; G06K9/46; G06K9/6202; G06K9/78; G06T; G06T19/00; G06T19/006; G06V10/00; G06V10/10; G06V10/17; G06V10/40; G06V10/70; G06V10/74; G06V10/75; G06V10/751; G06V30/00; G06V30/10; G06V30/14; G06V30/142
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A device, comprising: circuitry configured to: acquire a first image including a first real object; transmit, to a server, a first information associated with the first image; acquire, from the server, a dictionary that includes at least a feature data for identifying a second real object that is not included in the first image, based on the first information associated with the first image; and control a display to display an augmented reality (AR) content related to the first real object, wherein the second real object is different from the first real object, and the second real object is predicted to appear in one or more subsequent acquired images.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
109 words
A device, comprising: circuitry configured to: acquire a first image including a first real object; transmit, to a server, a first information associated with the first image; acquire, from the server, a dictionary that includes at least a feature data for identifying a second real object that is not included in the first image, based on the first information associated with the first image; and control a display to display an augmented reality (AR) content related to the first real object, wherein the second real object is different from the first real object, and the second real object is predicted to appear in one or more subsequent acquired images.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The device of claim 1 , wherein the dictionary comprises only selected feature data having highest relations to the first information associated with the first image and satisfying a threshold criteria.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
The device of claim 1 , wherein the feature data of the dictionary comprises at least one of (i) feature data of the second real object predicted to fall within the first image or (ii) feature data of the second real object predicted to fall within the one or more subsequent acquired images that are acquired subsequent to the first image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to: extract at least one feature quantity from the first image; determine whether the extracted feature quantity corresponds to at least one of the feature data of the dictionary; and identify the first real object within the first image, based on at least the determination.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The device of claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to: obtain, based on the dictionary, an object identifier associated with the corresponding feature data; and identify the first real object within the first image, based on the obtained object identifier.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The device of claim 1 , wherein the first information associated with the first image comprises at least one of a portion of the first image or a feature data associated with a portion of the first image.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The device of claim 1 , wherein the first information associated with the first image comprises at least one geographic position associated with the first image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit a capability information of the device that indicates at least one of a number of pieces of data processable by the device, a number of processor cores of the device, and a memory capacity of the device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-implemented method, comprising: acquiring a first image including a first real object; transmitting, to a server, a first information associated with the first image; acquiring, from the server, a dictionary that includes at least a feature data for identifying a second real object that is not included in the first image, based on the first information associated with the first image; and controlling a display to display an augmented reality (AR) content related to the first real object, wherein the second real object is different from the first real object, and the second real object is predicted to appear in one or more subsequent acquired images.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-implemented method, comprising: acquiring a first image including a first real object; transmitting, to a server, a first information associated with the first image; acquiring, from the server, a dictionary that includes at least a feature data for identifying a second real object that is not included in the first image, based on the first information associated with the first image; and controlling a display to display an augmented reality (AR) content related to the first real object, wherein the second real object is different from the first real object, and the second real object is predicted to appear in one or more subsequent acquired images.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
128 words
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising: acquiring a first image including a first real object; transmitting, to a server, a first information associated with the first image; acquiring, from the server, a dictionary that includes at least a feature data for identifying a second real object that is not included in the first image, based on the first information associated with the first image; and controlling a display to display an augmented reality (AR) content related to the first real object, wherein the second real object is different from the first real object, and the second real object is predicted to appear in one or more subsequent acquired images.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
128 words
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising: acquiring a first image including a first real object; transmitting, to a server, a first information associated with the first image; acquiring, from the server, a dictionary that includes at least a feature data for identifying a second real object that is not included in the first image, based on the first information associated with the first image; and controlling a display to display an augmented reality (AR) content related to the first real object, wherein the second real object is different from the first real object, and the second real object is predicted to appear in one or more subsequent acquired images.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second real object is different than the AR content related to the first real object.
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