Controlling a device based on facial expressions of a user
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAyumi Kato, Jun Kimura, Tsubasa Tsukahara
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Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquiring unit provided in the information processing apparatus to be worn on a head of a user, the information acquiring unit being configured to acquire facial expression information of the user, and a control unit configured to perform certain control depending on whether or not the facial expression information of the user acquired by the information acquiring unit agrees with facial expression information of a partner.
Claims14
A first information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a first camera configured to capture a first image, wherein the first camera has a first imaging direction, and wherein the first information processing apparatus is wearable on a first user's head;
- a second camera configured to capture a second image, wherein the second camera has a second imaging direction opposite to the first imaging direction;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- acquire first facial expression information of a first user based on the captured first image;
- acquire second facial expression information of a second user based on the captured second image;
- and
- control the second camera to capture a third image, based on the acquired first facial expression information of the first user that is same as the acquired second facial expression information of the second user.
A control method, comprising:
- in an information processing apparatus that is wearable on a first user's head:
- capturing, by a first camera of the information processing apparatus, a first image, wherein the first camera has a first imaging direction;
- capturing, by a second camera of the information processing apparatus, a second image,
- wherein the second camera has a second imaging direction opposite to the first imaging direction;
- acquiring, by a processor of the information processing apparatus, first facial expression information of a first user based on the captured first image;
- acquiring, by the processor of the information processing apparatus, second facial expression information of a second user based on the captured second image;
- and
- controlling, by the processor of the information processing apparatus, the second camera to capture a third image, based on the acquired first facial expression information of the first user that is same as the acquired second facial expression information of the second user.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- controlling a first camera of the information processing apparatus to capture a first image, wherein the first camera has a first imaging direction, and wherein the information processing apparatus is wearable on a first user's head;
- controlling a second camera of the information processing apparatus to capture a second image, wherein the second camera has a second imaging direction opposite to the first imaging direction;
- acquiring first facial expression information of a first user based on the captured first image;
- acquiring second facial expression information of a second user based on the captured second image;
- and
- controlling the second camera to capture a third image, based on the acquired first facial expression information of the first user that is same as the acquired second facial expression information of the second user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.