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US 10,762,715 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsTomokazu Kake, Satoshi Nakajima
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus that constructs a virtual space by acquiring a plurality of images obtained by observing, at different times, a reality space in which one or more subjects are present, and arranging a plurality of unit volume elements at positions determined depending on a subject captured in each image of the plurality of images.
Claims9
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an image acquiring unit acquiring an image obtained by observing a reality space in which one or more subjects are present;
- and
- a virtual space constructing unit constructing a virtual space to express a subject captured in the acquired image by arranging a plurality of unit volume elements at positions that are determined depending on the subject,
- wherein the image acquiring unit acquires a plurality of images obtained by observing the subject at different times,
- wherein the virtual space constructing unit constructs the virtual space on a basis of the plurality of images,
- wherein parameters of position keeping forces indicating how easily positions of individual unit volume elements of the plurality of unit volume elements change are set to the individual unit volume elements, and
- wherein the virtual space constructing unit arranges, in the virtual space, multiple types of unit volume elements having the position keeping forces that are different from one other.
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An information processing method comprising:
- acquiring an image obtained by observing a reality space in which one or more subjects are present;
- and
- constructing a virtual space to express a subject captured in the acquired image by arranging a plurality of unit volume elements at positions that are determined depending on the subject,
- wherein, in the image acquisition step, a plurality of images obtained by observing the subject at different times are acquired,
- wherein, in the virtual space construction step, the virtual space is constructed on a basis of the plurality of images,
- wherein parameters of position keeping forces indicating how easily positions of individual unit volume elements of the plurality of unit volume elements change are set to the individual unit volume elements, and
- wherein the virtual space constructing step arranges, in the virtual space, multiple types of unit volume elements having the position keeping forces that are different from one other.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for a computer, the program comprising:
- by an image acquiring unit, acquiring an image obtained by observing a reality space in which one or more subjects are present;
- and
- by a virtual space constructing unit, constructing a virtual space to express a subject captured in the acquired image by arranging a plurality of unit volume elements at positions that are determined depending on the subject,
- wherein the image acquiring unit acquires a plurality of images obtained by observing the subject at different times,
- wherein the virtual space constructing unit constructs the virtual space on a basis of the plurality of images,
- wherein parameters of position keeping forces indicating how easily positions of individual unit volume elements of the plurality of unit volume elements change are set to the individual unit volume elements, and
- wherein the virtual space constructing unit arranges, in the virtual space, multiple types of unit volume elements having the position keeping forces that are different from one other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.