Information processing device, information processing system, facial image output method, and program
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsDaisuke Nakata, Jigen Zhou
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Abstract
There is provided an information processing device including an image acquiring portion configured to acquire a photographed image obtained by photographing a user wearing a head mounted display, an expression estimating portion configured to estimate an expression of the user from an image of a mouth of the user included in the photographed image, an facial image producing portion configured to produce a facial image responding to the estimated expression of the user, and an output portion configured to output an image including the facial image.
Claims7
An information processing device, comprising:
- an image acquiring portion configured to acquire a photographed image obtained by photographing a user wearing a head mounted display;
- an expression estimating portion configured to estimate an expression of the user;
- an facial image producing portion configured to produce a synthetic image of a face of the user by combining:
- (i) a facial image of an upper side of a face, and (ii) an image of a lower side of a face of the user, including the mouth of the user, from the photographed image;
- and
- an output portion configured to output the synthetic image,
- wherein the expression estimating portion is configured to execute processing for matching the synthetic image with a plurality of facial image data in order to improve the estimated expression of the user.
An information processing system including a terminal device and a server device, comprising:
- an image acquiring portion configured to acquire a photographed image obtained by photographing a user wearing a head mounted display;
- an expression estimating portion configured to estimate an expression of the user;
- a processing portion configured to produce a synthetic image of a face of the user by combining:
- (i) a facial image of an upper side of a face, and (ii) an image of a lower side of a face of the user, including the mouth of the user, from the photographed image;
- and
- an output portion configured to output the synthetic image,
- wherein the expression estimating portion is configured to execute processing for matching the synthetic image with a plurality of facial image data in order to improve the estimated expression of the user.
A facial image output method, comprising:
- acquiring a photographed image obtained by photographing a user wearing a head mounted display;
- estimating an expression of the user;
- producing a synthetic image of a face of the user by combining:
- (i) a facial image of an upper side of a face, and (ii) an image of a lower side of a face of the user, including the mouth of the user, from the photographed image;
- and
- outputting the synthetic image,
- wherein the method further includes executing processing for matching the synthetic image with a plurality of facial image data in order to improve the estimated expression of the user.
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out actions, comprising:
- acquiring a photographed image obtained by photographing a user wearing a head mounted display;
- estimating an expression of the user;
- producing a synthetic image of a face of the user by combining:
- (i) a facial image of an upper side of a face, and (ii) an image of a lower side of a face of the user, including the mouth of the user, from the photographed image;
- and
- outputting the synthetic image,
- wherein the method further includes executing processing for matching the synthetic image with a plurality of facial image data in order to improve the estimated expression of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.