Image processing apparatus and image processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasaki Fukuchi, Kenichirou Ooi, Tatsuki Kashitani
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Abstract
An information processing system that acquires image data captured by an image capturing device; identifies a density of distribution of a plurality of feature points in the acquired image data; and controls a display to display guidance information based on the density of the distribution of the plurality of feature points.
Claims13
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- acquire an image of a real space from an image pick-up device, wherein the image of the real space is captured by the image pick-up device;
- recognize environment information by Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM), wherein the environment information is recognized based on the acquired image of the real space;
- determine an un-explored area in the acquired image and an explored area in the acquired image based on the environment information;
- and
- control display of a first virtual indication related to the un-explored area superimposed on the real space.
An information processing method, comprising:
- in an information processing apparatus:
- acquiring an image of a real space from an image pick-up device, wherein the image of the real space is captured by the image pick-up device;
- recognizing environment information by Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM), wherein the environment information is recognized based on the acquired image of the real space;
- determining an un-explored area in the acquired image and an explored area in the acquired image based on the environment information;
- and
- controlling display of a virtual indication related to the un-explored area superimposed on the real space.
An information processing method, comprising:
- in an information processing apparatus:
- acquiring real space data by use of at least one sensor, wherein the real space data is image data of a real space;
- detecting a position of an image pick-up device;
- generating environment information by Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM), wherein the environment information is generated based on the acquired real space data;
- determining an un-explored area of the real space and an explored area of the real space based on the environment information;
- determining a first movement route of the image pick-up device and a second movement route of the image pick-up device, based on the determined un- explored area, the determined explored area, and the detected position of the image pick-up device, wherein
- the first movement route includes a plurality of first feature points, and
- the second movement route includes a plurality of second feature points;
- and
- controlling a movement of the image pick-up device in the second movement route based on a count of the plurality of second feature points being greater than a count of the plurality of first feature points.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- acquiring an image of a real space from an image pick-up device, wherein the image of the real space is captured by the image pick-up device;
- recognizing environment information by Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM), wherein the environment information is recognized based on the acquired image of the real space;
- determining an un-explored area in the acquired image and an explored area in the acquired image based on the environment information;
- and
- controlling display of a virtual indication related to the un-explored area superimposed on the real space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.