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US 12,608,764 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus, system and method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorPaul Terence Mulligan
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Abstract
A data processing apparatus includes at least one image sensor to capture one or more first images including a first physical surface for use in a board game, receiving circuitry to receive, via a network, one or more second images including a second physical surface for use in a same type of board game as the first physical surface, image processing circuitry to generate a composite image for display based on at least a portion of a first image and at least a portion of a second image to include, in the composite image, an image of a surface formed of the first physical surface and the second physical surface, and output circuitry to output the composite image for display.
Claims17
A data processing apparatus, comprising
- at least one image sensor to capture one or more first images including a first physical surface for use in a board game, wherein the at least one image sensor is configured to capture the first images according to an imaging frame rate;
- receiving circuitry to receive, via a network, one or more second images including a second physical surface for use in a same type of board game as the first physical surface;
- image processing circuitry to generate a sequence of composite images for display in response to the first images and the second images, wherein:
- a composite image includes at least a portion of a first image of the one or more first images and at least a portion of a second image of the one or more second images such that the composite image includes an image of a surface formed of the first physical surface and the second physical surface, and
- wherein the image processing circuitry is configured to generate at least one composite image from a previous composite image by modifying the previous composite image based on one or more of:
- a difference between a previous first image and a current first image;
- and
- a difference between a previous second image and a current second image;
- and
- output circuitry to output the composite image for display.
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A data processing system comprising:
- a first data processing apparatus including:
- at least one image sensor to capture one or more first images including a first physical surface for use in a board game, wherein the at least one image sensor is configured to capture the first images according to an imaging frame rate;
- receiving circuitry to receive, via a network, one or more second images including a second physical surface for use in a same type of board game as the first physical surface;
- image processing circuitry to generate a sequence of composite images for display in response to the first images and the second images, wherein a composite image includes at least a portion of a first image of the one or more first images and at least a portion of a second image of the one or more second images such that the composite image includes an image of a surface formed of the first physical surface and the second physical surface, and wherein the image processing circuitry is configured to generate at least one composite image from a previous composite image by modifying the previous composite image based on one or more of:
- a difference between a previous first image and a current first image;
- and
- a difference between a previous second image and a current second image;
- and
- output circuitry to output the composite image for display, and
- a second data processing apparatus, wherein the second data processing apparatus comprises:
- one or more image sensors to capture the one or more second images;
- transmission circuitry to transmit data for the one or more second images;
- receiving circuitry to receive data for the composite image generated by the first data processing apparatus;
- and
- output circuitry to output the composite image for display.
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A data processing method comprising:
- capturing, by an image sensor, one or more first images including a first physical surface for use in a board game, wherein the image sensor is configured to capture the first images according to an imaging frame rate;
- receiving, via a network, one or more second images including a second physical surface for use in a same type of board game as the first physical surface;
- generating a sequence of composite images for display in response to the first images and the second images, wherein a composite image includes at least a portion of a first image of the one or more first images and at least a portion of a second image of the one or more second images such that the composite image includes an image of a surface formed of the first physical surface and the second physical surface, and wherein at least one composite image is generated from a previous composite image by modifying the previous composite image based on one or more of:
- a difference between a previous first image and a current first image;
- and
- a difference between a previous second image and a current second image;
- and
- outputting the composite image for display.
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A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer software which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out a data processing method by performing actions, comprising:
- capturing, by an image sensor, one or more first images including a first physical surface for use in a board game, wherein the image sensor is configured to capture the first images according to an imaging frame rate;
- receiving, via a network, one or more second images including a second physical surface for use in a same type of board game as the first physical surface;
- generating a sequence of composite image for display in response to the first images and the second images, wherein a composite image includes at least a portion of a first image of the one or more first images and at least a portion of a second image of the one or more second images such that the composite image includes an image of a surface formed of the first physical surface and the second physical surface, and wherein at least one composite image is generated from a previous composite image by modifying the previous composite image based on one or more of:
- a difference between a previous first image and a current first image;
- and
- a difference between a previous second image and a current second image;
- and
- outputting the composite image for display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.