Data processing apparatus and method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsLloyd Preston Stemple, Sahin Serdar Kocdemir, Andrew William Walker, Christopher William Henderson
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Abstract
A data processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: receive an image of a user in an environment; detect an object in the image; perform one of a plurality of user-selectable processes associated with the object, each of the plurality of user-selectable processes being associated with hiding a visual characteristic of the object in the image; and after the one of the plurality of user-selectable processes has been performed, transmit data representing the image.
Claims13
A data processing apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
- receive an image of a user in an environment;
- detect an object in the image;
- perform one of a plurality of user-selectable processes associated with the object, each of the plurality of user-selectable processes being associated with hiding a visual characteristic of the object in the image;
- and
- after the one of the plurality of user-selectable processes has been performed, transmit data representing the image.
A data processing method comprising:
- receiving an image of a user in an environment;
- detecting an object in the image;
- performing one of a plurality of user-selectable processes associated with the object, each of the plurality of user-selectable processes being associated with hiding a visual characteristic of the object in the image;
- and
- after the one of the plurality of user-selectable processes has been performed, transmitting data representing the image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a computer to perform a method comprising:
- receiving an image of a user in an environment;
- detecting an object in the image;
- performing one of a plurality of user-selectable processes associated with the object, each of the plurality of user-selectable processes being associated with hiding a visual characteristic of the object in the image;
- and
- after the one of the plurality of user-selectable processes has been performed, transmitting data representing the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.