Generating augmented reality image using mobile terminal device
AssigneeBandai Co., Ltd.
InventorMitsutaka Inoue
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Abstract
A controller performs image recognition of the design of at least part of a picture obtained by capturing, by an image capturing unit, an image of a character(s) printed on or attached to a character item, generates an augmented reality image by combining a stagecraft image, prepared in association with each of image-recognized designs, with a subject image of a person wearing or having the character item, and displays the augmented reality image on a display unit.
Claims7
A mobile terminal device, comprising:
- an image capturing unit;
- a display unit;
- and
- a controller configured to
- control the image capturing unit to capture an image of a cartoon or animation character or an image of a human person printed on or attached to an article of clothing,
- recognize the character or the human person from the captured image,
- retrieve a stagecraft image corresponding to the recognized character or human person,
- generate an augmented reality image by combining the stagecraft image with a subject image of a person wearing the article of clothing, and
- display the augmented reality image on the display unit.
An augmented reality system, comprising:
- an article of clothing having an image of a cartoon or animation character or an image of a human person printed thereon or attached thereto;
- and
- a mobile terminal device that at least includes
- an image capturing unit,
- a display unit, and
- a controller configured to
- control the image capturing unit to capture the image of the cartoon or animation character or the image of the human person,
- recognize the character or the human person from the captured image,
- retrieve a stagecraft image corresponding to the recognized character or human person,
- generate an augmented reality image by combining the stagecraft image with a subject image of a person wearing the article of clothing, and
- display the augmented reality image on the display unit.
A non-transitory medium containing program instructions for a mobile terminal device that has an image capturing unit, a display unit and a computing device, execution of the program instructions by the computing device causing the mobile terminal device to perform the steps of:
- capturing, using the image capturing unit, an image of a cartoon or animation character or an image of a human person printed on or attached to an article of clothing;
- recognizing the character or the human person from the captured image;
- retrieving a stagecraft image corresponding to the recognized character or human person;
- generating an augmented reality image by combining the stagecraft image with an image of a person wearing the article of clothing;
- and
- displaying the augmented reality image on the display unit.
An article of clothing having an image of a cartoon or animation character or an image of a human person printed thereon or attached thereto, the article of clothing comprising:
- a tag containing information of an application program, the information being scannable by a mobile terminal device to thereby download the application program, the application program being executable by the mobile terminal device to thereby perform the steps of:
- capturing the image of the cartoon or animation character or the image of the human person;
- recognizing the character or the human person from the captured image;
- retrieving a stagecraft image corresponding to the recognized character or human person;
- and
- generating an augmented reality image by combining the stagecraft image with an image of a person wearing the article of clothing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.