Systems and methods for detecting a tilt angle from a depth image
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsZsolt Mathe, Charles Claudius Marais
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Abstract
A depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. A human target in the depth image may then be scanned for one or more body parts such as shoulders, hips, knees, or the like. A tilt angle may then be calculated based on the body parts. For example, a first portion of pixels associated with an upper body part such as the shoulders and a second portion of pixels associated with a lower body part such as a midpoint between the hips and knees may be selected. The tilt angle may then be calculated using the first and second portions of pixels.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a camera;
- a processor;
- and
- memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory bearing computer-readable instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- determining, using relative position of pixels in an image captured by the camera, a tilt angle indicating an angle the camera is tilted upward or downward;
- and
- modifying, based at least in part on the determined tilt angle, data captured by the camera.
A method, comprising:
- determining, by one or more computers, using relative position of pixels in an image captured by a camera, a tilt angle that indicates an angle that the camera is tilted upward or downward;
- and
- modifying, by the one or more computers, based at least in part on the determined tilt angle, data captured by the camera.
A computer-readable storage device, bearing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
- determining, using relative position of pixels in an image captured by a camera, a tilt angle that indicates an angle that the camera is tilted upward or downward;
- and
- modifying, based at least in part on the determined tilt angle, data captured by the camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.