FACE CLUSTERING DEVICE, FACE CLUSTERING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Provided is a face clustering device that detects a face included in an image, detects a direction of the detected face, detects, taking into account the detected direction of the face, a face with a similar feature and forms a collection of pieces of face information showing a feature of this face, narrows down, for each collection of pieces of face information which has been formed, the number of pieces of face information to a number set in advance for each face direction and sets each collection of pieces of face information for which the number has been narrowed down as a unit group, and performs, with the set unit group as a unit, clustering based on pieces of face information included in each unit group.

PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information. 129-. (canceled)30. An information processing apparatus comprising a CPU and a display , the information processing apparatus configured to perform:displaying, by the display, a plurality of image-data templates to a user,displaying, by the display, one of the image-data templates selected by the user, wherein the image-data template comprises an image-data filling region and image matching reference information for filling the image-data filling region;receiving, by the CPU, image data;filtering, by the CPU, the image data using the image matching reference information;saving, by the CPU, the filtered image data; anddisplaying, by the display, the image-data template in which the image-data filling region is filled with the filtered image data.31. The information processing apparatus according to claim 30 , wherein the image matching reference information comprises one of:location information at which the image data is acquired;time information at which the image data is acquired; andone of a plurality image conditions of the image data.32. The ...

Information processor, information processing method, and program

An information processor includes a detection unit detecting a photographic subject region of an image, a characteristic amount generation unit generating a characteristic amount including at least positional information of the photographic subject region for each of the detected photographic subject region, a combined characteristic amount generation unit generating a combined characteristic amount corresponding to the image by combining the characteristic amount generated for each of the photographic subject region, and an identification unit identifying a label corresponding to a combination of a photographic subject appearing in the image based on the generated combined characteristic amount.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE ANALYSIS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An image management apparatus may include an input image setting information acquiring unit configured to, when image analysis information on an input image is set, acquire setting information as input image setting information, an available setting information acquiring unit configured to acquire setting information as available setting information, an update necessity determining unit configured to determine whether or not an update of the image analysis information is necessary, on the basis of a difference between the input image setting information and the available setting information, and an image analysis information setting unit configured to, when it is determined that an update of the image analysis information is necessary, perform image analysis on the input image using the second image analysis processing unit so as to set new image analysis information.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

An image processing apparatus includes a face detector detecting face images from still-image frames successively extracted from a moving-image stream in accordance with image information items regarding the still-image frames, a face-feature-value calculation unit calculating face feature values of the face images in accordance with image information items regarding the face images, an identity determination unit determining whether a first face image in a current frame and a second face image in a previous frame represent an identical person in accordance with at least face feature values of the first and second face images, and a merging processor which stores one of the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image represent an identical person, and which stores the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image do not represent an identical person.

Information management apparatus, image recording apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image management system, image analysis information management method, and program

An image management apparatus may include an input image setting information acquiring unit configured to, when image analysis information on an input image is set, acquire setting information as input image setting information, an available setting information acquiring unit configured to acquire setting information as available setting information, an update necessity determining unit configured to determine whether or not an update of the image analysis information is necessary, on the basis of a difference between the input image setting information and the available setting information, and an image analysis information setting unit configured to, when it is determined that an update of the image analysis information is necessary, perform image analysis on the input image using the second image analysis processing unit so as to set new image analysis information.

Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Program

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage unit in which a color arrangement database recording correspondences between color arrangement information about a combination of colors and a color arrangement mood concerning an atmosphere provided by the combination of colors is stored and a color arrangement mood analysis unit that analyzes the input color arrangement information based on the color arrangement database to determine the color arrangement mood corresponding to the combination of colors represented by the input color arrangement information.

Display apparatus and control method

A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position.

Method, system and program for processing input data to facilitate selection of a corresponding tag candidate

According to an illustrative embodiment an information processing system is provided. The system includes a processor for determining one or more candidate tags based on input data, the candidate tags being included within a hierarchical structure; and a display for displaying the candidate tags in a manner indicative of the candidate tags' positions in the hierarchical structure.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An information processing apparatus includes a clipping section that clips, from a captured image in which a food is captured as a subject, regions for each food to generate food images, and a grouping section that groups the generated food images for each identical subject. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:a clipping section that clips, from a captured image in which a food is captured as a subject, regions for each food to generate food images; anda grouping section that groups the generated food images for each identical subject.2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:a selection section that selects a representative food image from each group of the food images grouped for each identical subject;a nutrition determination section that analyzes the selected representative food image to determine on the basis of analysis results at least one of a number of calories and a nutrient balance of the food captured as the subject of the representative food image; anda presentation section that presents to a user results of the determination made by the nutrition determination section.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the selection section selects the representative food image, which is suitable for the determination to be made by the nutrition determination section, from each group of the food images grouped for each identical subject.4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the selection section selects the representative food image from each group of the food images grouped for each identical subject in accordance with an operation performed by the user.5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the grouping section pairs all the generated food images to group the food images for each identical subject on the basis of results of determination as to whether or not two food images forming each pair have an identical subject ...

Display apparatus and control method

A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position are provided. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position.

DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

Provided is a display device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction, a moving body detection unit that detects whether or not a moving body is present in a predetermined range in the image display direction, an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit to detect whether or not a face is present, and a power control unit that controls power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes that are set by combining whether or not the face detected by the image analysis unit is present and whether or not the moving body detected by the detection unit is present.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage unit in which a color arrangement database recording correspondences between color arrangement information about a combination of colors and a color arrangement mood concerning an atmosphere provided by the combination of colors is stored and a color arrangement mood analysis unit that analyzes the input color arrangement information based on the color arrangement database to determine the color arrangement mood corresponding to the combination of colors represented by the input color arrangement information.

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

[Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. 1. An information processing device comprising:multi-axis sensor circuitry configured to sense real-world sensory information of a real-world user to generate information indicative of a state of the real-world user who is wearing the information processing device, the state being an indication of a physical state in the real-world;calculation unit circuitry configured to produce a relative localization position of a sound source associated with a virtual object, the relative localization position is relative to a real-world position of the real-world user,wherein the relative localization position is based on the state of the real-world user;sound image localization circuitry configured to process a sound signal of the sound source such that a sound image source is created as being sourced from the calculated relative localization position; andsound output control circuitry configured to play the processed sound signal according to the relative localization position of the virtual object.2. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,wherein the multi-axis sensor circuitry is configured to detect acceleration as information used in determining the state of the real-world position of the user.3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:camera circuitry configured to capture video of real-world surroundings to use with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) circuitry to calculate movement speed and direction of the real-world user.4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the state of the user includes an absolute position claim 1 , a movement speed claim 1 , a direction claim 1 , a position of a head claim 1 , and a height of an ear of the user claim 1 , and behavior recognized from them.5. The information processing ...

Information processing apparatus and method, and program used therewith

Systems and methods are disclosed for processing information. In one implementation, an image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires two or more images to be grouped together. The images include time information as attribute information. The image processing apparatus groups the images based on whether the intervals among times represented by the time information are greater than at least one threshold value. The images are managed in the form of a binary tree structure and handled in single or different groups based on comparing a threshold value with the standard deviations of intervals among the times so as to match a user's subjective intention.

Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium

This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position. The control device executes differently the start of a first operation of the virtual object by the first terminal and the start of a second operation of the virtual object by the second terminal, with respect to at least one among the display start timing and the display start position of the virtual object, and synchronizes the end of the first operation and the end of the second operation.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program

An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit operable to extract metadata used for recognizing an event associated with a captured image from at least one of the captured image and attribute information concerning the captured image, and a recognition unit operable to recognize, on the basis of the metadata extracted by the extraction unit, the event associated with the captured image from among a plurality of predetermined events.

IMAGE MANAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS

An image managing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes image information storage means that stores image information corresponding to captured image data, and cluster managing means that manages the image information by hierarchical clusters that include a plurality of layers of clusters and whose structure is fixed from an uppermost layer to a predetermined layer on the way to a lowermost layer.

Face clustering device, face clustering method, and program

Provided is a face clustering device that detects a face included in an image, detects a direction of the detected face, detects, taking into account the detected direction of the face, a face with a similar feature and forms a collection of pieces of face information showing a feature of this face, narrows down, for each collection of pieces of face information which has been formed, the number of pieces of face information to a number set in advance for each face direction and sets each collection of pieces of face information for which the number has been narrowed down as a unit group, and performs, with the set unit group as a unit, clustering based on pieces of face information included in each unit group.

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

An image processing device includes a facial region extraction unit extracting a facial region, an identification information acquisition unit acquiring identification information for identifying a face in the facial region, and first and second integrated processing units performing integrated processing. The first and second integrated processing units determine a threshold value on the basis of a relationship between an estimated area and a position of the face being tracked, calculate a similarity between a face being tracked and a face pictured in an image to be stored in a predetermined storage period, and determine if the face being tracked and the stored face image are the face of the same person.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program used therewith

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of pieces of information to be grouped, the pieces of information including time information as attribute information, and an arithmetic unit for grouping the pieces of information acquired by the acquisition unit so that a portion in which a level of variation of intervals among times represented by the time information included in the pieces of information is greater than at least one threshold value is used as a boundary between groups.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An image processing apparatus includes a face detector detecting face images from still-image frames successively extracted from a moving-image stream in accordance with image information items regarding the still-image frames, a face-feature-value calculation unit calculating face feature values of the face images in accordance with image information items regarding the face images, an identity determination unit determining whether a first face image in a current frame and a second face image in a previous frame represent an identical person in accordance with at least face feature values of the first and second face images, and a merging processor which stores one of the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image represent an identical person, and which stores the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image do not represent an identical person.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

An image processing apparatus includes a face detector detecting face images from still-image frames successively extracted from a moving-image stream in accordance with image information items regarding the still-image frames, a face-feature-value calculation unit calculating face feature values of the face images in accordance with image information items regarding the face images, an identity determination unit determining whether a first face image in a current frame and a second face image in a previous frame represent an identical person in accordance with at least face feature values of the first and second face images, and a merging processor which stores one of the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image represent an identical person, and which stores the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image do not represent an identical person.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND PROGRAMS FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO PERFORM THE METHODS

An information processing apparatus includes a content storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of content; a background-image storage unit storing a background image corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content stored in the content storage unit; an attribute-information storage unit storing attribute information for each of the plurality of pieces of content in association with the plurality of pieces of content, the attribute information including a corresponding position in the background image; a classification unit classifying the plurality of pieces of content into one or more clusters on the basis of the attribute information; and a rendering unit rendering images indicating the classified pieces of content in a predetermined order on a cluster-by-cluster basis and rendering an area of the background image, the area including the corresponding position included in the attribute information of content corresponding to at least one of the images rendered.

Information processing apparatus, image display apparatus, control methods therefor, and programs for causing computer to perform the methods

An information processing apparatus includes a content storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of content; a background-image storage unit storing a background image corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content stored in the content storage unit; an attribute-information storage unit storing attribute information for each of the plurality of pieces of content in association with the plurality of pieces of content, the attribute information including a corresponding position in the background image; a classification unit classifying the plurality of pieces of content into one or more clusters on the basis of the attribute information; and a rendering unit rendering images indicating the classified pieces of content in a predetermined order on a cluster-by-cluster basis and rendering an area of the background image, the area including the corresponding position included in the attribute information of content corresponding to at least one of the images rendered.

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

An information processing device, method and computer program product use a display controller that causes a display device to display a cluster name having a data item association with a cluster of at least one data item. An operation acquisition portion is configured to acquire information associated with a user operation performed on the cluster. An editing portion edits the cluster name and data item association in accordance with the user operation. As a consequence the associations between data items may easily be formed along with associated cluster names formed.

PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An image processing apparatus includes a face detector detecting face images from still-image frames successively extracted from a moving-image stream in accordance with image information items regarding the still-image frames, a face-feature-value calculation unit calculating face feature values of the face images in accordance with image information items regarding the face images, an identity determination unit determining whether a first face image in a current frame and a second face image in a previous frame represent an identical person in accordance with at least face feature values of the first and second face images, and a merging processor which stores one of the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image represent an identical person, and which stores the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image do not represent an identical person. 120.-. (canceled)21. An image processing apparatus comprising:a face detector configured to detect face images included in a plurality of still images received by internet communication;an identity determination unit configured to determine whether a detected first face image included in a first image and a detected second face image included in a second image which has been stored represent an identical person; anda display processing unit configured to display one of the first and second face images in a browsing application which displays characters in a plurality of still images when it is determined that the first face image and the second face image represent the identical person.22. The image processing apparatus of claim 21 , comprising a representative-image determination unit configured to determine a representative face image from a plurality of face images that are determined by the identity determination unit to represent an identical person.23. The image processing apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the display processing unit is ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION EXTRACTING METHOD AND PROGRAM

According to an illustrative embodiment an information processing system is provided. The system includes a processor for determining one or more candidate tags based on input data, the candidate tags being included within a hierarchical structure; and a display for displaying the candidate tags in a manner indicative of the candidate tags' positions in the hierarchical structure. 1. An information processing system comprising:a processor for determining one or more candidate tags based on input data, the candidate tags being included within a hierarchical structure; anda display for displaying the candidate tags in a manner indicative of the candidate tags' positions in the hierarchical structure.2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the processor and display are implemented in a single device.3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the system comprises at least one information processing server and at least one information processing device claim 1 , the processor being included in the information processing server claim 1 , and the display being included in the information processing device.4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein an evaluation value is generated for each candidate tag claim 1 , the evaluation value being indicative of the candidate tag's correspondence with the input data.5. The system as recited in claim 4 , wherein the candidate tags are displayed in order of descending evaluation values.6. The system as recited in claim 4 , wherein the candidate tags are displayed in a manner that emphasizes selected candidate tags according to the evaluation values.7. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the candidate tags and the input data.8. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the candidate tags are displayed in a tree format.9. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the candidate tags claim 1 , the input data claim 1 , and a candidate tag search ...

Display control device, display control method, and recording medium

There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to cause a display part to display a first captured image. In a case where a modification target region is detected from the first captured image, the display controller causes the display part to display a composite image in which a part or all of a second captured image is composited on the modification target region.

Photography apparatus, control method, program, and information processing device

A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An information processing device includes: an extracting unit configured to extract a face from an image; a grouping unit configured to classify the image extracted by the extracting unit into a group; an adding unit configured to add to a group generated by the grouping unit a tag indicating relationship between persons within the group; a closeness calculating unit configured to calculate the closeness of the person of the face from distance between groups generated by the grouping unit; and a person correlation data generating unit configured to generate person correlation data including at least the tag and the closeness.

INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An information processor includes a detection unit detecting a photographic subject region of an image, a characteristic amount generation unit generating a characteristic amount including at least positional information of the photographic subject region for each of the detected photographic subject region, a combined characteristic amount generation unit generating a combined characteristic amount corresponding to the image by combining the characteristic amount generated for each of the photographic subject region, and an identification unit identifying a label corresponding to a combination of a photographic subject appearing in the image based on the generated combined characteristic amount. 1. An information processor comprising:a detection unit detecting a photographic subject region of an image;a characteristic amount generation unit generating a characteristic amount including at least positional information of the photographic subject region for each of the detected photographic subject region;a combined characteristic amount generation unit generating a combined characteristic amount corresponding to the image by combining the characteristic amount generated for each of the photographic subject region; andan identification unit identifying a label corresponding to a combination of a photographic subject appearing in the image based on the generated combined characteristic amount.2. The information processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:a combined photographic subject identifier carrying out machine learning using the label and the combined characteristic amount corresponding to an image for learning as inputs; whereinthe identification unit identifies the label corresponding to the combination of the photographic subject appearing in the image using the combined photographic subject identifier learned in advance based on the generated combined characteristic amount.3. The information processor according to claim 2 , wherein the characteristic ...

IMAGE SELECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE SELECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM

There is provided an image selection apparatus, an image selection method and a program. The image selection apparatus includes a selection number designation portion to designate a selection number of images, an image analysis portion 228 to analyze a plurality of images and extract a feature amount of each image, a first selection portion to select at least the selection number of images from the plurality of images based on the feature amount of each image extracted by the image analysis portion, a second selection portion to select images from the plurality of images by a given method different from a method of the first selection portion, and a selection control portion to cause the second selection portion, rather than the first selection portion, to select images if the selection number is larger than a first set number.

Display device and control method

Provided is a display device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction, a moving body detection unit that detects whether or not a moving body is present in a predetermined range in the image display direction, an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit to detect whether or not a face is present, and a power control unit that controls power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes that are set by combining whether or not the face detected by the image analysis unit is present and whether or not the moving body detected by the detection unit is present.

Information Processing Method and Graphical User Interface

There is provided an information processing method including the steps of: generating and displaying, in a display unit, a display screen having a color arrangement selection area in which color arrangement selection objects to select a combination of colors are displayed and a search result display area in which search results of content are displayed; generating color arrangement information in accordance with the combination of the color arrangement selection objects positioned in predetermined positions inside the color arrangement selection area; determining a color arrangement mood provided by the combination of colors represented by the color arrangement information based on the generated color arrangement information; searching for the content from the content associated with the color arrangement mood using the determined color arrangement mood; and displaying search results of the content in the search result display area.

Photography apparatus, control method, program, and information processing device

A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.

display apparatus, and, control method.

Information-processing apparatus, information-processing methods, and programs

The present invention provides an information-processing apparatus including detection means, recognition means, and meta-information generation means. The detection means detects conditions surrounding the user and generates sensing data revealing the conditions surrounding the user. The recognition means recognizes the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of the sensing data. The meta-information generation means generates meta information in the form of structured information to be used for detecting a change in the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of one or more pieces of the sensing data and recognition information showing a recognition result produced by the condition recognition means.

Display device and control method

Provided is a display device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction, a moving body detection unit that detects whether or not a moving body is present in a predetermined range in the image display direction, an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit to detect whether or not a face is present, and a power control unit that controls power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes that are set by combining whether or not the face detected by the image analysis unit is present and whether or not the moving body detected by the detection unit is present.

Information processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium for generating food item images

An information processing apparatus includes a clipping section that clips, from a captured image in which a food is captured as a subject, regions for each food to generate food images, and a grouping section that groups the generated food images for each identical subject.

Graphical interface device, graphical interface method and medium

An information processing device, method and computer program product use a display controller that causes a display device to display a cluster name having a data item association with a cluster of at least one data item. An operation acquisition portion is configured to acquire information associated with a user operation performed on the cluster. An editing portion edits the cluster name and data item association in accordance with the user operation. As a consequence the associations between data items may easily be formed along with associated cluster names formed.

Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program

An image processing apparatus includes a face detector detecting face images from still-image frames successively extracted from a moving-image stream in accordance with image information items regarding the still-image frames, a face-feature-value calculation unit calculating face feature values of the face images in accordance with image information items regarding the face images, an identity determination unit determining whether a first face image in a current frame and a second face image in a previous frame represent an identical person in accordance with at least face feature values of the first and second face images, and a merging processor which stores one of the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image represent an identical person, and which stores the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image do not represent an identical person.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

An image processing apparatus includes a face detector detecting face images from still-image frames successively extracted from a moving-image stream in accordance with image information items regarding the still-image frames, a face-feature-value calculation unit calculating face feature values of the face images in accordance with image information items regarding the face images, an identity determination unit determining whether a first face image in a current frame and a second face image in a previous frame represent an identical person in accordance with at least face feature values of the first and second face images, and a merging processor which stores one of the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image represent an identical person, and which stores the first and second face images when the first face image and the second face image do not represent an identical person.

Information processing apparatus capable of modifying images based on audio data, program and information processing method

An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method to modify an image based on audio data

An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit.

display apparatus, and, control method

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit.

Information-processing apparatus, information-processing methods, and programs

The present invention provides an information-processing apparatus including detection means, recognition means, and meta-information generation means. The detection means detects conditions surrounding the user and generates sensing data revealing the conditions surrounding the user. The recognition means recognizes the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of the sensing data. The meta-information generation means generates meta information in the form of structured information to be used for detecting a change in the conditions surrounding the user on the basis of one or more pieces of the sensing data and recognition information showing a recognition result produced by the condition recognition means.

Information processing device and information processing method

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a user to be entertained. The information processing device includes: a first providing unit that provides first information for guiding to a destination in a form of dialogues with the user; and a second providing unit that provides second information regarding a present location in the form of dialogues with the user. The information processing device performs a process while switching among an intro mode as a mode at start of a game, a walk mode in which to walk to a final destination, and an arrival mode in which to arrive at the final destination. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing device with which the user advances a game while talking with a virtual character.

Information management apparatus, image recording apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image management system, image analysis information management method, and program

An image management apparatus may include an input image setting information acquiring unit configured to, when image analysis information on an input image is set, acquire setting information as input image setting information, an available setting information acquiring unit configured to acquire setting information as available setting information, an update necessity determining unit configured to determine whether or not an update of the image analysis information is necessary, on the basis of a difference between the input image setting information and the available setting information, and an image analysis information setting unit configured to, when it is determined that an update of the image analysis information is necessary, perform image analysis on the input image using the second image analysis processing unit so as to set new image analysis information.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

An information processing apparatus includes a calculation section that calculates a relative position of a sound source of a virtual object to a user, the virtual object allowing a user to perceive that the virtual object exists in a real space by sound image localization, on the basis of a position of a sound image of the virtual object and a position of the user, a sound image localization section that performs a sound signal process of the sound source such that the sound image is localized at the calculated localization position, and a sound image position holding section that holds the position of the sound image. When sound to be emitted from the virtual object is to be changed over, the calculation section may refer to the position of the sound image held in the sound image position holding section to calculate the position of the sound image.

INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An information processor includes a detection unit detecting a photographic subject region of an image, a characteristic amount generation unit generating a characteristic amount including at least positional information of the photographic subject region for each of the detected photographic subject region, a combined characteristic amount generation unit generating a combined characteristic amount corresponding to the image by combining the characteristic amount generated for each of the photographic subject region, and an identification unit identifying a label corresponding to a combination of a photographic subject appearing in the image based on the generated combined characteristic amount.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program

An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit operable to extract metadata used for recognizing an event associated with a captured image from at least one of the captured image and attribute information concerning the captured image, and a recognition unit operable to recognize, on the basis of the metadata extracted by the extraction unit, the event associated with the captured image from among a plurality of predetermined events.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Provided as an information processing apparatus that includes: a search unit to search for, on a basis of position information of a user, a predetermined point specified in accordance with a user status and scenario progress from surroundings of a user; and an output control unit that performs control in a manner that a voice of a character corresponding to the scenario progress performs guidance to the predetermined point that has been searched.

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position. 19-. (canceled)10. A display apparatus comprising:an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction;an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; anda display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position,wherein the image analyzer makes a determination by a combination of a determination of whether the target should be guided to the proper viewing position and a determination of whether the target is not needed to be guided to the proper viewing position when a determination of whether the target should be guided to the proper viewing position is made in analyzing the moving image captured by the imaging unit.11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller causes the display unit to display a message that guides the target to the proper viewing position.12. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller causes the display unit to display a graph illustrating a distance between the target and the display unit.13. The display ...

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

An information processing apparatus that includes circuitry configured to search for related content from compared content, the related content being content related to reference content possessed by a user, the compared content being content other than the reference content, set, in response to a selection to perform meta tag assignment processing, meta tag information, which is a name of the reference content, according to the related content, and determine, in response to a selection to perform sharing processing, whether the related content is shareable between the user who is associated with the related content and another user, based on whether a relationship exists between the user and the another user.

Information processing device, method, and program

An information processing device includes: an extracting unit configured to extract a face from an image; a grouping unit configured to classify the image extracted by the extracting unit into a group; an adding unit configured to add to a group generated by the grouping unit a tag indicating relationship between persons within the group; a closeness calculating unit configured to calculate the closeness of the person of the face from distance between groups generated by the grouping unit; and a person correlation data generating unit configured to generate person correlation data including at least the tag and the closeness.

Image processing device and image processing method for processing an image

An image processing device includes a facial region extraction unit extracting a facial region, an identification information acquisition unit acquiring identification information for identifying a face in the facial region, and first and second integrated processing units performing integrated processing. The first and second integrated processing units determine a threshold value on the basis of a relationship between an estimated area and a position of the face being tracked, calculate a similarity between a face being tracked and a face pictured in an image to be stored in a predetermined storage period, and determine if the face being tracked and the stored face image are the face of the same person.

Display apparatus, object display method, and program for displaying objects corresponding to characters

There is provided a display apparatus including a relation score calculation unit calculating a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears, and an object display unit displaying an object corresponding to each of the characters appearing in the moving image. Further, the object display unit displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a high relation score to be closely positioned to each other, and displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a low relation score to be positioned far from each other.

DISPLAY APPARATUS, OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

There is provided a display apparatus including a relation score calculation unit calculating a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears, and an object display unit displaying an object corresponding to each of the characters appearing in the moving image. Further, the object display unit displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a high relation score to be closely positioned to each other, and displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a low relation score to be positioned far from each other. 1. A display apparatus comprising:a relation score calculation unit calculating a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears; andan object display unit displaying an object corresponding to each of the characters appearing in the moving image,wherein the object display unit displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a high relation score to be closely positioned to each other, and displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a low relation score to be positioned far from each other.2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:an appearance time calculation unit calculating a total appearance time indicating a sum of appearance time of each of the characters appearing in the moving image using the segment metadata,wherein the object display unit displays an object corresponding to a character with a long appearance time to have a large size, and displays an object corresponding to a character with a short appearance time to have a small size.3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the relation score calculation ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit operable to extract metadata used for recognizing an event associated with a captured image from at least one of the captured image and attribute information concerning the captured image, and a recognition unit operable to recognize, on the basis of the metadata extracted by the extraction unit, the event associated with the captured image from among a plurality of predetermined events.

Image recording apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image management system, image analysis information management method, and program for managing an image and analysis information on the image

An image management apparatus may include an input image setting information acquiring unit configured to, when image analysis information on an input image is set, acquire setting information as input image setting information, an available setting information acquiring unit configured to acquire setting information as available setting information, an update necessity determining unit configured to determine whether or not an update of the image analysis information is necessary, on the basis of a difference between the input image setting information and the available setting information, and an image analysis information setting unit configured to, when it is determined that an update of the image analysis information is necessary, perform image analysis on the input image using the second image analysis processing unit so as to set new image analysis information.

Information processing apparatus and method for searching of content based on meta information

An information processing apparatus includes a content search unit that searches for related content from compared content; the related content is content related to reference content possessed by a user, and the compared content is content other than the reference content. The information processing apparatus also includes a meta tag assignment unit that sets meta tag information, which is a name of the reference content, according to the related content.

Content management apparatus, image display apparatus, image pickup apparatus, processing method and program for causing computer to execute processing method

Disclosed herein is a content management apparatus, including: content inputting means for inputting a content with which position information is associated; position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information associated with the content inputted by the content inputting means; tree production means for producing binary tree structure data corresponding to a binary tree having leaves to which contents inputted by the content inputting means correspond based on the position information of the contents acquired by the position information acquisition means; and determination means for extracting a node which satisfies a predetermined condition from among nodes of the binary tree structure data produced by the tree production means and determining those of the contents which belong to the extracted node as one group.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

... [Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space.[Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.

Image managing apparatus and image display apparatus

An image managing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes image information storage means that stores image information corresponding to captured image data, and cluster managing means that manages the image information by hierarchical clusters that include a plurality of layers of clusters and whose structure is fixed from an uppermost layer to a predetermined layer on the way to a lowermost layer.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

... [Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit operable to extract metadata used for recognizing an event associated with a captured image from at least one of the captured image and attribute information concerning the captured image, and a recognition unit operable to recognize, on the basis of the metadata extracted by the extraction unit, the event associated with the captured image from among a plurality of predetermined events.

Content management apparatus, image display apparatus, image pickup apparatus, processing method and program for causing computer to execute processing method

Disclosed herein is a content management apparatus, including: content inputting means for inputting a content with which position information is associated; position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information associated with the content inputted by the content inputting means; tree production means for producing binary tree structure data corresponding to a binary tree having leaves to which contents inputted by the content inputting means correspond based on the position information of the contents acquired by the position information acquisition means; and determination means for extracting a node which satisfies a predetermined condition from among nodes of the binary tree structure data produced by the tree production means and determining those of the contents which belong to the extracted node as one group.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and electronic device

An image processing apparatus detects one or more subjects set as detection targets from a shot image acquired by imaging. An image pyramid generator generates an image pyramid used to detect the one or more subjects, wherein the image pyramid is generated by reducing or enlarging the shot image using scales set in advance according to the distance from the imaging unit that conducts the imaging to the one or more subjects to be detected. A detection region determining unit determines, from among the entire image regions in the image pyramid, one or more detection regions for detecting the one or more subjects. A subject detector detects the one or more subjects from the one or more detection regions.

Information processor, information processing method, and program

An information processor includes a detection unit detecting a photographic subject region of an image, a characteristic amount generation unit generating a characteristic amount including at least positional information of the photographic subject region for each of the detected photographic subject region, a combined characteristic amount generation unit generating a combined characteristic amount corresponding to the image by combining the characteristic amount generated for each of the photographic subject region, and an identification unit identifying a label corresponding to a combination of a photographic subject appearing in the image based on the generated combined characteristic amount.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

An information processing apparatus includes a content search unit that searches for related content from compared content; the related content is content related to reference content possessed by a user, and the compared content is content other than the reference content. The information processing apparatus also includes a meta tag assignment unit that sets meta tag information, which is a name of the reference content, according to the related content. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:a content search unit that searches for related content from compared content, the related content being content related to reference content possessed by a user, the compared content being content other than the reference content; anda meta tag assignment unit that sets meta lag information, which is a name of the reference content, according to the related content.2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the content search unit searches for the related content according to reference meta information included in the reference content and to compared meta information included in the compared content.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:the reference meta information includes at least one of a reference content creation time, which is a time at which the reference content was created, and a reference content creation position, at which the reference content was created;the compared meta information includes at least one of a compared content creation time, which is a time at which the compared content was created, and a compared content creation position, at which the compared content was created; andthe content search unit searches for the related content according to at least one of a time elapsed from the reference content creation time to the compared content creation time and a distance from the reference content creation position to the compared content creation position.4. The information ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM

An image related information obtaining unit that obtains information relating to a predetermined image as image related information, a keyword generating unit that generates a keyword based on the image related information obtained by the image related information obtaining unit, and a display text string candidate generating unit that generates, as a display text string candidate, a text string serving as a candidate for display, using one or more of the keywords generated by the keyword generating unit. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:an image related information obtaining unit that obtains information relating to a predetermined image as image related information;a keyword generating unit that generates a keyword based on the image related information obtained by the image related information obtaining unit; anda display text string candidate generating unit that generates, as a display text string candidate, a text string serving as a candidate for display, using one or more of the keywords generated by the keyword generating unit.2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:a display text string selecting unit that selects a text string to be displayed as the display text string, from the display text string candidates generated by the display text string candidate generating unit.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:a communication unit that correlates the display text string selected by the display text string selecting unit and the predetermined image data, and transmits to another information processing apparatus.4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display text string selecting unit further calculates scores as to each of the display text string candidates claim 2 , and selects the display text string based on the scores calculated as to each of the display text string candidates.5. The information processing apparatus ...

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

An information processing apparatus includes a content search unit that searches for related content from compared content; the related content is content related to reference content possessed by a user, and the compared content is content other than the reference content. The information processing apparatus also includes a meta tag assignment unit that sets meta tag information, which is a name of the reference content, according to the related content.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

[Problem] Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, which are capable of performing display control to avoid a decrease of visibility of a virtual object. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs display control to dispose a virtual object preferentially on a second region rather than on a first region, the first region being a region in a real space from which first visibility is obtained, and the second region being a region in the real space from which second visibility higher than the first visibility is obtained. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:a control unit that performs display control to dispose a virtual object preferentially on a second region rather than on a first region, the first region being a region in a real space from which first visibility is obtained, and the second region being a region in the real space from which second visibility higher than the first visibility is obtained.2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit determines the second region having higher visibility than the first region based on an illuminance environment.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the illuminance environment is illuminance information obtained by sensing,the first region is a region having an illuminance that exceeds a first threshold, andthe second region is a region having an illuminance that is less than the first threshold.4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the illuminance environment is position information of a light source,the first region is a region including a direction in which the light source is located with respect to a position of a user, andthe second region is a region including a direction opposite to the direction in which the light source is located with respect to the position of the user.5. The information ...

Display control device, display control method, and recording medium

There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to cause a display part to display a first captured image. In a case where a modification target region is detected from the first captured image, the display controller causes the display part to display a composite image in which a part or all of a second captured image is composited on the modification target region.

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. 1. An information processing device comprising:a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; anda sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.2. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,wherein the relative localization position of the sound image is a three-dimensional position including a height.3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , further comprisinga sound output control unit configured to perform control such that a sound output unit plays back a sound signal processed by the sound image localization unit.4. The information processing device according to claim 3 ,wherein the information on the state of the user includes an absolute position, a movement speed, a direction, a position of a head, and a height of an ear of the user, and behavior recognized from them.5. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the virtual object is a virtual character claim 4 , and 'a behavior deciding unit configured to decide virtual behavior of the virtual character in the real space in accordance with the recognized behavior of the user, and select a sound content corresponding to the decided behavior from a scenario as a sound image of the virtual object.', 'the information processing device further comprises'}6. The information processing device according to claim 5 ,wherein the calculation unit calculates a localization position of the selected sound content ...

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position are provided. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position. 1. (canceled)2. An information processing device , comprising:an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a user in a display direction;a sensor configured to detect a distance between the user and the information processing device;an image analyzer configured to detect the user in the captured image, to calculate a direction of the user with respect to an optical axis of the imaging unit, and to calculate a viewing position to which the user should be guided; anda display controller configured to cause a display unit to display information to guide the user to an optimum viewing position,wherein the image analyzer is configured to make a determination of whether the user should be guided to the optimum viewing position, by checking the calculated direction of the user and the detected distance between the user and the information processing device.3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display controller causes the display unit to display a message that guides the user to the optimum viewing position.4. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display controller causes the display unit to display a graph illustrating a distance between the user and the information processing device.5. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display controller ...

PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information. 129-. (canceled)30. An information processing apparatus comprising: receive a request for selecting one of a plurality of image-data templates by a first client terminal, wherein the image-data template comprises an image-data filling region;', 'receive image data by the first client terminal of the first user;', 'detect metadata information of the image data based on the image-data templates, wherein the metadata information includes at least one piece of information of a place, a time, an image color, an object, or a face; and', 'provide the image data based on the metadata information corresponding to the image-data templates to a second client terminal., 'circuitry configured to'}31. The information processing apparatus according to claim 30 , wherein the image data is provided to the second client terminal wirelessly or via a network.32. The information processing apparatus according to claim 30 , wherein the image data is disposed at the image-data filling region based on image-filling instructions associated with the image-data templates.33. The ...

DISPLAY APPARATUS, OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING OBJECTS CORRESPONDING TO CHARACTERS

There is provided a display apparatus including a relation score calculation unit calculating a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears, and an object display unit displaying an object corresponding to each of the characters appearing in the moving image. Further, the object display unit displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a high relation score to be closely positioned to each other, and displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a low relation score to be positioned far from each other. 119-. (canceled)20. An information processing apparatus comprising: extract, from a time-series image content, a metadata of a face image and a performed time,', 'store the metadata,', 'determine, using the metadata, a relationship between users, and', 'provide an associated information based on the relationship between the users., 'circuitry configured to'}21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the metadata indicates a segment of the content where the face image appears.22. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the performed time indicates a length of appearance of the face image within the content when the content is reproduced.23. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein the relationship between the users is of a common appearance time within the content when the content is reproduced.24. An information processing method comprising:extracting, from a time-series image content, a metadata of a face image and a performed time;storing the metadata;determining, using the metadata, a relationship between users; andproviding an associated information based on the relationship between the users.25. The information processing method according to claim 24 , wherein the ...

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Provided are an apparatus and a method that performs selection or display mode change of a virtual object to be displayed depending on a real object type in a target area to be a display area for the virtual object. Included are an object identification unit that executes identification processing of a real object in the real world, and a content display control unit that generates an AR image in which a real object and a virtual object are superimposed and displayed. The object identification unit identifies a real object in the target area to be the display area for the virtual object, and the content display control unit performs processing of selecting the virtual object to be displayed or processing of changing the display mode depending on the object identification result. 1. An image processing apparatus comprising:an object identification unit that executes identification processing of a real object in a real world; anda content display control unit that generates an augmented reality (AR) image in which a real object and a virtual object are superimposed and displayed, whereinthe object identification unitexecutes object identification processing of identifying a real object in a display area for the virtual object, andthe content display control unitselects a virtual object to be displayed depending on an object identification result identified in the object identification unit.2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe object identification unitexecutes object identification processing by image recognition processing.3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , whereinthe object identification unitexecutes object identification processing by applying semantic segmentation processing.4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe object identification unitdetermines a target area to be a display area for the virtual object, and executes identification processing of a real object in the target area ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

[Object] To generate more efficient navigation information for supporting the user's activities by using the activity log of the user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an activity log acquiring unit configured to acquire an activity log indicating a route group that includes routes which a plurality of users have passed through; a route extraction unit configured to extract an optimal route from the route group on the basis of a statistical index associated with the activity log; and an information presenting unit configured to provide information indicating the optimal route. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:an activity log acquiring unit configured to acquire an activity log indicating a route group that includes routes which a plurality of users have passed through;a route extraction unit configured to extract an optimal route from the route group on the basis of a statistical index associated with the activity log; andan information presenting unit configured to provide information indicating the optimal route.2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe statistical index includes the number of the users who have passed through each of the routes included in the route group; andthe route extraction unit extracts a route which has been passed through by more users as the optimal route.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe statistical index includes a quantity of activities of the plurality of users occurred on a route included in the route group; andthe route extraction unit extracts a route on which more quantity of activities has occurred as the optimal route.4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the activity includes photographing or social media posting.5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the route extraction unit extracts the optimal route by evaluating candidates for the ...

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of curbing occurrence of a feeling of strangeness in augmented reality in a use environment for a plurality of people.Position information indicating the self position of an AR device that outputs an AR object that is shown to the user as if the AR object existed in real space is acquired by the AR technology, and a deviation weight which is an evaluation value indicating how easily a plurality of users recognizes that an arrangement position of the AR object is deviated from each other on the basis of position information of a plurality of the AR devices and the arrangement position of the AR object. Then, the output method of the AR object is adjusted according to the deviation weight to make it difficult to recognize occurrence of the deviation. The present technology can be applied to an AR system used by a plurality of people, for example.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

An information processing apparatus includes a calculation section that calculates a relative position of a sound source of a virtual object to a user, the virtual object allowing a user to perceive that the virtual object exists in a real space by sound image localization, on the basis of a position of a sound image of the virtual object and a position of the user, a sound image localization section that performs a sound signal process of the sound source such that the sound image is localized at the calculated localization position, and a sound image position holding section that holds the position of the sound image. When sound to be emitted from the virtual object is to be changed over, the calculation section may refer to the position of the sound image held in the sound image position holding section to calculate the position of the sound image.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a user to be entertained. The information processing device includes: a first providing unit that provides first information for guiding to a destination in a form of dialogues with the user; and a second providing unit that provides second information regarding a present location in the form of dialogues with the user. The information processing device performs a process while switching among an intro mode as a mode at start of a game, a walk mode in which to walk to a final destination, and an arrival mode in which to arrive at the final destination. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing device with which the user advances a game while talking with a virtual character.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit. 110.-. (canceled)11. An information processing apparatus comprising physical circuitry executing instructions to:receive a request of audio data by a user from an external device;select an image based on the audio data;determine a feature of the image relating to the audio data;select arrangement information based on the feature of the image; andprovide image corresponding to the arrangement information with the audio data, to the external device.12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the physical circuitry executes instructions to select the image based on one of a release date claim 11 , title claim 11 , or genre of the audio data.13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the physical circuitry further executes instructions to apply the arrangement information to the image.14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:the feature of the image includes a character and a font of the character; andthe selecting of the arrangement information includes selecting a font for the character based on the audio data.15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:the feature of the image includes a character and a color of the character; andthe selecting of the arrangement information ...

DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

Provided is a display device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction, a moving body detection unit that detects whether or not a moving body is present in a predetermined range in the image display direction, an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit to detect whether or not a face is present, and a power control unit that controls power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes that are set by combining whether or not the face detected by the image analysis unit is present and whether or not the moving body detected by the detection unit is present. 1. (canceled)2. A display device , comprising:a first sensor configured to capture a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction;a second sensor configured to detect whether a moving body is present in the image display direction; and analyze the moving image to detect whether or not a face is present, and', 'after power is turned on, start to control power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes when the face is present in the moving image or the moving body is present in the display direction., 'a circuit connected to the first sensor and the second sensor, and configured to'}3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the circuit includes a first mode in which power consumption is controlled only according to whether or not the face is present claim 2 , and when the circuit does not detect the presence of the face during a predetermined time claim 2 , power consumption decreases.4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the circuit includes a second mode in which power consumption is controlled using whether or not the face is present and whether or not the moving body is present claim 3 , power consumption decreases up to a predetermined level when the circuit does not detect the face during a first ...

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of causing a user to be motivated to follow guidance to a predetermined place. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a search unit configured to search for, on a basis of position information of a user, a predetermined point specified in accordance with a user status and scenario progress from surroundings of a user; and an output control unit configured to perform control in a manner that a voice of a character corresponding to the scenario progress performs guidance to the predetermined point that has been searched for.

Information processing device and method, and program

Display device and control method

Display screen control method, graphical user interface, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a tree structure generation unit that generates a tree structure in which a leaf node represents content data associated with position information, serving as metadata, representing a location of a feature space defined based on a predetermined feature quantity, and a set of nodes whose distance in the feature space satisfies a predetermined condition is defined as a parent node of the nodes satisfying the predetermined condition, and a node extraction unit that, when any position information is specified, identifies a node in the tree structure to which the specified position information belongs, and extracts, according to a position of the identified node in the tree structure, one or a plurality of nodes, other than the node to which the specified position information belongs, from among the nodes in the tree structure.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium

An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a generation unit and an operation control unit. The generation unit generates environmental information of a real space around a user on the basis of a detection result of a microphone unit that detects a sound in the real space. The operation control unit controls an operation of a virtual object presented in a virtual space constructed in accordance with the real space on the basis of the environmental information.

DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

dispositivo de exibição, e, método de controle. expostos são um dispositivo de exibição e um método para controlar o mesmo, dito dispositivo de exibição combinando detecção de movimento do usuário com detecção da face do usuário por esse meio para ser capaz de executar precisamente e efetivamente controle para conservar energia. o dispositivo de exibição é provido com: uma unidade de captura de imagem que captura uma imagem em movimento dentro de um alcance especificado correspondendo a uma direção de exibição de imagem; uma unidade de detecção de objeto em movimento que detecta se ou não há um objeto em movimento dentro do alcance especificado correspondendo à direção de exibição de imagem; uma unidade de análise de imagem que analisa a imagem em movimento capturada pela unidade de captura de imagem e detecta se ou não há uma face; uma unidade de controle de energia que controla consumo de energia de acordo com um padrão que é diferente dependendo do modo entre uma pluralidade de modos fixados de pela presença ou ausência de uma face detectada pela unidade de análise de imagem e a presença ou ausência de um objeto em movimento detectado pela unidade de detecção. display device, and, control method. exposed are a display device and a method for controlling the same, said display device combining detection of the user's movement with detection of the user's face thereby to be able to perform precisely and effectively control to conserve energy. the display device is provided with: an image capture unit that captures a moving image within a specified range corresponding to an image display direction; a moving object detection unit that detects whether or not there is a moving object within the specified range corresponding to the image display direction; an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the image capture unit and detects whether or not there is a face; an energy control unit that controls energy consumption according to a ...

Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium

This information processing device includes: a control device which determines whether or not a first terminal is in a first position in a real space, controls, on the basis of the determination that the first terminal is in the first position, the first terminal to start superimposing a virtual object according to the first position on the real space, determines whether or not the second terminal different from the first terminal is in the first position, and controls the second terminal to start superimposing the virtual object on the real space, on the basis of the determination that the second terminal is in the first position. The control device executes differently the start of a first operation of the virtual object by the first terminal and the start of a second operation of the virtual object by the second terminal, with respect to at least one among the display start timing and the display start position of the virtual object, and synchronizes the end of the first operation and the end of the second operation.

Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium

[Problem] It is preferable to provide a technology that allows input of a position at which a person who performs a predetermined performance should be present to be easily performed in advance so that the position at which the person should be present is confirmed later.[Solution] Provided is an information processing device including a self-location acquisition unit configured to acquire self-position information of a mobile terminal in a global coordinate system linked to a real space, and a disposition position determination unit configured to acquire template data indicating a disposition pattern of at least one virtual object, and determine a position away from a current position of the mobile terminal indicated by the self-position information as a disposition position of a first virtual object in the global coordinate system, on the basis of the self-position information and the template data.

內容管理裝置、影像顯示裝置、影像拾訊裝置、處理方法、及使電腦執行處理方法之程式

Display device and method for controlling same

Information processing device and information processing method

Provided is an information processing device, and an information processing method for curbing occurrence of a feeling of strangeness in augmented reality in a use environment for a plurality of people. Position information indicating the self position of an AR device that outputs an AR object that is shown to the user as if the AR object existed in real space is acquired by the AR technology, and a deviation weight which is an evaluation value indicating how easily a plurality of users recognizes that an arrangement position of the AR object is deviated from each other on the basis of position information of a plurality of the AR devices and the arrangement position of the AR object. Then, the output method of the AR object is adjusted according to the deviation weight to make it difficult to recognize occurrence of the deviation.

Information processing apparatus, image display apparatus, control methods therefor, and programs for causing computer to perform the methods

Content management apparatus, image display apparatus, image pickup apparatus, processing method and program for causing computer to execute processing method

Image managing apparatus and image display apparatus

Image managing apparatus and image display apparat

Image managing apparatus and image display apparatus

An image managing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes image information storage means that stores image information corresponding to captured image data, and cluster managing means that manages the image information by hierarchical clusters that include a plurality of layers of clusters and whose structure is fixed from an uppermost layer to a predetermined layer on the way to a lowermost layer.

Informationsverarbeitungsvorrichtung, informationsverarbeitungsverfahren und aufzeichnungsmedium

Offenbart ist eine Informationsverarbeitungsvorrichtung, die Folgendes aufweist: eine Steuereinheit zum Steuern eines Anzeigeendgerätes, das ein virtuelles Objekt in einem realen Raum unter Verwendung eines mit dem realen Raum korrelierten Koordinatensystems anordnet, wobei die Steuereinheit auf der Basis eines ersten Betriebszustands eines ersten Anzeigeendgerätes und eines zweiten Betriebszustands eines zweiten Anzeigeendgerätes, das das virtuelle Objekt mit dem ersten Anzeigeendgerät teilt, bestimmt, ob erste Rauminformationen des ersten Anzeigeendgerätes und zweite Rauminformationen des zweiten Anzeigeendgerätes, die zum Bestimmen der Position des virtuellen Objekts verwendet werden, aktualisiert werden sollen oder nicht.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a program that make it possible to set a sound image at an appropriate position. The information processing apparatus includes a calculation section that calculates a relative position of a sound source of a virtual object to a user, the virtual object allowing a user to perceive such that the virtual object exists in a real space by sound image localization, on the basis of a position of a sound image of the virtual object and a position of the user, a sound image localization section that performs a sound signal process of the sound source such that the sound image is localized at the calculated localization position, and a sound image position holding section that holds the position of the sound image. When sound to be emitted from the virtual object is to be changed over, in a case where a position of a sound image of sound after the changeover is to be set to a position that takes over a position of the sound image of the sound before the changeover, the calculation section refers to the position of the sound image held in the sound image position holding section to calculate the position of the sound image. The present technique can be applied to an information processing apparatus that provides, for example, entertainment that allows conversation with a virtual character.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Informationsverarbeitungsvorrichtung, informationsverarbeitungsverfahren und aufzeichnungsmedium

Diese Informationsverarbeitungsvorrichtung (200) umfasst Folgendes: eine Steuervorrichtung (220), die bestimmt, ob sich ein erstes Endgerät (100a) in einer ersten Position in einem realen Raum befindet oder nicht, die auf der Grundlage der Bestimmung, dass sich das erste Endgerät (100a) in der ersten Position befindet, das erste Endgerät (100a) so steuert, dass es mit der Überlagerung eines virtuellen Objekts gemäß der ersten Position in dem realen Raum beginnt, die bestimmt, ob das zweite Endgerät (100b), das sich von dem ersten Endgerät (100a) unterscheidet, sich in der ersten Position befindet oder nicht, und das zweite Endgerät (100b) auf der Grundlage der Bestimmung steuert, dass sich das zweite Endgerät (100b) in der ersten Position befindet, um mit der Überlagerung des virtuellen Objekts auf dem realen Raum zu beginnen. Die Steuervorrichtung (220) führt den Start einer ersten Operation des virtuellen Objekts durch das erste Endgerät (100a) und den Start einer zweiten Operation des virtuellen Objekts durch das zweite Endgerät (100b) unterschiedlich aus, und zwar in Bezug auf mindestens eines der beiden Elemente Anzeigestartzeitpunkt und Anzeigestartposition des virtuellen Objekts, und synchronisiert das Ende der ersten Operation und das Ende der zweiten Operation.

Information processing apparatus and method, and a

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display controller. The display controller detects an interference object on the basis of a position of a point of view of a user and a position of at least one object that is displayed on a display that performs stereoscopic display depending on the point of view of the user, the interference object interfering with an outer edge that is in contact with a display region of the display; and controls display of the interference object that is performed on the display such that stereovision contradiction related to the interference object is suppressed.

Information processing apparatus and method, and program used therewith

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit (31, 32) for acquiring a plurality of pieces of information to be grouped, the pieces of information including time information as attribute information, and an arithmetic unit (35) for grouping the pieces of information acquired by the acquisition unit so that a portion in which a level of variation of intenrals among times represented by the time information included in the pieces of information is greater than at least one threshold value is used as a boundary between groups.

Information processing device, information processing method, information processing system, computer program, and recording medium

Provided is an information processing device capable of providing content with high added value. The information processing device according to an embodiment includes a motion control unit that changes a motion of an object in content on the basis of information about recognition by a user viewing the content of the content.

Information processing device and method for displaying AR object at accurate position

Provided is an information processing device that includes a first self-position estimation unit that performs a first self-position estimation on the basis of an environment image whose subjects are surroundings of the information processing device. The information processing device further includes a second self-position estimation unit that performs a second self-position estimation on the basis of a detection plane detected from the environment image and object information generated in advance and related to a shielding AR object having a planar shape to correct a display position of a non-shielding AR object according to a result of the first self-position estimation on the basis of a result of the second self-position estimation.