| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080222233 | INFORMATION SHARING SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER CONTROLLING METHOD - An information sharing support system includes: a first information processing device connected to a projector device for projecting an image on a projection area including an object therein, and to an image pick-up device for picking up an image of the projection area including the object; an inputting unit that inputs an event in a first layer, inputs a second annotation image as a part of a first annotation image associated with the event to a second layer, inputs a third annotation image as the remaining part of the first annotation image to a third layer, and inputs a document to a fourth layer; a transmitting unit that transmits the second annotation image to the projector device; a receiving unit that receives a picked-up image from the image pick-up device; and a second information processing device that allocates the picked-up image to the second layer, and includes a display that displays the third annotation image and the document in an overlapping fashion. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080259184 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device that is connected to a projecting device that projects an annotation image input from an external terminal a projection area including an object and a background, and is connected to an image capture device that captures an image of the projection area including the object and the background, includes: a detecting unit that detects movement of the object from an image captured by the image capture device; an extracting unit that extracts a changed region that is caused in the captured image by the movement of the object; and a processing unit that performs processing on at least one of the captured image and the annotation image, when the annotation image exists in the changed region. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080297624 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a memory that memorizes a plurality of pickup images in which an object has been picked up by varying an irradiation direction of a light; an extracting portion that extracts an area image of an area indicated by a user from each of the pickup images memorized in the memory; a calculating portion that calculates at least one illumination parameter for each area image by one of calculating an amount of edges from each extracted area image, executing a clustering process to brightness of each extracted area image, and executing a totaling process of totaling differences in brightness between the extracted area images; and a generating portion that generates at least one synthetic image by synthesizing the extracted area images with the at least one illumination parameter. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090046060 | INDICATOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INDICATING DEVICE - An indicator system includes: a controller that transmits, to a terminal, an image in an image capture region that is captured by an image capture unit and includes an object, projects an annotation image relating to the image in the image capture region onto a projecting unit, and switches on and off a power source of the projecting unit in accordance with an instruction with respect to drawing the annotation image. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090059015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND REMOTE COMMUNICATING SYSTEM - An information processing device is connected to an overview image capturing device that captures an overview image of an object and an enlarged image capturing device that captures an enlarged image of the object, and is connected to a remote control device that remote-controls at least the enlarged image capturing device. The information processing device includes: an encoding unit that encodes the overview image and the enlarged image; a transmitting unit that transmits the images encoded by the encoding unit to the remote control device; and a switching unit that switches an encoding method to be utilized by the encoding unit and a transmission method to be utilized by the transmitting unit among a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. When there is not a continuous change in the overview image captured by the overview image capturing device, the overview image is transmitted in the first mode. When there is a continuous change in the overview image, the overview image is transmitted in the second mode. The enlarged image captured by the enlarged image capturing device is transmitted in the third mode. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110248995 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CREATING INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL CONTENT BASED ON MACHINE ANALYSIS OF FREEFORM PHYSICAL MARKUP - Systems and methods are described for creating virtual models, primarily through actions taken in actual 3D physical space. For many applications, such systems are more natural to users and may provide a greater sense of reality than can be achieved by editing a virtual model at a computer display, which requires the use of manipulations of a 2D display to effect 3D changes. Actions are taken (markup is drawn or laid out, etc.) in a physical workspace. Such physical workspaces may in fact be identical to the space being modeled, small physical scale models of the space, or even a whiteboard or set of papers or objects which get mapped onto the space being modeled. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110279697 | AR NAVIGATION FOR REPEAT PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIFFERENCE EXTRACTION - Systems and methods for repeat photography and difference extraction that help users take pictures from the same position and camera angle as earlier photos. The system automatically extracts differences between the photos. Camera poses are estimated and then indicators are rendered to show the desired camera angle, which guide the user to the same camera angle for repeat photography. Using 3D rendering techniques, photos are virtually projected onto a 3D model to adjust them and improve the match between the photos, and the difference between the two photos are detected and highlighted. Highlighting the detected differences helps users to notice the differences. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110298703 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device that is connected to a projecting device that projects an annotation image input from an external, terminal a projection area including an object and a background, and is connected to an image capture device that captures an image of the projection area including the object and the background, includes: a detecting unit that detects movement of the object from an image captured by the image capture device; an extracting unit that extracts a changed region that is caused in the captured image by the movement of the object; and a processing unit that performs processing on at least one of the captured image and the annotation image, when the annotation image exists in the changed region. | 12-08-2011 |