Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110157321 | IMAGING DEVICE, 3D MODELING DATA CREATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMS - A control part | 06-30-2011 |
20110227924 | 3D MODELING APPARATUS, 3D MODELING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A 3D modeling apparatus includes: an accepting unit configured to accept sets of images; a generator configured to generate 3D models of a subject based on the sets of images; a selector configured to select first and second 3D models from the 3D models, wherein the second 3D model is to be superimposed on the first 3D model; a divider configured to divide the second 3D model into second regions; a specifying unit configured to specify first regions in the first 3D model, wherein each of the first regions corresponds to one of the second regions; an acquiring unit configured to acquire coordinate transformation parameters; a transformation unit configured to transform coordinates of the second regions based on the coordinate transformation parameters; and an updating unit configured to superimpose the second regions having the transformed coordinates on the first regions to update the first 3D model. | 09-22-2011 |
20110234759 | 3D MODELING APPARATUS, 3D MODELING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A 3D modeling apparatus includes: a generator configured to generate 3D models of a subject based on pairs of images; a selector configured to select a first 3D model and a second 3D model from the 3D models, wherein the second 3D model is to be superimposed on the first 3D model; an extracting unit configured to extract first feature points from the first 3D model and extract second feature points from the second 3D model; an acquiring unit configured to acquire coordinate transformation parameters based on the first and second feature points; a transformation unit configured to transform coordinates of the second 3D model into coordinates in a coordinate system of the first 3D model, based on the coordinate transformation parameters; and a combining unit configured to superimpose the second 3D model having the transformed coordinates on the first 3D model. | 09-29-2011 |
20110316976 | IMAGING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus generates a 3D model using a photographed image of a subject and generates a 3D image based on the 3D model. When a corresponding point corresponding to a point forming the 3D model does not form a 3D model generated using a photographed image photographed at a different photographing position, the imaging apparatus determines that the point is noise, and removes the point determined as noise from the 3D model. The imaging apparatus generates a 3D image based on the 3D model from which the point determined as noise is removed. | 12-29-2011 |
20120069018 | AR PROCESS APPARATUS, AR PROCESS METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A generating unit generates a 3D model of an object based on pair images obtained for the same object. An extracting unit extracts plural first feature points from a to-be-synthesis 3D model and plural second feature points from a synthesis 3D model. An obtaining unit obtains a coordinate conversion parameter based on the plural first feature points and second feature points. A converting unit converts a coordinate of the synthesis 3D model in a coordinate in the coordinate system of the to-be-synthesis 3D model using the coordinate conversion parameter. A synthesizing unit synthesizes all converted synthesis 3D models with the to-be-synthesis 3D model, and unifies feature points. A storing unit stores the synthesized 3D model of the object and information on the unified feature points in a memory card, etc. The stored data is used in an AR process. | 03-22-2012 |
20120139941 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - The matching processor acquires the key information such as position information and/or the like by the key information acquirer, and notifies to an external apparatus via the communicator. The matching processor stores the acquired key information in the storer corresponding to the identification information which is acquired from the external apparatus. When the acquired identification information does not exist in a AR data management table, the matching processor acquires the AR data by notifying the identification information to the external apparatus. When there is no empty record in a key information management table, key information of which usage date and time is old is considered as a deletion target. Moreover, when there is no empty record in the AR data management table, the AR data of which usage date and time is old is considered as the deletion target. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140040 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - The utility of a service using AR is improved. The information display apparatus which applies an information display according to augmented reality (AR) acquires a reference image for matching with a subject in a captured image and scale information which shows a scale of the subject in the reference image from an information provision apparatus. Then, an inputter-outputter of the information display apparatus displays the captured image as well as a distribution of the reference images by a scale of the subject. On this distribution display, a guide display according to the scale of the subject in the captured image is performed. This guide display moves on the distribution display corresponding to a change of an angle of view. Accordingly, it is easily set the angle of view by which the matching using the acquired reference image can be performed appropriately, and the convenience improves. | 06-07-2012 |
20120162220 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CREATION SYSTEM - A three-dimensional model creation system stores view information and camera information for cameras with which each client is provided, in a server for each client. Furthermore, when a three-dimensional model is created from a captured pair of images, each client sends the pair images to the server, and the server creates a three-dimensional model on the basis of camera information stored in advance and the received pair images. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162387 | IMAGING PARAMETER ACQUISITION APPARATUS, IMAGING PARAMETER ACQUISITION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A server sends to a client a message instructing movement of a display apparatus so that cameras comprising a view for creating a three-dimensional model can shoot a screen of a display apparatus. After movement is complete, the server causes an imaging parameter computation pattern image to be displayed on the screen of the display apparatus and instructs the client to cause the displayed pattern image to be shot by cameras. The server acquires images shot by the cameras from the client and seeks imaging parameters of the cameras on the basis of the pattern image included in the acquired images. | 06-28-2012 |
20120194513 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CREATION CAPABILITY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional modeling unit creates a three-dimensional model from a pair of images stored in a keyframe storage in every several frame periods. A feature point detection unit detects feature points in images stored in the keyframe storage. Then, a positional change estimate unit estimates positional change of the detected feature points in a latest image and calculates conversion parameters for converting the created three-dimensional model to a three-dimensional model corresponding to the latest image based on the estimation results. Then, a reconstruction unit reconstructs the created three-dimensional model using the calculated conversion parameters and a image output unit outputs it to a display device on a frame period basis. | 08-02-2012 |
20130239781 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A musical instrument includes memory that stores layout information defining regions arranged on a predetermined virtual plane, and a position sensor that detects the position coordinates on the virtual plane of a music playing member that can be held by a player. First, it is determined whether the position coordinates of the music playing member belong to a region arranged on the virtual plane based on the layout information, at a timing at which a specific music playing operations is made. Herein, in a case of having determined as belonging to a region, the generation of sound of a musical note corresponding to this region is instructed, in a case of having determined as not belonging to a region, the layout information stored in the memory is modified in order to modify this region so as to include the position coordinates of the music playing member. | 09-19-2013 |
20130239782 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - At a timing at which a music playing operation is made by way of a music playing member, it is determined whether the position coordinates of the music playing member belong to any of a plurality of regions arranged on a virtual plane based on layout information store in memory, and in a case of having determined as belonging to the region, it is determined whether the pitch angle of the music playing member detected by way of a pitch angle sensor belongs to the pitch angle range corresponding to the region, and in the case of having determined as belonging to the pitch angle range corresponding to the region, the generation of a sound of a musical note corresponding to the region is instructed. | 09-19-2013 |
20140204086 | IMAGING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus generates a 3D model using a photographed image of a subject and generates a 3D image based on the 3D model. When a corresponding point corresponding to a point forming the 3D model does not form a 3D model generated using a photographed image photographed at a different photographing position, the imaging apparatus determines that the point is noise, and removes the point determined as noise from the 3D model. The imaging apparatus generates a 3D image based on the 3D model from which the point determined as noise is removed. | 07-24-2014 |