US 12,244,924 B2
Information processing device and information processing method
Shuichi Goto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/758,916
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/002481
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/149238, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128043 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing device, comprising:
an image capture unit configured to:
capture an image; and
generate a captured image based on a conversion of the image into digital data;
a calculation unit configured to calculate a probability that a first subject included in a predetermined area of the captured image is a main subject, wherein
the main subject corresponds to a second subject desired to be captured by a camera operator,
the predetermined area is included in a plurality of predetermined areas of a frame of the captured image,
the probability is included in a plurality of probabilities, and
the plurality of probabilities is associated with the plurality of predetermined areas;
a determination unit configured to:
determine the predetermined area as a first valid data area of the frame of the captured image, wherein the predetermined area is determined as the first valid data area in an event the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold;
combine the first valid data area with at least one adjacent valid data area of the frame of the captured image; and
determine a first main subject area of the frame of the captured image based on the combination of the first valid data area and the at least one adjacent valid data area; and
a focusing unit configured to focus on the determined first main subject area.