US 12,278,936 B2
Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program
Koji Ohata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,088.
Application 18/492,088 is a continuation of application No. 17/312,111, granted, now 11,831,854, previously published as PCT/JP2018/046288, filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048677 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 13/122 (2018.01); H04N 13/156 (2018.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); H04N 13/366 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/122 (2018.05) [H04N 13/156 (2018.05); H04N 13/344 (2018.05); H04N 13/366 (2018.05)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing system comprising:
an acquisition section configured to acquire a first image obtained by imaging an event taking place in a real space, where the real space includes real elements that are a focus of the event and real peripheral elements establishing a venue having an entertainment setting in which the event takes place, where real elements that are the focus of the event are circumscribed by a peripheral boundary and the real peripheral elements of the venue are not within the peripheral boundary;
a generation section configured to generate a display image by merging the first image into a second image representing a virtual space that establishes an alternative version of the entertainment setting of the venue where the event takes place by: (i) reproducing the real elements that are the focus of the event up to the peripheral boundary, (ii) omitting the real peripheral elements of the venue are not within the peripheral boundary, and (iii) presenting alternative virtual elements from the peripheral boundary and outward instead of the real peripheral elements, such that the first image has an inconspicuous border at the peripheral boundary when the display image is presented to a user; and
an output section configured to display the display image generated by the generation section to the user.