US 12,033,383 B2
Imaging data generation apparatus, imaging data generation method, and program
Takayuki Ochi, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshinori Ohashi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/614,817
Filed by SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/024816
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/255408, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0230435 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/30 (2022.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/30 (2022.01) [G06T 5/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging data generation apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to
receive captured images successively;
generate an environmental map based on a plurality of the captured images;
generate imaging data indicative of an imaging position or a subject of each of the captured images, the imaging data being associated with the environmental map;
identify an important image from among the plurality of the captured images on the basis of the environmental map and the imaging data, the important image meeting a predetermined condition relating to a degree of importance; and
generate an enhanced image by enhancing quality of the important image on the basis of the captured images, depth information generated from the environmental map and from the captured images, and imaging directions, with respect to a plurality of frames of the captured images preceding and subsequent to the important image, wherein
the imaging data generation apparatus further comprises a healthcare data sensor configured to sense healthcare data including at least one of pulse rate, heartbeat, and body temperature of a user,
the circuitry is further configured to identify the important image on the basis of the healthcare data sensed by the healthcare data sensor, and
the enhanced image is a high dynamic range (HDR) image created by enhancing the quality of the important image with the plurality of frames of the captured images.