Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroki Yonezawa

Koichiro Tanaka

Kenji Morita

Yasuo Nakamura

Masaaki Kotani

Tomoaki Kawai

Kazuko Tsujimura

Akihiro Katayama

Akitomo Sasaki

Kiyohide Satoh

Toshihiro Kobayashi

Toshikazu Ohshima

Akihiro Kohno

Tomohiko Shimoyama

Rika Takemoto

Sonoko Maeda

Youichi Kazama

Masayuki Morota

Indices in an image of a physical space on which a plurality of indices are allocated are identified, and the positions and orientations, on the physical space, of all or some identified indices are calculated.

Image processing method and image processing apparatus of calculating position and orientation of target objects located in image

A configuration for measuring the position and the orientation specific to a mixed reality is separated from an applicationto operate independently, and a shared memoryor process-to-process communication is used for data communication between them. This allows to modify configuration associated with the measurement of the position and the orientation such as the type of the sensor or an alignment method without modifying or recompiling the application. This facilitates providing the mixed reality system and supporting system modification.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

In an image receiving apparatus, a command for operating a camera is detected on the screen of a monitor on which an image formed by the camera is displayed. The detected camera operating command is recognized and a camera control command is formed on the basis of the recognized camera operating command to be transmitted to an image transmitting apparatus.

Apparatus and method for controlling a camera based on a displayed image

An image processing apparatus is connected to a print unit adapted to print an image, and can output an image to be printed to the print unit. The apparatus includes an image sensing unit adapted to capture a real space image, a generation unit adapted to generate a virtual space image according to a viewpoint position and orientation of the image sensing unit, and a composition unit adapted to obtain a mixed reality space image by combining the real space image captured by the image sensing unit and the virtual space image generated by the generation unit. In addition, a display unit is adapted to display a mixed reality space image obtained by the composition unit, and an output unit is adapted to output a mixed reality space image, which is obtained by the composition unit, to the print unit in response to an input of a print instruction. The generation unit generates a virtual space image to be displayed by the display unit according to a first procedure, and generates a virtual space image to be outputted by the output unit according to a second procedure which is different from the first procedure.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image composition system includes an HMD () having a right-eye camera (), a left-eye camera (), a right-eye LCD () and a left-eye LCD () for displaying a real image, and the like, and an information processing apparatus () for generating another image different from the real image. A composite image obtained by superimposing the other image generated by the information processing apparatus () on the real image captured by the right-eye camera () and left-eye camera () is displayed on the right-eye LCD () and left-eye LCD (). The display region of the other image is determined based on the position and posture of the head of the user who wears the HMD (). The user can observe the other image superimposed on the real image at an appropriate position while wearing the HMD on his or her head.

Image composition apparatus and method

There is the possibility that the operator misunderstands as if an abnormality has occurred in an apparatus, depending on the state of reception of an image changing in accordance with situation. This problem is solved by providing a reception unit for receiving images generated from a plurality of communication terminals, an output unit for outputting the images received by the reception unit in order to dipslay the images on a display unit as multiple images, and a notification unit for grasping and notifying a state of reception of the images by the reception unit.

Communication apparatus and method, and storage medium

In a system wherein one or more controllable camera(s) and one or more monitor(s) for displaying video information received from the camera(s) are connected to each other through a communication device, the states of all the cameras can be always understood at any monitor. Map management server software is provided to receive notification(s) of camera state information by all the cameras with the predetermined device, and to transmit the camera state information to all the monitors.

Communication apparatus, storage medium, camera and processing method

Information such as a camera layout for representation on a map could not be entered while an image of a camera is confirmed on a display. In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides generating means for generating a map having a symbol indicating an installed position of a camera, receiving means for receiving image data corresponding to an image photographed by the camera associated, when information regarding the camera including the position of camera is associated with the map, and output means for outputting the received image data onto the display.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

In order to freely select, locate and display an image from a remote place on a monitor to facilitate observer's use, disclosed are apparatus and methods arranged to perform operation of drag and drop of a symbol to a specific position on a map showing the symbol indicating information of the position where an image generator is set, thereby establishing logical network connection with a video transmission terminal to which the image generator is connected, to display a video in an arbitrary display area, to perform the drag and drop operation of the video displayed in the video display area to another video display area, thereby changing a video display position, and to perform the drag and drop operation thereof to a display stop symbol, thereby disconnecting the logical network connection to stop the video display of the video camera.

Communication apparatus, image processing apparatus, communication method, and image processing method

A communication apparatus which receives image data taken by an imaging apparatus connected through a network, comprises a storage for storing control information to control the imaging apparatus, and an output for outputting to a display unit a synthetic image which is obtained by synthesizing a symbol representing a state of the imaging apparatus to image information indicating a setting location of the imaging apparatus in accordance with the control information stored in storage. Accordingly, a stored state of the imaging apparatus can be easily grasped.

Communication apparatus, its control method, and storage medium

A camera control system is arranged to improve operability of at least a camera or each of a plurality of cameras for panning and tilting control over the camera by permitting simultaneous confirmation of the photo-taking postures of the camera in the direction of tilting as well as in the direction of panning. The operability is improved by arranging a tilt control panel to be displayed to permit control in the tilting direction of the camera when a camera icon indicative of the camera is selected on a map displayed at a monitor.

Camera control using scroll bar for tilt control and having display of tilting direction and controllable range information

In a camera control system, a video sending terminal sends video from a video camera through a network to client terminals. The video camera is controlled by control commands from a client terminal which has been issued control from the video sending terminal in response to a request for control by the client terminal. The client terminal currently controlling the video camera is notified of a new request for control of the video camera made by another client terminal so that client terminals are notified of the locality of the video camera control.

Camera control system

A head mounted display apparatus includes two display units for the respective eyes of an observer, images being provided from the display units to the observer, and a head mount mechanism mounted on the observer's head in such a manner that the two display units are disposed in front of the observer. The head mount mechanism is capable of separating the display units from each other and connecting them together at a position corresponding to the front of the observer when he wears the two display units.

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiroki Yonezawa