Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Rui Yamada

Mitsuharu Ohki

Takashi Totsuka

Takayuki Kori

Yasuharu Seki

Tatsuya Konno

Takashi Fujita

Kenji Shibata

Shigetaka Kudo

Masanori Nomura

Tomonori Masuno

A transmission processing sectiontransmits information regarding an operation performed by a user to an information processing apparatus. An image acquisition sectionacquires image data of a game that reflects the operation information from the information processing apparatus. A voice acquisition sectionacquires voice data of the game. A reproduction processing sectionreproduces the acquired game image data and game voice data. A microphone voice control sectioncontrols whether or not to transmit a voice signal of a microphoneto the information processing apparatus. A display processing sectiondisplays a microphone icon indicating status of the microphone

Terminal apparatus, information processing apparatus, and microphone voice transmission method

An apparatus and a method for efficiently executing correction of false color, such as purple fringe, caused by chromatic aberration and for generating and outputting high-quality image data are provided. A white-saturated pixel is detected from image data, a false-color-pixel detection area is set around the detected white-saturated pixel, and pixels having color corresponding to false color such as purple fringe are detected from the set area. The detected pixels are determined as false-color pixels and correction processing based on the values of the surrounding pixels is performed on the determined false-color pixels. With this configuration, an area of false color such as purple fringe generated in the neighborhood of a white-saturated pixel can be efficiently detected, pixel values can be partially corrected, and high-quality image data can be generated and output without affecting the entire image.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit that obtains from a terminal device equipped with a display screen attribute information including information indicating the directionality of the display screen, a detection unit that detects the size of a input image, an adjustment unit that adjusts the size of the input image so as to align the direction along which the longer side of the input image extends with the direction along which the longer side of the display screen extends based upon the information indicating the directionality of the display screen included in the attribute information, and a transfer unit that transfers the input image with the adjusted size to the terminal device.

Image processing system, information processing apparatus, image processing method and program

In a communication system comprising a communication device and a reproduction device capable of carrying out data communication with the communication device, the reproduction device includes a first storage unit in which content data are stored and a first communication unit engaged in data communication with the communication device, whereas the communication device in the communication system includes a second storage unit in which content data are stored, a second communication unit engaged in data communication with the first communication unit and a priority ranking determining unit that, based upon information obtained through the data communication and a priority ranking criterion, determines priority rankings for individual sets of content data in a content data group that includes both the content data stored in the first storage unit and the content data stored in the second storage unit.

Communication system, communication device, program and communication method

A transfer apparatus includes a connection status detection block, a storage status detection block, a no-operation status detection block, and a transfer block. The transfer block can automatically transfer candidate data to a memory device when a connected status is detected by the connection status block, the transfer candidate stored status is detected by the storage status detection block, and a no-operation status is detected by the no-operation status detection block.

Transfer apparatus, transfer system, program, and transfer method

A user interface providing device provides a user interface that handles correction of a pixel value of each pixels forming image data. The user interface includes a hue setting unit for selecting a pixel by designating a hue.

User interface providing device

To efficiently execute correction of pixel values of a motion-presence area of captured image data. In correction processing for pixel values of a particular area such as a motion-presence area, initial values of the differences or ratios between white balance adjusted image data and flash image data are set, and conversion of the initial values is performed in accordance with a smoothing filter or a conversion expression whose weight is set on the basis of flash image data, and estimated values of image differences or image ratios in the motion-presence area are calculated to apply the estimated values to execute pixel value correction of the motion-presence area. In addition, after white balance adjustment using a low resolution image and pixel value correction of the motion-presence section, a high resolution corrected image is generated on the basis of the correspondence of a corrected image to low resolution image data.

Image processing method, image processing apparatus and computer-readable medium for correcting an image

An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus converts moving image data including plural first image data of a first resolution into moving image data including plural second image data of a second resolution. The apparatus generates position alignment data between the target first image data and another first image data other than the target first image data; aligns candidate image data having the second resolution corresponding to the target first image data with the other first image data according to the position alignment data generated; updates the candidate image data to minimize a first difference between the other first image data and the candidate image data position-aligned; and executes the aligning and the updating at least one time, and using the candidate image data having the difference equal to or smaller than a reference value, as the second image data corresponding to the target first image data.

Image processing method, image processing apparatus, program and recording medium

An accurate white balance adjustment process is provided for an image captured in an environment where different color components, such as an ambient light and a flash light are mixed. With respect to image to be captured under a plurality of different types of irradiation light, such as ambient light, and flash light, the image is captured or generated in an environment of single light irradiation. The white balance adjustment according to the parameter set up based on the color component (color temperature) of each type of irradiation light is carried out with respect to the image in each environment of the single light irradiation, so as to synthesize them Furthermore, with respect to the moved portion of the subject itself, the present invention is arranged such that the pixel value is compensated and set up based on adjacent pixel values of the motionless portion, it becomes possible to generate a natural image data with smooth changes between pixels.

Imaging data processing method, imaging data processing device, and computer program

An image processing method and apparatus performs calculating flash-component image data based on a first image captured without flash emission and a second image captured with flash emission, and generating a finally-adjusted image by using an intensity-adjusted flash-component image generated by executing intensity adjustment on the flash-component image data. The method and apparatus can generate a high quality image in which saturated pixels in a nonlinear transformation image, that is, overexposed highlights are reduced.

Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer program used therewith

An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are disclosed by which an image correction process for a false color such as a purple fringe can be executed efficiently while excessive reduction of the saturation is prevented to produce image data of a high quality. A saturation reduction rate corresponding to each pixel is calculated, and saturation reduction of the pixel is executed based on the saturation reduction rate. Then, saturation correction is executed so that the difference between the hue of the pixel whose saturation has been reduced and a surrounding reference pixel may be reduced. Further, a surrounding pixel to be referred to in the saturation correction process is selected along a scanning line.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method as well as computer program

In the case a two-dimensional image (FIG. A) displaying a house-shaped three-dimensional object is stored in a noted buffer, when shape information indicating that a check-patterned wall is rectangular and the four apexes of the wall as characteristic points are designated by a user, a spread image (FIG. B) obtained by spreading the check-patterned wall onto a two-dimensional plane is generated on the basis of the shape information and characteristic points and is stored into a paste buffer. Then, a two-dimensional image of a column (FIG. C) is stored into the noted buffer. When shape information indicating the lateral side of the column and a predetermined point on the lateral side as a characteristic point are designated by the user, the image (FIG. B) stored in the paste buffer is pasted to the lateral side of the column in the noted buffer (FIG. D) on the basis of the shape information and characteristic point. Thus, the user can easily perform three-dimensional editing or the like on a two-dimensional image.

Image processing device and image processing method

A projected image of a three-dimensional object is displayed in a frame which is a constituent of a moving picture. Shape information concerning the shape of a surface of the three-dimensional object and a characteristic point on the projected image of the surface are designated. The projected image of the surface of the three-dimensional object is transformed into a corresponding two-dimensionally developed expanded image. Rendering is effected on an overall expanded image storage area that stores the entire part of the expanded image of the surface. A predetermined cut-out region is cut out of the overall expanded image storage area, and a retouching work such as an editorial work is effected on the expanded image, based on the content of the cut-out region. The retouched expanded image is then re-transformed back to the projected image on the frame. Three-dimensional retouching such as a three-dimensional editorial work can therefore easily be effected on a two-dimensional moving picture.

Image processing apparatus and method, and medium therefor

An image processing apparatus and method generates, from a two-dimensional image, expanded images obtained by expanding, on a two-dimensional plane, a plurality of surfaces constituting a three-dimensional object displayed in the two-dimensional image. In the image processing apparatus and method, based on shape information of the shape of a surface among the surfaces constituting the three-dimensional object and on characteristic points in the two-dimensional image which are included in the surface, a transform expression is computed that transforms each of the surfaces constituting the three-dimensional object into one of the expanded images at the time of designation of the shape information and the characteristic points. Based on the transform expression, each of the surfaces constituting the three-dimensional object displayed in the two-dimensional image is transformed into one of the expanded images. By connecting the expanded images of the surfaces in accordance with connecting relationship among the surfaces, a connected image is generated.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Rui Yamada