Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Tetsuo Kaneko

Shigeo Nakatsuka

Yasuhiro Iizuka

Kazuhiro Uchida

Shinnosuke Usami

Kazushi Sato

Naofumi Yanagihara

Kenji Komori

Satoshi Mitsuhashi

Masami Goseki

Masashi Wakatsuki

Takao Terao

Junichi Sakai

Takashi Tsuchiya

Hirofumi Morimoto

There are provided an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, an imaging apparatus, a method of controlling the imaging apparatus, and a control program capable of easily performing color matching in a plurality of imaging apparatuses. The information processing system includes: an imaging apparatus that operates in a master mode; at least one imaging apparatus that operates in a slave mode; and an information processing apparatus. Each of the imaging apparatus in the master mode and the imaging apparatus in the slave mode sends a chart image generated by capturing an image of a specific chart to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus calculates a color conversion coefficient in the imaging apparatus in the slave mode on the basis of the chart image generated by the imaging apparatus in the master mode, and sends the color conversion coefficient to the imaging apparatus corresponding to the color conversion coefficient.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, imaging apparatus, method of controlling imaging apparatus, and control program for controlling based on color conversion coefficient

This information processing apparatus includes displaying video content on a first display region in a display section as a first video, displaying the above-mentioned video content on a second display region in the above-mentioned display section as a second video delayed from the above-mentioned first video by a predetermined time, and setting a first tag inputted by a user into the above-mentioned first video and a second tag inputted by the above-mentioned user into the above-mentioned second video as tags for the above-mentioned video content.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

A device management apparatuscommunicates with a plurality of devices to be managed. When an imaging apparatus in which abnormality occurs is detected, or in a case where any imaging apparatus is specified by a user from the imaging apparatuses in which the abnormality occurs, the device management apparatuscommunicates with the imaging apparatus located within a specific range based on a position of the detected imaging apparatus in which the abnormality occurs or the imaging apparatus in which the abnormality occurs specified by the user, and performs the device specification display using a display unit of the imaging apparatus located within the specific range. By referring to the device specification display, the user may easily specify a desired device, for example, the device in which the abnormality occurs from a plurality of devices.

Device management apparatus, device managing method, and program

A multi-camera system, including a first camera apparatus, a second camera apparatus, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a predetermined user input and in response to the predetermined user input, send, via the communication interface, a first control signal to the first camera apparatus that captures a first video, and send, via the communication interface, a second control signal to the second camera apparatus that captures a second video. The first control signal causes the first camera apparatus to assign first unique identifiers to frames of the first video captured by the first camera apparatus. The second control signal causes the second camera apparatus to assign second unique identifiers to frames of the second video captured by the second camera apparatus.

Multi-camera system, camera, processing method of camera, confirmation apparatus, and processing method of confirmation apparatus

An information processing apparatus that displays video content on a first display region in a display section as a first video, displays the above-mentioned video content on a second display region in the above-mentioned display section as a second video delayed from the above-mentioned first video by a predetermined time, and sets a first tag inputted by a user into the above-mentioned first video and a second tag inputted by the above-mentioned user into the above-mentioned second video as tags for the above-mentioned video content.

An imaging apparatus having no synchronization support function by a time code and to cut down a system cost, in synchronizing respective moving images in the case of outputting and displaying moving images input from a plurality of imaging apparatuses through network transmission. A vertical synchronization signal input from a particular imaging apparatus among a plurality of imaging apparatuses is used as a reference to select frame image data items from moving image data input from the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and the selected frame image data items are integrated into a single stream and sent. Even in a case where the plurality of imaging apparatuses captures videos asynchronously, it becomes possible to select, from the respective moving images, frame images with a small imaging timing difference on the basis of the vertical synchronization signal of the particular imaging apparatus.

Image transfer apparatus and moving image generating system for transferring moving image data

An information processing apparatus, including circuitry configured to transmit a start instruction to a first camera apparatus and a second camera apparatus. The start instruction causes the first camera apparatus to start incrementing a first counter and the second camera apparatus to start incrementing a second counter for a video recording time period. The circuitry receives, from the first camera apparatus, a first recording-start frame identifier that indicates a value of the first counter and a second recording-end frame identifier that indicates the value of the second counter. The circuitry receives, from the second camera apparatus, a first recording-start frame identifier that identifies a value of the second counter and a second recording-end frame identifier that identifies the value of the second counter.

Multi-camera system, camera, processing method of camera, confirmation apparatus, and processing method of confirmation apparatus for capturing moving images

A multi-camera system, including a first camera apparatus, and second camera apparatus, and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface, and processing circuitry that receives a predetermined request from a user while the first camera apparatus captures a first video and the second camera apparatus captures a second video. The processing circuitry, in response to the predetermined request, transmits a first control signal to the first camera apparatus that causes the first camera apparatus to generate a first thumbnail of a frame of the first video, and transmits a second control signal to the second camera apparatus that causes the second camera apparatus to generate a second thumbnail of a frame of the second video. The processing circuitry receives the first thumbnail from the first camera apparatus and the second thumbnail from the second camera apparatus.

Multi-camera system, camera, camera processing method, confirmation device, and confirmation device processing method

Focal plane distortion is prevented from standing out in the vicinity of a joint when a plurality of captured images are stitched and synthesized. A plurality of cameras are provided. Each camera includes an image sensor that outputs a signal by a raster scan scheme. Phases of a vertical synchronization signal supplied to the image sensors of the plurality of cameras are respectively shifted according to information of gap amounts of captured images of the respective cameras from a reference position in a vertical direction. Even if there are gaps in the vertical direction between the installed cameras, positional gaps between the installed image sensors due to variations in individual camera main bodies, and the like, there are no lines with largely different capture times in the vicinity of a joint of a synthesized image, and focal plane distortion is prevented from standing out in the vicinity of this joint.

Multi-camera system, method of controlling a multi-camera system, and camera

Provided is a point of view camera that includes: an imaging unit; a body configured to selectively form a mechanical coupling to one of a surfboard, a bicycle, and an associate imaging device; and a communication unit configured to communicate wirelessly or in a wired way with the associate imaging device.

Point of view camera and imaging device

The present invention is applied to a coding device and a decoding device for moving image data in compliance with, for example, an MPEG-4AVC/ITU-T H. 264 system, in which address data is issued to specify an area that is a plurality of read units in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, respectively, and reference image data is stored in a cache memory.

Image data processing method, program for image data processing method, recording medium with recorded program for image data processing method and image date processing device

An MPEG downdecoder is to be provided which eliminates dephasing of pixels of moving picture data without losing properties inherent in a picture obtained on interlaced scanning. If an interlaced picture is inputted, and the DCT mode is the field mode, an interlaced picture accommodating picture decoding unit executes 4&times;4 decimating IDCT. If the DCT mode is the frame mode, the entire coefficients of the DCT block are IDCTed for separation into two pixel blocks associated with interlaced scanning. The separated two pixel blocks are DCTed. The coefficients of the low-frequency components are IDCTed and the two pixel blocks are synthesized together. A progressive picture accommodating picture decoding unit is fed with a progressive picture. The coefficients of the low-frequency components of the DCT block are inverse orthogonal transformed.

Picture decoding method and apparatus

An MPEG downdecoder is to be provided which eliminates dephasing of pixels of moving picture data without losing properties inherent in a picture obtained on interlaced scanning. In the case of a field DCT mode, 4&times;4 decimating IDCT is executed for phase correction for a &frac14; pixel for pixels in the vertical direction of a top field and for phase correction for &frac34; pixel for pixels in the vertical direction of a bottom field. In the case of a frame DCT mode, the totality of coefficients of a DCT block are IDCTed and separated into two pixel blocks associated with interlaced scanning. The low-frequency components of these two pixel blocks are IDCTed to synthesize the two pixel blocks. The pixels in the vertical direction of the top field are phase-corrected by a &frac14; pixel, while those in the vertical direction of the bottom field are phase-corrected by a &frac34; pixel.

An MPEG downdecoder is to be provided which eliminates pixel dephasing with the field DCT mode and the frame DCT mode without detracting from picture characteristics proper to interlaced pictures. To this end, a decimating IDCT unit effectuates 4&times;4 decimating IDCT if the DCT mode is the field mode. If the DCT mode is a frame mode, a decimating IDCT unit effectuates IDCT on the totality of coefficients of a DCT block to separate the coefficients into two pixel blocks associated with interlaced scanning. The decimating IDCT unit executes DCT on the separated two pixel blocks. The low-frequency components of the two pixel blocks are processed with IDCT and the two pixel blocks are synthesized.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tetsuo Kaneko