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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image captured by a camera or the like mounted to a housing to be worn on the head of a user is receded, a first image portion corresponding to a first site of the body of the user is detected from the image, and a predetermined feature amount in the detected first image portion is acquired. In addition, an area which contains the first image portion within the image and in which the predetermined feature amount is continuously changed is specified, and a second image portion corresponding to a second site of the body of the user different from the first site is detected from an image portion within the specified area.