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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nigel John Williams, London, GB;
Fabio Cappello, London, GB;
Timothy Edward Bradley, London, GB;
Rajeev Gupta, London, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 7/529 (2017.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01); G01N 21/55 (2014.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06V 10/50 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G01B 11/303 (2013.01); G01N 21/55 (2013.01); G06T 7/529 (2017.01); G06T 15/50 (2013.01); G06V 10/50 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
Abstract
A system for characterising surfaces in a real-world scene, the system comprising an object identification unit operable to identify one or more objects within one or more captured images of the real-world scene, a characteristic identification unit operable to identify one or more characteristics of one or more surfaces of the identified objects, and an information generation unit operable to generate information linking an object and one or more surface characteristics associated with that object.