Sony patents method to sync fast and slow sensor data for better recognition
Sony describes a system that aligns data from two different types of sensors to improve recognition accuracy. It works by accumulating faster sensor readings to match the timing of slower sensor frames and blending the signals based on their quality and speed.
In the filing’s own words
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a conversion part that converts a first dataset or a first recognizer for performing a recognition process based on a first signal read from a first sensor into a second dataset or a second recognizer for performing a recognition process based on a second signal read from a second sensor. The first sensor performs reading in a first reading unit and the second sensor performs reading in a second reading unit different from the first reading unit.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to convert a first dataset or a first recognizer for performing a recognition process based on a first signal read from a first sensor into a second dataset or a second recognizer for performing a recognition process based on a second signal read from a second sensor, wherein the first sensor performs reading in a first reading unit, the second sensor performs reading in a second reading unit different from the first reading unit, in the first reading unit and the second reading unit, one reading unit is one frame and another reading unit is smaller than the one frame, the first reading unit is the one frame, the second reading unit is smaller than the one frame, the processing circuitry is configured to: accumulate the second signal for a period of the one frame; and give a weight and integrate a signal corresponding to the first signal generated based on the second signal accumulated and a signal corresponding to the first signal generated by combining the second signal acquired in the period of the one frame, and the weight is given according to at least one of a resolution, a reliability, and a delay amount of the respective signal.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and information processing system
- Patent number
- US12749278B2
- Application number
- 18722602
- Filed
- Dec 21, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
G06V 10/147 Physics & computingG06V 10/774 Physics & computingG06V 10/80 Physics & computingH04N 25/40 Electricity & electronicsH04N 25/78 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in AI & software
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