Sony patents camera system that self-corrects angle using image data
Sony has been granted a patent for a system that checks if a camera is pointing in the right direction. It works by comparing the captured image with expected data to calculate any misalignment, removing the need for extra sensors.
In the filing’s own words
There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing system, capable of improving an accuracy of detection of an imaging direction of a camera without using a device having a specific function. The information processing device includes a deviation detection unit that detects a deviation of a first imaging direction based on a captured image, the first imaging direction being an imaging direction of an imaging device that is detected by the imaging device that captures an image to obtain the captured image, the imaging direction being associated with the captured image. The present technology can be applied to a camera control unit (CCU) that controls the imaging device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing device comprising: circuitry configured to detect a deviation of a first imaging direction based on a captured image, the first imaging direction being an imaging direction of an imaging device that is detected by the imaging device that captures an image to obtain the captured image, the imaging direction being associated with the captured image, wherein the circuitry detects the deviation by using a rotation matrix calculated to minimize a root-mean square deviation between matched point clouds.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system
- Patent number
- US12771820B2
- Application number
- 18279532
- Filed
- Jan 25, 2022
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 25
Classified under
H04N 17/002 Electricity & electronicsG06T 7/74 Physics & computingG06T 2207/30244 Physics & computingMore from Sony in Cameras & imaging
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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