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Sony patents method to predict camera artifacts when filming screens

Sony has filed a patent for a system that predicts if a camera will capture visual glitches, known as artifacts, when filming a digital display. The method calculates these potential issues by analyzing the physical spacing of the screen's pixels, the camera's sensor layout, and the distance between the two devices.

Why it mattersThis could help camera manufacturers or software developers automatically adjust settings to prevent moiré patterns or banding when users record video of monitors or TVs.

In the filing’s own words

An information processing device includes a determination unit that performs determination processing of determining whether or not an artifact occurs in a captured video of a camera by using an interval between light emitting elements of a display, a pixel interval between image sensors of the camera, characteristics of an optical low-pass filter of the camera, a focal distance, an F value, and a focusing distance of a lens of the camera, and a distance between the display and the camera in an imaging system that captures a video of the display with the camera.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An information processing device comprising: a determination unit that performs determination processing of determining whether or not an artifact occurs in a captured video of a camera by using an interval between light emitting elements of a display, a pixel interval between image sensors of the camera, characteristics of an optical low-pass filter of the camera, a focal distance, an F value, and a focusing distance of a lens of the camera, and a distance between the display and the camera in an imaging system that captures a video of the display with the camera.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Publication number
US20260261742A1
Application number
18875245
Filed
Jun 9, 2023
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
14

Classified under

H04N 21/816 Electricity & electronicsG06V 10/761 Physics & computing
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