Sony patents system that adjusts camera angles to avoid obstacles in 3D scans
Sony describes a method for creating 3D models by using sensors on a moving device to spot objects that might block the view. If a problem is found, the system changes the shooting plan to minimize how much of the obstacle appears in the final images.
In the filing’s own words
There is provided an information processing method, an information processing device, and a program capable of generating a more accurate three-dimensional model. Based on sensing information acquired in a moving body, processing of detecting a defective subject that may degrade a performance of three-dimensional modeling of a subject of interest using images shot from a plurality of viewpoints is performed; and when the defective subject is detected, video shooting plan information for video shooting to reduce a region of the defective subject included in the shot images is output. The technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a system that shoots shot images from a plurality of viewpoints to be used in three-dimensional modeling.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing method comprising: performing, based on sensing information acquired in a moving body, processing of detecting a defective subject that may degrade a performance of three-dimensional modeling of a subject of interest using images shot from a plurality of viewpoints; and outputting, when the defective subject is detected, video shooting plan information for video shooting to reduce a region of the defective subject included in the shot images.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
- Publication number
- US20260278921A1
- Application number
- 18868777
- Filed
- May 22, 2023
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 17/00 Physics & computingG06T 7/20 Physics & computingG06T 7/70 Physics & computingG06V 20/17 Physics & computingH04N 23/61 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/64 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in AI & software
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