Sony patents head-mounted device that controls cameras using gestures
Sony describes a system where a head-mounted device detects user gestures to control an external camera. The system uses this gesture data along with the camera's current status to manage its operations.
In the filing’s own words
An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls at least an operation of an imaging apparatus on the basis of gesture information indicating a gesture detected by a head-mounted device mounted on the head of a user and imaging apparatus state information indicating a state of the imaging apparatus.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a control unit that controls at least an operation of an imaging apparatus on a basis of gesture information indicating a gesture detected by a head-mounted device mounted on a head of a user and imaging apparatus state information indicating a state of the imaging apparatus.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
- Publication number
- US20260299702A1
- Application number
- 19479088
- Filed
- Apr 23, 2024
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/017 Physics & computingG06F 3/04817 Physics & computingG06F 3/16 Physics & computingH04N 23/611 Electricity & electronicsH04R 5/033 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in AR, VR & displays
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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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