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Sony patents camera settings that stop screen flicker in virtual sets

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony describes a system that helps cameras film LED screens without visual interference. It uses a database of camera settings that have been tested to work well with displays, automatically selecting the ones that prevent flickering patterns known as moire.

Why it mattersThis could make it easier for filmmakers and game developers to shoot realistic scenes in virtual studios where actors stand in front of large digital screens.

In the filing’s own words

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that can easily avoid occurrence of moire. The information processing device according to the present technology includes an imaging control unit that refers to a database in which a reference imaging parameter related to imaging by a camera that images a display and information indicating presence or absence of moire in a captured image captured by the camera are recorded in association with each other to set the reference imaging parameter associated with information indicating absence of the moire as a current imaging parameter of the camera. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging system used for virtual production in which a subject is imaged with an image displayed on an LED display as a background.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. 1 An information processing device comprising: an imaging control unit that refers to a database in which a reference imaging parameter related to imaging by a camera that images a display and information indicating presence or absence of moire in a captured image captured by the camera are recorded in association with each other to set the reference imaging parameter associated with information indicating absence of the moire as a current imaging parameter of the camera.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
Official title
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Publication number
US20260303960A1
Application number
19490957
Filed
May 27, 2024
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
18

Classified under

H04N 23/64 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/67 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/81 Electricity & electronics
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