Sony patents 3D model creation from multi-angle photos
Sony has filed a patent for a system that creates a 3D model of a main subject by analyzing photos taken from multiple angles. The system separates the foreground object from the background to build a detailed 3D representation of the subject.
In the filing’s own words
Provided is an information processing system. The information processing system includes a foreground-background model generating unit. The foreground-background model generates a foreground model which is a 3D model of a foreground, based on a foreground-background image obtained by capturing a foreground and a background from a plurality of viewpoints and a background model which is a 3D model of the background.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing system, comprising a foreground model generating unit configured to generate a foreground model that is a 3D model of a foreground, based on a foreground-background image obtained by capturing a foreground and a background from a plurality of viewpoints and a background model that is a 3D model of the background.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
- Publication number
- US20260320913A1
- Application number
- 19571568
- Filed
- Mar 19, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
G06T 17/00 Physics & computingMore from Sony in AI & software
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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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