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Sony patents camera system that tracks edges on a TV screen

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony describes a system where a camera films a TV or monitor to find specific markers placed along the screen's edges. It uses these markers to determine the exact position of the display within the video frame.

Why it mattersThis technology could help cameras automatically adjust their view to match the size and position of a TV screen, which is useful for video conferencing or recording setups.

In the filing’s own words

An information processing apparatus includes a captured video processing unit that performs determination processing of determining a position of a boundary marker in a target frame of a captured video with respect to a captured video obtained by imaging, by a camera, a display that displays a video including the boundary marker displayed at a peripheral edge portion in a display area of the display.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a captured video processing unit that performs determination processing of determining a position of a boundary marker in a target frame of a captured video with respect to a captured video obtained by imaging, by a camera, a display that displays a video including the boundary marker displayed at a peripheral edge portion in a display area of the display.

Facts

Company: Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title: INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Publication number: US20260323154A1
Application number: 19101257
Filed: Aug 17, 2023
Published: Oct 15, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 18

Classified under

H04N 5/265 Electricity & electronicsG06T 7/70 Physics & computingH04N 5/275 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/635 Electricity & electronics

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