Depth of field adjustment in images based on time of flight depth maps

    公开(公告)号:US11682107B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-20

    申请号:US16220434

    申请日:2018-12-14

    申请人: SONY CORPORATION

    发明人: Peter Shintani

    摘要: An image capturing apparatus and a method for depth of filed (DOF) adjustment in images based on time of flight (TOF) depth maps is provided. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor and circuitry. The circuitry generates a TOF depth map of a scene that includes a plurality of objects. The TOF depth map includes information associated with distances between the image sensor and surfaces of the plurality of objects. The circuitry divides the TOF depth map into a plurality of regions that corresponds to at least one object of the plurality of objects. The circuitry determines a region of interest from the plurality of regions and adjusts the DOF of the at least one object associated with the determined region of interest. The circuitry further controls the image sensor to capture an image of the scene based on the adjusted DOF.

    Emergency alert setting control based on location change

    公开(公告)号:US10681522B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16371260

    申请日:2019-04-01

    申请人: SONY CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: H04W4/90 G08B27/00 H04W4/021

    摘要: An electronic apparatus for emergency alert setting control based on a location change, is provided. The electronic apparatus stores emergency alert setting and location information associated with a known location of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus detects a change in the known location of the electronic apparatus from the known location to a different location. The electronic apparatus outputs notification information to update the stored emergency alert setting based on the detected change in the known location of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus receives a first user input corresponding to at least one emergency setting parameter of the stored emergency alert setting based on the output notification information. The electronic apparatus updates the emergency alert setting based on the received user input and receives new emergency information, included in multimedia content, from a different broadcast station via a different broadcast channel based on the updated emergency alert setting.

    MODIFYING DISPLAY REGION FOR PEOPLE WITH LOSS OF PERIPHERAL VISION

    公开(公告)号:US20190012931A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15645617

    申请日:2017-07-10

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    摘要: The most active part of a video frame is magnified on a display to accommodate people with eye maladies such as glaucoma or perhaps retinitis pigmentosa. An area of interest in a video frame is identified, and that area is expanded or magnified to the center of the display, where people suffering from loss of peripheral vision can best see. Assuming the viewer sits a benchmark distance from the display, the active part of the image is expanded to fit in what can be seen in the center of the display without moving the head left to right and up and down. This may be done by the display recognizing where most of the action is taking place by means of with motion vectors and I-macroblocks, or by allowing the viewer to switch to various predetermined blocks on screen using a remote control.