Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for acquiring, from a plurality of sensors attached to a plurality of body parts of a target person, at least information regarding movement acceleration and posture angular velocity of each of body parts to which the sensors are attached, and estimating, on the basis of the acquired information regarding the movement acceleration and posture angular velocity, the movement velocity in a predetermined coordinate system of each of the body parts to which the sensors are attached. Subsequently, on the basis of the information regarding the estimated movement velocity of each of the body parts, the methods and apparatus provide for estimating the positions of predetermined body parts of the target person.

Abstract: In an information processing system including a terminal device carried by a user and a server device communicably connected to the terminal device by a secure communication method, the terminal device acquires a sensing result in a real space where the terminal device is located and sends the same to the server device, and the server device holds base information for specifying at least one position in the real space as an information processing base, and sends an information processing instruction to the terminal device in a case where a predetermined condition defined using a distance or a direction between a position specified by the sensing result received from the terminal device and a position specified by the base information is satisfied.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that identifies an area of a user's body when the user performs an action of bringing the area of his or her body in contact with a target to be manipulated, and that performs a predetermined process in accordance with the identified area of the body.

Abstract: A reprojection unit executes reprojection processing for converting an image including depth value information to align with a viewpoint position or a line of sight direction according to a plurality of different depth values, and generates a composite image by compositing a plurality of images subjected to the reprojection processing according to the plurality of different depth values. A distortion processing unit executes distortion processing for transforming the composite image in alignment with distortion arising in a display optical system.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a controller device equipped with proximity sensors that are provided for at least respective fingers of a user, estimating amounts of bending of the fingers of the user using a first method on the basis of detection results from the proximity sensors, estimating a posture and a shape of a hand of the user using a second method different from the first estimation method, and correcting by using information estimated by the first method, information regarding an amount of movement of each finger in a bending direction in information regarding the posture and the shape of the hand of the user estimated by the second method to generate information relating to the posture and the shape of the hand of the user.

Abstract: A position estimation apparatus, a position estimation method, and a program that can estimate a position of a tracker with high accuracy while the power consumption is reduced is provided. An estimation result storage section (50) stores a result of estimation of a position of a tracker (12). An acceleration data acquisition section (52) repeatedly acquires acceleration data indicative of an acceleration of the tracker (12) from a sensor that detects an acceleration of the tracker (12). An estimation result updating section (56) updates the result of estimation on the basis of the result of estimation of a position of the tracker stored in the estimation result storage section (50) and the acquired latest acceleration data. A velocity information acquisition section (54) acquires information of the velocity of the tracker (12).

Abstract: The present invention provides an element data management apparatus, an element data management method, a program, and a data structure of element data for improving the utility value of environmental maps. An element data storage section (40) stores at least one piece of element data including environment data generated on the basis of sensing data acquired by a tracker and including sensing time point data associated with a time range in which an element represented by the environment data is estimated to be present in real space on the basis of a time point at which the element was sensed. According to environment data generated on the basis of new sensing data, an element data updating section (48) identifies the element data associated with additional environment data constituting a portion or all of the environment data. The element data updating section (48) associates the element data including the additional environment data with the identified element data.

Abstract: There are provided an imaging data generation apparatus, an imaging data generation method, and a program for enriching data accumulated as a life log. A sensing data reception section (40) receives multiple captured images successively. A life log data generation section (42) generates an environmental map based on the multiple captured images. The life log data generation section (42) generates imaging data indicative of an imaging position or a subject of the captured image, the imaging data being associated with the environmental map.

Abstract: A contact determination section determines whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world, the portion having been contacted by the body part, and that is viewed from a viewpoint of the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including an application unit that applies a voltage to an application site of a user's body and a detection unit that detects a change in potential at a detection site of the user's body that is different from the application site in a state where the voltage is applied to the application site, and the information processing system determines a contact between a site of the user's body and another object on the basis of the change in potential detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A position estimation apparatus, a tracker, a position estimation method, and a program which enable estimation of the position or orientation of each of plural trackers in a common coordinate system are provided. A point cloud storage section (80) stores a common point cloud with positions expressed using a common coordinate system. A position estimation section (86) estimates the position or orientation of a first tracker in the common coordinate system on the basis of the common point cloud and first feature point data. The position estimation section (86) estimates the position or orientation of a second tracker in the common coordinate system on the basis of the common point cloud and second feature point data.

Abstract: A moving-object position and orientation acquisition section acquires a position and an orientation of a moving object detected by a tracker provided in the moving object to be moved by a user. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space occupied by the moving object in a real world and viewed from a viewpoint of the user. The moving object is configured to be moved by the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.

Abstract: A target input data acquiring section acquires target input data. A processing executing section executes processing that uses output data which is an output from an LSTM model into which the target input data is input. The loop processing including the acquisition of the target input data and the processing execution is repeatedly executed. A state control section controls whether or not to restrain the update of the states associated with the LSTM model, on the basis of at least one of the input data and the output data.

Abstract: An information processing device obtains information regarding the position of each fingertip of a user in a real space, and determines contact between a virtual object set within a virtual space and a finger of the user. The information processing device sets the virtual object in a partly deformed state such that a part of the virtual object, the part corresponding to the position of the finger determined to be in contact with the object among the fingers of the user, is located more to a far side from a user side than the finger, and displays the virtual object having the shape set thereto as an image in the virtual space on a display device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates an image in a virtual space to be presented to a user detects information as to a position of a target object in a real space, places a virtual object corresponding to the target object at a position in the virtual space obtained on the basis of the detected information as to the position of the target object in the real space, acquires user body size data representing the size of a body of the user in the real space, and determines the position in the virtual space at which the virtual object is to be placed, using the detected information as to the position of the target object in the real space, and the user body size data about the user in the real space.

Abstract: Provided are an environment map management device, an environment map management system, an environment map management method, and a program that are capable of generating a common environment map that takes into consideration privacy of each of users simultaneously with securing a space covered by an environment map available to the each of users. A processing data transmitting section accesses an individual environment map available to a user of interest. The processing data transmitting section accesses a common environment map available to a plurality of users including the user of interest. A SLAM processing execution section adds, to the individual environment map, environment information generated on the basis of sensing data acquired by a tracker used by the user of interest. A transmitting control section controls whether or not to add the environment information to the common environment map, according to a privacy attribute corresponding to the environment information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a terminal device connected to a server device in a communicable manner. The terminal device includes a position identification section that identifies a position in an actual space, a setting section that sets a virtual space associated with content associated information associated with predetermined content in the actual space, the setting section setting the virtual space in an occupying space while defining a predetermined range in the actual space as the occupying space, and a performance section that receives the content associated information in the virtual space from the server device and performs predetermined information processing.

Abstract: When a head-mounted display acquires data of a display image generated on the basis of position/posture information of a head of a user at time and given a distortion corresponding to the distortion of an eyepiece lens, the head-mounted display corrects the image on the basis of position/posture information of the head at time t for display. Then, the head-mounted display corrects chromatic aberrations on the basis of actual distortion coefficients of the lens, and outputs the image to a display panel.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a first information acquisition apparatus that acquires first information relating to at least one of a position or a pose of a hand of a target person and a second information acquisition apparatus that acquires second information relating to at least one of the position or the pose of the hand of the target person and different from the first information acquired by the first information acquisition apparatus. The information processing apparatus accepts the first information and the second information from the first and second information acquisition apparatuses, respectively, retains the accepted first and second information in an associated relationship with information of timings at which the first and second information acquisition apparatuses acquire the first and second information, respectively, and extracts pieces of the first and second information acquired at a common timing from the retained first and second information as pair information.

Abstract: The type of virtual object to be presented to each player is determined based on player attribute information prescribed for each player.