Patent ID: 8130385
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a holding unit adapted to hold, for each of a plurality of indices allocated on a physical space, allocation information and a reliability thereof; an acquisition unit adapted to acquire a captured image from an image capturing apparatus which captures the physical space; a detection unit adapted to detect image coordinates of an index from the captured image; a calculation unit adapted to calculate a position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus using the image coordinates of the index detected by said detection unit and the allocation information held by said holding unit in association with the index; a re-calibration unit adapted to re-calibrate allocation information of an unreliable index having a reliability indicating that the allocation information is unreliable; and an updating unit adapted to update the allocation information and the reliability thereof held by said holding unit in association with the unreliable index to the allocation information re-calibrated by said re-calibration unit and a reliability indicating that the allocation information is reliable.