Information processing apparatus and image display method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMasashi Nakata, Yasushi Okumura, Yurika Mulase
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Abstract
A line-of-sight direction detection section 32 detects a direction of a line of sight of a user wearing a head-mounted display. A main image generation section 42 generates a first image regarding main content selected by the user as an item to be displayed on the head-mounted display. A display control section 50 causes the head-mounted display to display a second image regarding content different from the main content for promoting recognition of a given thing or service together with the first image. The display control section 50 controls a manner in which the second image is displayed on the head-mounted display in accordance with the direction of the user's line of sight.
Claims10
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a direction detection section detecting a direction of a line of sight of a user wearing a head-mounted display or an orientation of the user's head;
- an image generation section generating a first image regarding main content selected by the user as an item to be displayed on the head-mounted display,
- wherein the first image is a full screen game image of a video game;
- a display control section causing the head-mounted display to display a second image regarding content different from the main content for promoting recognition of a given thing or service together with the first image generated by the image generation section,
- wherein the display control section controls a manner in which the second image is displayed on the head-mounted display in accordance with the direction of the user's line of sight or the orientation of the user's head which is detected by the direction detection section;
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- a region-of-interest detection section detecting, of a plurality of regions of the first image, a region within the first image that matches the direction of the user's line of sight or the orientation of the user's head as a region of interest,
- wherein the display control section switches the content of the second image to a piece of content related to content identified in the full screen game image within the region of interest.
An image display method performed by a computer, comprising:
- detecting a direction of a line of sight of a user wearing a head-mounted display or an orientation of the user's head;
- generating a first image regarding main content selected by the user as an item to be displayed on the head-mounted display,
- wherein the first image is a full screen game image of a video game;
- causing the head-mounted display to display a second image regarding content different from the main content for promoting recognition of a given thing or service together with the first image;
- a step of controlling a manner in which the second image is displayed on the head-mounted display in accordance with the direction of the user's line of sight or the orientation of the user's head;
- detecting, of a plurality of regions of the first image, a region that matches the direction of the user's line of sight or the orientation of the user's head as a region of interest;
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- switching the content of the second image to a piece of content related to content identified in the full screen game image within the region of interest.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for a computer, comprising:
- by a direction detection section, detecting a direction of a line of sight of a user wearing a head-mounted display or an orientation of the user's head;
- by an image generation section, generating a first image regarding main content selected by the user as an item to be displayed on the head-mounted display,
- wherein the first image is a full screen game image of a video game;
- by a display control section, causing the head-mounted display to display a second image regarding content different from the main content for promoting recognition of a given thing or service together with the first image;
- by the display control section, controlling a manner in which the second image is displayed on the head-mounted display in accordance with the direction of the user's line of sight or the orientation of the user's head;
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- by a region-of-interest detection section, detecting, of a plurality of regions of the first image, a region that matches the direction of the user's line of sight or the orientation of the user's head as a region of interest,
- wherein the display control section switches the content of the second image to a piece of content related to content identified in the full screen game image within the region of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.