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US 12,260,490 B2Granted
Three-dimensional image processing apparatus, system, and method thereof
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorMasato Akao
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit that images a user and a real object, an analysis unit that analyzes an attitude of the real object based on imaging information captured by the imaging unit, and a control unit that controls display of an image related to the real object based on the attitude of the real object.
Claims7
A three-dimensional image processing apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- acquire, from a camera fixed to a display, a captured image including at least one user and a real object, wherein the real object is between the at least one user and the display in a real space;
- determine a three-dimensional geometric relationship of the real object and a viewpoint of the at least one user based on the captured image;
- determine, based on the three-dimensional geometric relationship, whether an entire area of the display includes a shielded area, wherein
- the shielded area corresponds to a partial area of the display, and
- the real object shields the partial area from the at least one user;
- and
- control, based on determination that the entire area of the display includes the shielded area, the display to move a virtual object related to the real object to a non-shielded area of the display to avoid displaying the virtual object in the shielded area, wherein the non-shielded area is an area of the display other than the shielded area.
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A three-dimensional image processing system, comprising:
- a display;
- a camera fixed to the display;
- at least one processor configured to
- acquire, from the camera, a captured image including at least one user and a real object, wherein the real object is between the at least one user and the display in a real space;
- determine a three-dimensional geometric relationship of the real object and a viewpoint of the at least one user based on the captured image;
- determine, based on the three-dimensional geometric relationship, whether an entire area of the display includes a shielded area, wherein
- the shielded area corresponds to a partial area of the display, and
- the real object shields the partial area from the at least one user;
- and
- control, based on determination that the entire area of the display includes the shielded area, the display to move a virtual object related to the real object to a non-shielded area of the display to avoid displaying the virtual object in the shielded area, wherein the non-shielded area is an area of the display other than the shielded area.
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A three-dimensional image processing method, comprising:
- acquiring, from a camera fixed to a display, a captured image including at least one user and a real object, wherein the real object is between the at least one user and the display in a real space;
- determining a three-dimensional geometric relationship of the real object and a viewpoint of the at least one user based on the captured image;
- determining, based on the three-dimensional geometric relationship, whether an entire area of the display includes a shielded area, wherein
- the shielded area corresponds to a partial area of the display, and
- the real object shields the partial area from the at least one user;
- and
- controlling, based on determination that the entire area of the display includes the shielded area, the display to move a virtual object related to the real object to a non-shielded area of the display to avoid displaying the virtual object in the shielded area, wherein the non-shielded area is an area of the display other than the shielded area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.