Head-mounted display control apparatus, method for controlling head-mounted display control apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaaki Kobayashi
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Abstract
A head-mounted display control apparatus includes one or more circuits, or one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory being coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors. At least one of the one or more circuits or the execution of the instructions causes the head-mounted display control apparatus to function as an image capturing unit configured to capture an image; and a control unit configured to, based on phone call reception information, phone conversation information, or message reception information, perform control to display the captured image or a virtual space image on a display unit.
Claims15
A head-mounted display control apparatus that is in communication with an external apparatus comprising:
- at least one camera that captures images of a real space;
- at least one memory having stored thereon instructions;
- one or more processors that executes the stored instructions and is configured to:
- receive information output by the external apparatus and determine if the output information represents any of phone call reception information, phone conversation information, or message reception information;
- and
- perform control to display, on a display of the head-mounted display, a selection screen within virtual space image that (i) includes options for starting or refusing a phone call, and switching ON or OFF a video see-through mode, and (ii) controls the at least one camera to begin capture images of real space and suspend an application that is rendering the virtual space image.
A method for controlling a head-mounted display control apparatus that is in communication with an external apparatus, comprising:
- capturing, via at least one camera of the head-mounted display control apparatus, an image of real-space;
- and
- receiving information output by the external apparatus;
- determining if the output information represents any of a phone call reception information, phone conversation information, or message reception information;
- performing control to display, on a display of the head-mounted display, a selection screen within a virtual space image that (i) includes options for starting or refusing a phone call, and switching ON or OFF a video see-through mode, and (ii) controls the at least one camera to begin capturing images of real space and suspend an application that is rendering the virtual space image.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a head-mounted display control apparatus that is in communication with an external apparatus, configures the head-mounted display control apparatus to execute a process of:
- capturing, via at least one camera of the head-mounted display control apparatus, an image of real-space;
- and
- receiving information output by the external apparatus;
- determining if the output information represents any of a phone call reception information, phone conversation information, or message reception information;
- performing control to display, on a display of the head-mounted display, a selection screen within a virtual space image that (i) includes options for starting or refusing a phone call, and switching ON or OFF a video see-through mode, and (ii) controls the at least one camera to begin capturing images of real space and suspend an application that is rendering the virtual space image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.