Image display control apparatus, image display apparatus, remote controller, and image display system

An image display control apparatus comprising:

• an object display signal generating device that generates an object display signal for displaying an operable object on a display screen provided in an image display apparatus;
• a second light image capturing device capable of recognizing, in distinction from a first light that comes from the background of a handheld controller, a second light that comes from said controller and shows condition and attributes different from said first light;
• a position identifying device that identifies the position which said controller occupies during image capturing by said second light image capturing device on the basis of the recognition result of said second light of said second light image capturing device;
• a position display signal generating device that generates a position display signal for displaying on said display screen the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
• an operation area determining device that determines the operable specification object of said operable object displayed on said display screen, based on the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
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• a first light image capturing device that captures said first light that comes from the background of said controller.

An image display apparatus comprising:

• a display screen;
• an object display control device that displays an operable object on said display screen;
• a second light image capturing device capable of recognizing, in distinction from a first light that comes from the background of a handheld controller, a second light that comes from said controller and shows condition and attributes different from said first light;
• a position identifying device that identifies the position which said controller occupies during image capturing by said second light image capturing device on the basis of the recognition result of said second light of said second light image capturing device;
• a position display controlling device that displays on said display screen the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
• an operation area determining device that determines the operable specification object of said operable object displayed on said display screen, based on the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
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• a first light image capturing device that captures said first light that comes from the background of said controller.

A handheld remote controller for performing image display operations, comprising:

• an optical signal generating device that generates an optical signal having condition and attributes different from regular visible light;
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• an optical signal transmitting device that transmits said optical signal generated by said optical generating device to an image display control apparatus;
• wherein said image display control apparatus comprising:
• a second light image capturing device capable of recognizing, in distinction from said regular visible light, said optical signal;
• a first device that generates a signal for displaying an operable object on a display screen;
• a second device that generates a signal for identifying and displaying on said display screen the position which said remote controller occupies during image capturing by said second light image capturing device in the video of the background of said remote controller, on the basis of the recognition result of said optical signal of said second light image capturing device;
• a third device that generates a signal for determining and displaying the operable specification object of said operable object displayed on said display screen based on said identified position of said remote controller;
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• a first light image capturing device that captures said regular visible light that comes from the background of said controller.

An image display system comprising a handheld controller and an image display control apparatus that generates a signal for displaying an image based on the operation of said controller, wherein:

• said image display control apparatus comprises an object display signal generating device that generates an object display signal for displaying an operable object on a display screen provided in an image display apparatus;
• a second light image capturing device capable of recognizing, in distinction from a first light that comes from the background of said controller, a second light that comes from said controller and shows condition and attributes different from said first light;
• a position identifying device that identifies the position which said controller occupies during image capturing by said second light image capturing device on the basis of the recognition result of the second light of said second light image capturing device;
• a position display signal generating device that generates a position display signal for displaying on said display screen the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
• an operation area determining device that determines the operable specification object of the operable object displayed on said display screen, based on the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
• and a first light image capturing device that captures said first light that comes from the background of said controller.

An image display system comprising:

• a handheld controller;
• an object display signal generating device that generates an object display signal for displaying an operable object on a display screen provided in an image display apparatus;
• a second light image capturing device capable of recognizing, in distinction from a first light that comes from the background of said controller, a second light that comes from said controller and shows condition and attributes different from said first light;
• a position identifying device that identifies the position which said controller occupies during image capturing by said second light image capturing device on the basis of the recognition result of said second light of said second light image capturing device;
• a position display signal generating device that generates a position display signal for displaying on said display screen the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
• an operation area determining device that determines the operable specification object of said operable object, based on the position of said controller identified by said position identifying device;
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• a first light image capturing device that captures said first light that comes from the background of said controller.