Image processing system, image processing apparatus, storage medium having stored therein image processing program, and image processing method
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiro UMEHARA, Toshiaki SUZUKI
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Abstract
A marker image that, if included in a captured image captured by an image capturing apparatus, performs image processing on the captured image and is thereby allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear is placed in a virtual space. Then, a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on a display apparatus is changed in accordance with a user input, and the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint is displayed on the display apparatus.
Claims14
An image processing system including a first information processing apparatus for causing an image of a predetermined virtual space to be displayed on a first display apparatus, and a second information processing apparatus for causing an image of real space captured by an image capturing apparatus to be displayed on a second display apparatus,
- the first information processing apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- acquire a user input;
- place in the virtual space a marker image that is allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear;
- in accordance with the user input, change a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on the first display apparatus;
- and
- display on the first display apparatus the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint,
- the second information processing apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- acquire a captured image captured by the image capturing apparatus;
- if the marker image is included in the captured image, combine a virtual object corresponding to the marker image with the captured image at a position corresponding to the marker image in the captured image;
- and
- if the virtual object has been combined, display on the second display apparatus the captured image with which the virtual object has been combined.
An image processing apparatus for causing an image of a predetermined virtual space to be displayed on a display apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- acquire a user input;
- place in the virtual space a marker image that is captured by an image capturing apparatus and is thereby allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear in a captured image;
- in accordance with the user input, change a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on the display apparatus;
- and
- display on the display apparatus the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an image processing program to be executed by a computer included in an information processing apparatus for causing an image of a predetermined virtual space to be displayed on a display apparatus, the image processing program causing the computer to execute:
- acquiring a user input;
- placing in the virtual space a marker image that is captured by an image capturing apparatus and is thereby allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear in a captured image;
- in accordance with the user input, changing a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on the display apparatus;
- and
- displaying on the display apparatus the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint.
An image processing method to be executed by a processor or a cooperation of a plurality of processors, the processor or the plurality of processors contained in an image processing system including a first information processing apparatus for causing an image of a predetermined virtual space to be displayed on a first display apparatus, and a second information processing apparatus for causing an image of real space captured by an image capturing apparatus to be displayed on a second display apparatus, the image processing method comprising:
- acquiring a user input;
- placing in the virtual space a marker image that is allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear;
- in accordance with the user input, changing a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on the first display apparatus;
- and
- displaying on the first display apparatus the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint,
- acquiring a captured image captured by the image capturing apparatus;
- if the marker image is included in the captured image, combining a virtual object corresponding to the marker image with the captured image at a position corresponding to the marker image in the captured image;
- and
- if the virtual object has been combined, displaying on the second display apparatus the captured image with which the virtual object has been combined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.