Image generation apparatus and image generation method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsYoshinori Ohashi, Masaomi Nishidate, Norihiro Nagai
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Abstract
A contact determination section determines whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world, the portion having been contacted by the body part, and that is viewed from a viewpoint of the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.
Claims10
An image generation apparatus comprising:
- a contact determination section configured to determine whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world;
- an augmented reality region determination section configured to determine, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world and viewed from a viewpoint of the user, the portion of the object having been contacted by the body part;
- and
- an augmented reality generation section configured to generate an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world,
- wherein the augmented reality generation section generates the augmented reality image in the augmented reality region by drawing, in the augmented reality region, a part of a virtual space viewed from the viewpoint of the user, in order that it appears to the user that a virtual world exists on an opposite side of the real world.
An image generation method comprising:
- determining whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world;
- determining, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world and viewed from a viewpoint of the user, the portion of the object having been contacted by the body part;
- and
- generating an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world,
- wherein the generating generates the augmented reality image in the augmented reality region by drawing, in the augmented reality region, a part of a virtual space viewed from the viewpoint of the user, in order that it appears to the user that a virtual world exists on an opposite side of the real world.
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform an image generation method by carrying out actions, comprising:
- determining whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world;
- determining, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world and viewed from a viewpoint of the user, the portion of the object having been contacted by the body part;
- and
- generating an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world,
- wherein the generating generates the augmented reality image in the augmented reality region by drawing, in the augmented reality region, a part of a virtual space viewed from the viewpoint of the user, in order that it appears to the user that a virtual world exists on an opposite side of the real world.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.