US 6,685,566 B2 · Compound reality presentation apparatus, method therefor, and storage medium

Abstract

When S=0, and a user waves his or her hand five times or more from side to side (S1502), the head of a dolphin appears from the water, and the number L1 of times of status changes is increased by 1 (S1504). When the user waves his or her hand twice or more up and down (S1503), the dolphin jumps from the water, and the number L1 is increased by 1 (S1505). When S=1, and a user waves his or her hand three times or more from side to side, the dolphin disappears into the water, and the number L1 is increased by 1 (S1507). When S=2, and the dolphin jumps into the water, then S=0 (S1509). If S=3, and the dolphin disappears into the water, then S=0 (S1511). Then, it is determined whether or not L1≧3 (S1512). If yes, the process is passed to the communications level 2 (S1513).

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Dependent claims

A compound reality presentation apparatus which generates an image of a virtual object, superposes the image on real space, and presents a result to a user, comprising:

storage means for storing motion data of the virtual object;
a table for indicating motion data associated with internal status of the virtual object;
measurement means for measuring a position and a posture of a predetermined portion of a body of a user;
detection means for detecting a predetermined movement of the predetermined portion of the body based on the measurement result of said measurement means;
change means for changing a first internal status of the virtual object into a second internal status based on the detection result of said detection means and the first internal status;
generation means for referring to the table to determine which motion data corresponds to the second internal status, reading the motion data from said storage means which corresponds to the second internal status, and generating an image of the virtual object according to the read motion data;
and
superposing means for superposing, on real space, the generated image of the virtual object.

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A compound reality presentation method for presenting compound reality after generating an image of a virtual object, superposing the image on real space, and presenting a result to a user, comprising:

a storage step of storing motion data of the virtual object in a storage means;
a table for indicating motion data associated with internal status of the virtual object;
a measuring step of measuring a position and a posture of a predetermined portion of a body of a user;
a detecting step of detecting a predetermined movement of the predetermined portion of the body based on the measurement result of said measuring step;
a changing step of changing a first internal status of the virtual object into a second internal status based on the detection result of said detecting step and the first internal status;
a generation step of referring to the table to determine which motion data corresponds to the second internal status, reading the motion data from said storage means which corresponds to the second internal status, and generating an image of the virtual according to the read motion data;
and
a superposing step of superposing, on real space, the generated image of the virtual object.

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A storage medium storing a program code for use in presenting compound reality after generating an image of a virtual object, superposing the image on real space, and presenting a result to a user, comprising:

a program code of a storage step of storing motion data of the virtual object in the storage means;
a table for indicating motion data associated with internal status of the virtual object;
a program code of a measuring step of measuring a position and a posture of a predetermined portion of a body of a user;
a program code of a detecting step of detecting a predetermined movement of the predetermined portion of the body based on the measurement result of said measuring step;
a program code of a changing step of changing a first internal status of the virtual object into a second internal status based on the detection result of said detecting step and the first internal status;
a program code of a generation step of referring to the table to determine which motion data corresponds to the second internal status, reading the motion data from said storage means, which corresponds to the second internal status, and generating an image of the virtual object according to the read motion data;
and
a program code of a superposing step of superposing, on real space, the generated image of the virtual object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description11,009 words

Summary950 words

#The present invention relates to a compound reality presentation apparatus and method for generating an image of a virtual object, superposing the image on real space, and presenting a user with the result and to storage medium.

#Recently, portable and installed game machines for keeping a virtual pet are commonly marketed. The virtual pet is formed by a program code executed in the game machine, and the data used for the program code. It seems to a user as if the virtual pet were autonomously moving, and moving in response to a message from the user when the program changes an image representing the virtual pet by a predetermined condition.

#On the other hand, when the user inputs a message for the virtual pet, the user transmits any message (for example, giving a stroke, striking, speaking by inputting characters or with voice) to the virtual pet using a predetermined interface (for example, a pad type interface formed by a button, a lever, etc., a keyboard, voice input microphone, etc.) connected to the game machine.

Brief description of the drawings28 figures

#The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

#FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the rough internal configuration of the compound reality presentation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 shows a global coordinate system;

Detailed description9,516 words

#Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail in accordance with the accompanying drawings.

#The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below in detail by referring to the attached drawings.

#[First Embodiment]

Facts

Application

09/812,675Filed 21 Mar 2001

Priority

JP 2000-29479027 Sep 2000

Published

US 2002/0037768 A128 Mar 2002

Granted

3 Feb 2004

Term ended

12 May 2021

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 52 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification5 codes

G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
G06T 13/40
Three-dimensional [3D] animation: of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
G06T 19/006
Manipulating three-dimensional [3D] models or images for computer graphics: mixed reality
G06F
Computing and data processing

Timeline

27 Sep 2000Priority claimedJP 2000-294790
21 Mar 2001Application filedUS 09/812,675
21 Mar 2001Assigned to Mixed Reality Systems Laboratory Inc.assignment of assignor's interest
28 Mar 2002PublishedUS 2002/0037768 A1
19 Jul 2002Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaishaassignment of assignor's interest
3 Feb 2004GrantedUS 6,685,566 B2
12 May 2021Term endedEstimated, includes 52 days of adjustment

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