Display apparatus, method for controlling display apparatus, and program
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKaori Sendai, Atsunari Tsuda, Masahide Takano
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Abstract
A head mounted display is worn on the body of a user before use and includes an image display unit that transmits an outside scene and displays an image in a visually recognizable manner along with the outside scene and a camera that performs image capturing in directions of sight lines of the user. A control section of the head mounted display includes an image generation section that generates a display image from a captured image from the camera and an image display control section that causes the image display unit to display the display image generated by the image generation section.
Claims24
A head-mountable display apparatus that is configured to be able to be worn on a head of a user, the head-mountable display apparatus comprising:
- a display that displays an image in a visually recognizable manner superimposed on outside real world scenery;
- a camera that performs image capturing along directions of sight lines of the user;
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- a processor programmed to:
- cause the camera to capture an image;
- detect, in the captured image, a target object;
- detect a distance between the detected target object and the head-mounted display apparatus;
- generate a display image from the captured image by cutting out, from the captured image, an area containing the detected target object, and enlarging, based on the detected distance, the cut out area containing the detected target object, wherein the generated display image is an enlarged version of the area containing the detected target object cut out of the captured image;
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- control the display to display the generated display image superimposed on the outside real world scenery, wherein the display image and the outside real world scenery are live view.
A method for controlling a head-mountable display apparatus that is configured to be able to be worn on a head of a user, the method comprising:
- performing image capturing, by a camera of the head-mountable display apparatus, along directions of sight lines of a user;
- detecting, by a processor of the head-mounted display apparatus, a target object in a captured image;
- detecting, by the processor, a distance between the detected target object and the head-mounted display apparatus;
- generating, by the processor, a display image from the captured image by cutting out an area, from the captured image, containing the detected target object, and enlarging, based on the detected distance, the cut out area containing the detected target object, wherein the generated display image is an enlarged version of the area containing the detected target object cut out of the captured image;
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- controlling, by the processor, the display to display the generated display image superimposed on outside real world scenery, wherein the display image and the outside real world scenery are live view.
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a computer-executable program that, when executed by a head-mounted display device, causes the head-mounted display device to:
- cause a camera of the head-mountable display apparatus to capture an image along directions of sight lines of a user;
- detect, in the captured image, a target object;
- detect a distance between the detected target object and the head-mounted display apparatus;
- generate a display image from the captured image by cutting out, from the captured image, an area containing the detected target object, and enlarging, based on the detected distance, the cut out area containing the detected target object, wherein the generated display image is an enlarged version of the area containing the detected target object cut out of the captured image;
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- control a display of the head-mountable display apparatus to display the generated display image superimposed on outside real world scenery, wherein the display image and the outside real world scenery are live view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.