Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Display control apparatus and display control method
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Application No.: US17225203Application Date: 2021-04-08
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Publication No.: US11768383B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Tomokazu Kake , Takayuki Ishida , Akira Suzuki , Yasuhiro Watari
- Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Priority: JP 15235897 2015.12.02
- Main IPC: G02B27/01
- IPC: G02B27/01 ; G09G5/00 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0346 ; H04N5/64 ; G06F3/0485 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/038

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus provide for: generating virtual space images by specifying from among a plurality of viewpoint positions and a plurality of directions of line of sight in the virtual space; and displaying the virtual space images on a head-mounted display, where the generating includes changing from a currently selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions to a newly selected viewpoint position among the plurality of viewpoint positions, which is selected in accordance with operation by a user, when generating the virtual space images in response to changing to the newly selected viewpoint position, the generating includes specifying, as a new direction of line of sight among the plurality of directions of line of sight, a direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the newly selected viewpoint position, and at least some of the plurality of viewpoint positions are separated from each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210223558A1 DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-07-22
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