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Mixed reality presentation apparatus and control method thereof

US6633304B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2001
Grant dateOct 14, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mixed reality presentation apparatus and control method thereof which can allow for suitable display of a virtual object depending on tone, brightness, and lighting conditions of a physical space on which the virtual object is superimposed and displayed is disclosed. The mixed reality presentation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display setting adjustor 106 which adjusts the display colors and position of virtual information and the lighting settings based on the tone of the physical space which the observer sees and it determines the display colors such that a large tone difference from the physical space image is achieved for virtual text information and virtual wire frame information as well as the lighting settings used for drawing a three-dimensional virtual object with a tone such that it is merged with an object existing in the physical space.

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