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Image processing apparatus and method, and calibration device for position and orientation sensor

US7538782B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2004
Grant dateMay 26, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T19/006
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A three-dimensional CG manipulation apparatus has a real object, a position and orientation sensor provided to the real object, a support base, a position and orientation sensor provided to the support base, a head-mounted display, a position and orientation sensor provided to the head-mounted display, a sensor information acquisition unit for acquiring information from the sensors, a state determination unit for determining the current state of the real object and support base, a CG data management unit for managing CG data to be displayed, and an image generation unit for generating an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display. In a mixed realty system that presents an image formed by superimposing a virtual CG image on a real object to the user, a manipulation such as replacement or the like can be easily made for the virtual CG image without interrupting the user's operation.

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