Patent · US Active

Composite image generating system, overlaying condition determining method, image processing apparatus, and image processing program

US8614747B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Metaio GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Alt · Munich, DE
Peter Meier · Munich, DE
Masahiro Ookura · Tokyo, JP
Tobias Eble · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2009
Grant date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T7/74
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mark which at least reflects or radiates invisible light of predetermined wavelength other than visible light is added in a space of the real world. A camera apparatus comprises image capturing means for capturing a real image in which an invisible-light image may be discriminating. An image processing apparatus, comprises: mark discriminating means for discriminating at least one condition of a position of image of mark in the captured real image, a orientation of the mark, and a distance from the mark to the image capturing means, and overlaying condition determining means for determining, in correspondence with the discriminated condition, a overlaying condition which is at least one of an overlaying position which is a position of the image of the virtual object overlaid on the captured real image in the real image, an orientation of the virtual object which the image of the virtual object indicates, and a distance from a view point of viewer, of the image of the virtual object.

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