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Granted Patent B2
US 10,192,361 · App. 15/187,257 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Head-mounted display device and computer program

Inventors: Jia Li (Aurora, CA); Guoyi Fu (Vaughan, CA)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,192,361
App. No.
15/187,257
Filed
Jun 20, 2016
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2618
USPC
345/633
Abstract

A head-mounted display device includes an image display section configured to display an image, an imaging section, a memory section configured to store data of a marker image, an image setting section configured to cause the image display section to display an image based at least on the data, and a parameter setting section. The parameter setting section derives at least one of camera parameters of the imaging section and a spatial relationship, the spatial relationship being between the imaging section and the image display section, based at least on an image that is captured by the imaging section in the case where the imaging section acquires a captured image of a real marker.

Claims (23)

1. A head-mounted display device comprising:

an image display having an optical element to transmit light from an outside scene and a display element to display an image;

a camera;

a memory configured to store data of a marker image;

one or more processors configured to:

display an image on the image display based at least on the data; and

derive at least one of a camera parameter of the camera and a spatial relationship, the spatial relationship being between the camera and the image display, based at least on an image that is captured by the camera in a condition that allows a user to visually perceive that the marker image displayed by the image display and a real marker corresponding to the marker image align at least partially with each other, the real marker being captured in the image by the camera, wherein

the real marker includes a first set of circles within a square, the first set of circles arranged along intersecting diagonal lines connecting four peaks of the square, and

the marker image includes a second set of circles, the second set of circles corresponding to the first set of circles such that an alignment of the second set of circles with the first set of circles results in a calibration of the head-mounted display device.

2. A head-mounted display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors cause the image display to display an AR image so as to allow the user to visually perceive a condition that a position and pose of the AR image and those of the real marker correspond to each other, after the one or more processors derive at least one of the camera parameters and the spatial relationship.

3. A head-mounted display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the memory stores, as the data, a three-dimensional model that is a basis of the marker image,

the one or more processors causes the image display to display the three-dimensional model as the marker image, and

the one or more processors derive at least one of the camera parameters and the spatial relationship, based at least on an image that is captured by the camera in a condition that allows the user to visually perceive that the marker image displayed by the image display and the real marker having a three-dimensional shape corresponding to the three-dimensional model substantially align at least partially with each other.

4. A head-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein the camera is configured to be movable with respect to the image display.

5. The head-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to:

derive the at least one of the camera parameter of the camera and the spatial relationship based at least on distances in a 2D coordinate system between points of the captured real marker and points of the marker image.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for a head-mounted display device including an image display having an optical element to transmit light from an outside scene and a display element to display an image, a camera, and a memory configured to store data of a marker image, the computer program causing a processor to perform functions comprising:

an image setting function that, when executed, causes the image display to display an image based at least on the data; and

a parameter setting function that derives at least one of a camera parameter of the camera and a spatial relationship, the spatial relationship being between camera and the image display, based at least on an image that is captured by camera in a condition that allows a user to visually perceive that the marker image displayed by the image display and a real marker corresponding to the marker image align at least partially with each other, the real marker being captured in the image by the camera, wherein:

the real marker includes a first set of circles within a square, the first set of circles arranged along intersecting diagonal lines connecting four peaks of the square, and

the marker image includes a second set of circles, the second set of circles corresponding to the first set of circles such that an alignment of the second set of circles with the first set of circles results in a calibration of the head-mounted display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2016
From: LI, JIA; FU, GUOYI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038960/0788 →
Priority Claims (6)
JP 2015-135365 · Jul 6, 2015 · national
JP 2015-167787 · Aug 27, 2015 · national
JP 2015-235305 · Dec 2, 2015 · national
JP 2015-235306 · Dec 2, 2015 · national
JP 2015-235307 · Dec 2, 2015 · national
JP 2016-097716 · May 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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