Image generation apparatus and image generation method

1. An image generation apparatus, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor, configure the processor to implement:

an acquisition process to acquire information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit;

an image generation process to generate an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit in a first frequency lower than a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display unit using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation acquired at a certain point of time by the acquisition process.

2. The image generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image generation apparatus is a server.

3. A head-mounted display unit, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor, configure the processor to implement:

a correction processing process to receive an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit generated in a first frequency by an image generation apparatus using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit acquired at a certain point of time and correct the image generated by the image generation apparatus using updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation at a different point of time, wherein:

the correction processing process receives updated information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation in a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display unit and performs multiple times of correction of the image generated by the image generation apparatus in the first frequency using a plurality of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation received in the second frequency higher than the first frequency.

4. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the correction processing process receives n (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2) pieces of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation in the second frequency higher than the first frequency and performs n times of correction of the same image generated by the image generation apparatus in the first frequency using the n pieces of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation.

5. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the correction processing process receives n (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2) pieces of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation in the second frequency higher than the first frequency and performs the first correction of the image generated by the image generation apparatus in the first frequency using the first piece of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation and then performs the i-th (where i=2, . . . , n) correction of the image corrected by the (i−1)-th correction using the i-th piece of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation.

6. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the correction processing process, when the correction of the image causes a missing portion, fills up the missing portion with a color of pixels on an outermost periphery of the image.

7. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the correction processing process, when the correction of the image causes a missing portion, fills up the missing portion with a predetermined single color.

8. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the image generation apparatus renders a region greater than the outermost periphery of the image in advance so that the correction of the image causes no missing portion.

9. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the correction processing process performs the correction of the image controlling a movement amount between different time points so that the correction of the image causes no missing portion.

10. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 9 , wherein the correction processing process limits the movement amount to a predetermined limit value and when the movement amount exceeds the predetermined limit value, performs the correction of the image assuming that the movement amount is the predetermined limit value.

11. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 9 , wherein the correction processing process, when the movement amount exceeds a predetermined limit value, does not perform the correction of the image but performs an error process.

12. The head-mounted display unit according to claim 9 , wherein the correction processing process sets a first limit value and a second limit value greater than the first limit value and when the movement amount exceeds the first limit value but is equal to or smaller than the second limit value, performs the correction of the image assuming that the movement amount is the first limit value, and when the movement amount exceeds the second limit value, does not perform the correction of the image but performs an error process.

13. An image correction method, comprising:

receiving an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit generated in a first frequency by an image generation apparatus using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit, where the information is acquired at a certain point of time; and

correcting the image using updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation at a different point of time,

wherein the receiving and correcting includes receiving updated information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation in a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display unit, and performing multiple times of correction of the image in the first frequency using a plurality of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation received in the second frequency higher than the first frequency.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores therein a program causing a computer to execute an image generation method, the method comprising:

receiving an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit generated in a first frequency by an image generation apparatus using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit, where the information is acquired at a certain point of time; and

correcting the image using updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation at a different point of time,

wherein the receiving and correcting includes receiving updated information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation in a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display unit, and performing multiple times of correction of the image in the first frequency using a plurality of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation received in the second frequency higher than the first frequency.

15. A system comprising an image generation apparatus and a head-mounted display unit, wherein the image generation apparatus comprises:

a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor, configure the processor to implement:

an acquisition process to acquire information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit;

an image generation process to generate an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit in a first frequency lower than a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display unit using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation acquired at a certain point of time by the acquisition process, and

wherein the head-mounted display unit comprises:

a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor, configure the processor to implement:

a correction processing process to receive an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit generated in a first frequency by an image generation apparatus using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit acquired at a certain point of time and correct the image generated by the image generation apparatus using updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation at a different point of time, wherein:

the correction processing process receives updated information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation in a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display unit and performs multiple times of correction of the image generated by the image generation apparatus in the first frequency using a plurality of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation received in the second frequency higher than the first frequency.