IP Library Granted Patent US 11,868,517
Granted Patent B2
US 11,868,517 · App. 17/893,496 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara (Kanagawa, JP); Tsuyoshi Ishikawa (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Aga (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Kawasaki (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuru Nishibe (Chiba, JP); Yuji Kusano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,868,517
App. No.
17/893,496
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus including circuitry that acquires information indicating a spatial relationship between a real object and a virtual object, and initiate generation of a user feedback based on the acquired information, the user feedback being displayed to be augmented to a generated image obtained based on capturing by an imaging device, or augmented to a perceived view of the real world, and wherein a characteristic of the user feedback is changed when the spatial relationship between the real object and the virtual object changes.

Claims (31)

1. A head mount display, comprising:

a sensor configured to acquire positional information that indicates a position of a user hand associated with the head mount display; and

a processor configured to:

control the head mount display to:

display a virtual object over a view of a real world; and

display a virtual indicator; and

control, based on a distance between the user hand and the virtual object, a size of the virtual indicator, wherein

a first size of the virtual indicator for a first value of the distance is larger than a second size of the virtual indicator for a second value of the distance, and

the first value of the distance is larger than the second value of the distance.

2. The head mount display according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual indicator has a ring shape.

3. The head mount display according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to control a radius of the virtual indicator such that sharpness of the virtual indicator increases as the distance decreases.

4. The head mount display according to claim 1 , wherein the positional information indicates the position of a finger of the user hand.

5. The head mount display according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the head mount display to display the virtual indicator corresponding to the position of the finger.

6. The head mount display according to claim 4 , wherein the size of the virtual indicator is smallest in a case where the finger touches the virtual object.

7. The head mount display according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the virtual indicator such that a line of the virtual indicator is sharper as the distance decreases.

8. The head mount display according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a distance sensor.

9. A method, comprising:

acquiring, from a sensor of a head mount display, positional information that indicates a position of a user hand associated with the head mount display;

controlling the head mount display to:

display a virtual object over a view of a real world; and

display a virtual indicator; and

controlling, based on a distance between the user hand and the virtual object, a size of the virtual indicator, wherein

a first size of the virtual indicator for a first value of the distance is larger than a second size of the virtual indicator for a second value of the distance, and

the first value of the distance is larger than the second value of the distance.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the virtual indicator has a ring shape.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising controlling a radius of the virtual indicator such that sharpness of the virtual indicator increases as the distance decreases.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the positional information indicates the position of a finger of the user hand.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising controlling the head mount display to display the virtual indicator corresponding to the position of the finger.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the size of the virtual indicator is smallest in a case where the finger touches the virtual object.

15. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising controlling the virtual indicator such that a line of the virtual indicator is sharper as the distance decreases.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the sensor is a distance sensor.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073986/0571 →