IP Library Granted Patent US 12,353,613
Granted Patent B2
US 12,353,613 · App. 18/530,399 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

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 12,353,613
App. No.
18/530,399
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
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 (38)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive positional information of a real object in a real space;

initiate to display a virtual object in the real space;

initiate to display a virtual indicator; and

control, based on a distance between the real object 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 information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the real object is a hand of a user of the information processing apparatus.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the real object is a pointer held by a user of the information processing apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to calculate the distance based on information of a position at which the virtual object is in the real space and the positional information of the real object.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the virtual indicator has a ring shape.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to control a radius of the virtual indicator such that sharpness of the virtual indicator increases as the distance decreases.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor configured to acquire the positional information of the real object.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the virtual indicator is smallest based on the real object that touches the virtual object.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving positional information of a real object in a real space;

initiating to display a virtual object in the real space;

initiating to display a virtual indicator; and

controlling, based on a distance between the real object 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. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive positional information of a real object in a real space;

initiate to display a virtual object in the real space; and

control, based on the positional information, a transparency of the virtual object.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to increase the transparency of the virtual object based on the real object that enters into a determined range.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the transparency is semitransparent.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the real object is a hand of a user of the information processing apparatus.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the real object is a pointer held by a user of the information processing apparatus.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the virtual object has a first transparency based on the real object is in front of the virtual object and has a second transparency based on the real object is behind the virtual object.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving positional information of a real object in a real space;

initiating to display a virtual object in the real space; and

controlling, based on the positional information, a transparency of the virtual object.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising increasing the transparency of the virtual object based on the real object that enters into a determined range.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the virtual object has a first transparency based on the real object is in front of the virtual object and has a second transparency based on the real object is behind the virtual object.

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