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Granted Patent B2
US 11,656,692 · App. 17/534,343 · Granted May 23, 2023

Input device

Inventors: Hiroshi Munakata (Saitama, JP); Yuanhao Chen (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0346G06F3/03542G06F3/03545
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Patent No.
US 11,656,692
App. No.
17/534,343
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Virtual Reality (VR) image generation system includes a sensor; a detection circuit which, in operation, detects a first indicated position indicated by an electronic pen in a first three-dimensional space in accordance with transfer of a signal between the electronic pen and the sensor; one or more processors; and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: detect a first posture of the electronic pen in a second three-dimensional space, the first posture including at least one of a first inclination angle, a first inclination direction and a first rotation angle of the electronic pen, and generate, when the electronic pen is in the first three-dimensional space, a first VR image of drawing by the electronic pen, based on the first indicated position and the first posture.

Claims (28)

1. A Virtual Reality (VR) image generation system comprising:

a sensor;

a detection circuit which, in operation, detects a first indicated position indicated by an electronic pen in a first three-dimensional space in accordance with transfer of a signal between the electronic pen and the sensor;

one or more processors; and

one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

detect a first posture of the electronic pen in a second three-dimensional space, the first posture including at least one of a first inclination angle, a first inclination direction and a first rotation angle of the electronic pen, and

generate, when the electronic pen is in the first three-dimensional space, a first VR image of drawing by the electronic pen, based on the first indicated position and the first posture.

2. The VR image generation system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect a second indicated position indicated by the electronic pen in the second three-dimensional space and generate, when the electronic pen is in the second three-dimensional space, the first VR image of drawing by the electronic pen, based on the second indicated position and the first posture.

3. The VR image generation system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate a second VR image of the electronic pen, based on the first posture.

4. The VR image generation system according to claim 3 , wherein:

the detection circuit, in operation, detects a second posture of the electronic pen in the first three-dimensional space, the second posture including at least one of a second inclination angle, a second inclination direction and a second rotation angle of the electronic pen, and

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate, when the electronic pen is in the first three-dimensional space, the second VR image of the electronic pen, based on the second posture.

5. The VR image generation system according to claim 4 , wherein:

the first inclination angle is an inclination angle relative to a particular direction in the second three-dimensional space, and

the second inclination angle is an inclination angle relative to an input surface of the sensor.

6. The VR image generation system according to claim 3 , wherein:

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors generate a third VR image of a device that includes the sensor based.

7. The VR image generation system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate a second VR image of the electronic pen based on the first indicated position indicated by the electronic pen in the first three-dimensional space.

8. The VR image generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

detect a second indicated position indicated by the electronic pen in the second three-dimensional space, and

generate a second VR image of the electronic pen based on the second indicated position indicated by the electronic pen in the second three-dimensional space.

9. The VR image generation system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect the first posture of the electronic pen based on output from a gyro sensor included in the electronic pen.

10. The VR image generation system according to claim 9 , wherein:

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect a posture of the device that includes the sensor.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-038512 · Mar 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17000106 · Aug 21, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2018047700 · Dec 26, 2018
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