IP Library Granted Patent US 9,906,778
Granted Patent B2
US 9,906,778 · App. 14/767,746 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Calibration device, calibration program, and calibration method

Inventor: Shinya Yamamoto (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: MIRAMA SERVICE INC.
H04N13/0425G06F3/017G06F3/042H04N13/0246H04N13/0253H04N13/044
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,906,778
App. No.
14/767,746
Filed
Aug 13, 2015
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2485
USPC
348/46
Abstract

A calibration device, a calibration program, and a calibration method that can adjust the relation between a distance to an object that is a real image and a view of a stereoscopic image that is a virtual image and create an association therebetween are provided. The calibration device of the present invention includes a display device that can generate a stereoscopic image, a depth level sensor that measures a distance to an object, and an adjusting unit that adjusts the stereoscopic image generated by the display device and a depth level of the object detected by the depth level sensor.

Claims (28)

1. A calibration device comprising:

a display device that can generate a stereoscopic image;

a depth level sensor that measures a distance to an object; and

a calibration service unit that adjusts the stereoscopic image generated by the display device and a depth level of the object detected by the depth level sensor wherein

the calibration service unit determines a common region that is shared by a stereoscopic region that can be generated as the stereoscopic image and a depth level detection region of the depth level sensor, according to a length from a shoulder joint at a side of the object to the object.

2. The calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the calibration service unit performs adjustment in such a way that a visual recognition size and position of a shape determined by the object at the depth level detected by the depth level sensor correspond to a visual recognition size and position of the stereoscopic image generated by the display device.

3. The calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the object is part of a human body.

4. The calibration device according to claim 3 , wherein the part of a human body is a finger, a palm, a hand, or an arm.

5. The calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is a head-mount display.

6. The calibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the depth level sensor performs depth-level detection of the object by detecting a distance to the object with an infrared ray.

7. A calibration system comprising:

a memory to store computer executable instructions; and

a processor to execute the computer executable instructions to perform processes, comprising:

a display process capable of generating a stereoscopic image;

a depth level sensor process of measuring a distance to an object; and

a position adjustment process of adjusting the stereoscopic image generated in the display process and a depth level of the object detected in the depth level sensor process,

wherein the object is a finger, a palm or a hand, and

the position adjustment process includes a common region determination process of determining a common region that is shared by a stereoscopic region where the stereoscopic image is generated in the display process and a depth level detection region detected in the depth level sensor process, according to a length from a shoulder joint at a side of the object to the object.

8. The calibration system according to claim 7 , wherein in the position adjustment process, adjustment is performed in such a way that a visual recognition size and position of a shape determined by the object at the depth level detected in the depth level sensor process correspond to a visual recognition size and position of the stereoscopic image generated in the display process.

9. The calibration system according to claim 7 , wherein the depth level sensor process includes an infrared ray detection process of performing depth level detection of the object by detection of the distance to the object with an infrared ray.

10. A calibration method comprising:

a display step capable of generating a stereoscopic image;

a depth level sensor step of measuring a distance to an object; and

a position adjustment step of adjusting the stereoscopic image generated in the display step and a depth level of the object detected in the depth level sensor step,

wherein the object is a finger, a palm or a hand, and

the position adjustment step includes a common region determination step of determining a common region that is shared by a stereoscopic region where the stereoscopic image is generated in the display step and a depth level detection region detected in the depth level sensor step, according to a length from a shoulder joint at a side of the object to the object.

11. The calibration method according to claim 10 , wherein in the position adjustment step, adjustment is performed in such a way that a visual recognition size and position of a shape determined by the object at the depth level detected in the depth level sensor step correspond to a visual recognition size and position of the stereoscopic image generated in the display step.

12. The calibration method according to claim 10 , wherein the depth level sensor step includes an infrared ray detection step of performing depth level detection of the object by detection of the distance to the object with an infrared ray.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2021
From: MIRAMA SERVICE INC.
To: MINAMI, CHIKARA
Reel/Frame 055245/0302 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: BRILLIANTSERVICE CO., LTD.
To: MIRAMA SERVICE INC.
Reel/Frame 041810/0773 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2015
From: YAMAMOTO, SHINYA
To: BRILLIANTSERVICE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 036321/0018 →
Continuity (1)
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