Image-display control apparatus
First Claim
1. An image-display control apparatus comprising:
- detection means for detecting a predetermined object from a photographed image;
position calculation means for obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined object in the photographed image detected by said detection means and an object in a virtual image;
image removing means for removing a predetermined partial image in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation of said position calculation means;
synthesis means for synthesizing the virtual image and the photographed image so that the predetermined object in the photographed image is present at a position of the partial image in the virtual image removed by said image removing means; and
display control means for displaying an image obtained as a result of synthesis of said synthesis means on display means.
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Abstract
An image-display control apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a predetermined object from a photographed image, a position calculation unit for obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined object in the photographed image detected by the detection unit and an object in a virtual image, an image removing unit for removing a predetermined partial image in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation of the position calculation unit, a synthesis unit for synthesizing the virtual image and the photographed image so that the predetermined object in the photographed image is present at a position of the partial image in the virtual image removed by the image removing unit, and a display control unit for displaying an image obtained as a result of synthesis of the synthesis unit on a display device.
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38 Claims
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1. An image-display control apparatus comprising:
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detection means for detecting a predetermined object from a photographed image;
position calculation means for obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined object in the photographed image detected by said detection means and an object in a virtual image;
image removing means for removing a predetermined partial image in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation of said position calculation means;
synthesis means for synthesizing the virtual image and the photographed image so that the predetermined object in the photographed image is present at a position of the partial image in the virtual image removed by said image removing means; and
display control means for displaying an image obtained as a result of synthesis of said synthesis means on display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image-display control apparatus comprising:
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detection means for detecting a predetermined object from each of first and second photographed images obtained by photographing a real space;
position calculation means for obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined objects in the first and second photographed images detected by said detection means and an object in a virtual image;
image removing means for removing predetermined partial images in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation of said position calculation means;
synthesis means for forming a first synthesized image by synthesizing the virtual image and the first photographed image and forming a second synthesized image by synthesizing the virtual image and the second photographed image so that the predetermined objects in the first and second photographed images are present at respective positions of the partial images in the virtual image removed by said image removing means; and
display control means for displaying the first synthesized image obtained by said synthesis means on display means for a left eye, and displaying the second synthesized image on display means for a right eye. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37)
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13. An image processing system comprising:
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a camera for photographing a real space;
a position/direction sensor for detecting a position and a direction of an object in the real space;
a computer for synthesizing a photographed image photographed by said camera and a virtually formed virtual image; and
display means for displaying an image obtained as a result of synthesis by said computer, said computer comprising;
input means for inputting the photographed image photographed by said camera;
detection means for detecting a predetermined object from the photographed image;
position calculation means for obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined object in the photographed image detected by said detection means and an object in a virtual image;
image removing means for removing a predetermined partial image in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation of said position calculation means;
synthesis means for synthesizing the virtual image and the photographed image so that the predetermined object in the photographed image is present at a position of the partial image in the virtual image removed by said image removing means; and
display control means for displaying an image obtained as a result of synthesis of said synthesis means on said display means.
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19. An image generation system comprising:
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first and second cameras for photographing the same real space;
a position/direction sensor for detecting a position and a direction of an object in the real space;
a computer for outputting first and second synthesized images by synthesizing first and second photographed images photographed by said first and second cameras, respectively, and a virtually formed virtual image; and
display means for a right eye and display means for a left eye for displaying the first and second synthesized images, respectively, said computer comprising;
image input means for inputting the first and second photographed images;
detection means for detecting respective predetermined objects from the first and second photographed images;
position calculation means for obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined objects in the first and second photographed images detected by said detection means and an object in a virtual image;
image removing means for removing predetermined partial images in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation of said position calculation means;
synthesis means for forming a first synthesized image by synthesizing the virtual image and the first photographed image and forming a second synthesized image by synthesizing the virtual image and the second photographed image so that the predetermined objects in the first and second photographed images are present at respective positions of the partial images of the virtual image removed by said image removing means; and
display control means for displaying the first synthesized image obtained by said synthesis means on display means for a left eye, and displaying the second synthesized image on display means for a right eye.
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25. An image-display control method comprising:
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a detection step of detecting a predetermined object from a photographed image;
a position calculation step of obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined object in the photographed image detected in said detection step and an object in a virtual image;
an image removing step of removing a predetermined partial image in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation in said position calculation step;
a synthesis step of synthesizing the virtual image and the photographed image so that the predetermined object in the photographed image is present at a position of the partial image in the virtual image removed in said image removing step; and
a display control step of displaying an image obtained as a result of synthesis in said synthesis step on display means.
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31. An image-display control method comprising:
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a detection step of detecting a predetermined object from each of first and second photographed images obtained by photographing the same real space;
a position calculation step of obtaining a positional relationship between the predetermined objects in the first and second photographed images detected in said detection step and an object in a virtual image;
an image removing step of removing predetermined partial images in the object in the virtual image by referring to a result of calculation in said position calculation step;
a synthesis step of forming a first synthesized image by synthesizing the virtual image and the first photographed image and forming a second synthesized image by synthesizing the virtual image and the second photographed image so that the predetermined objects in the first and second photographed images are present at respective positions of the partial images of the virtual image removed in said image removing step; and
a display control step of displaying the first synthesized image obtained in said synthesis step on display means for a left eye, and displaying the second synthesized image on display means for a right eye. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38)
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