DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR IMPROVING VISIBILITY OF AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECT

• US 20120092369A1
• Filed: 01/24/2011
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: KIM, Ki Nam, KIM, Bub Yeon, YANG, Hea Beck, LEE, Seung Jae
• Application Number:
  US13/012,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20120092369A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Provided are a display apparatus and a display method for improving visibility of each object by differently displaying each object from the background when providing an augmented reality (AR) service. The display apparatus and the display method may improve visibility of each object by outputting a list of overlapped objects or a map of overlapped objects. Also, the display apparatus and the display method may improve visibility of each object by enlarging a complex area, in which objects are densely disposed, to reduce overlapping of the objects.

Claims

1. A display method for improving visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display method comprising:

setting, as a complex area, an area having a density of objects higher than a specific reference value or an area inputted by a user;

checking objects included in the complex area;

determining a location at which to output a list of the objects included in the complex area; and

outputting the list at the determined location on a display.

2. The display method of claim 1, wherein the determining the location at which to output the list comprises determining, as the location, a predetermined location, a location selected by the user, or an area in which an object does not exist on the display.

3. The display method of claim 1, wherein the outputting the list comprises arranging the objects included in the complex area in the list based on distances to the objects or names of the objects.

4. The display method of claim 1, wherein the outputting the list comprises representing, in the list, the distances to the objects included in the complex area by a color set based on the distances, and/or representing, in the list, the distances to the objects included in the complex area by numbers.

5. The display method of claim 1, wherein the outputting the list comprises, if the number of objects included in the complex area exceeds a specific number, outputting the list including the specific number of objects among the objects included in the complex area, and outputting a scroll bar which changes a portion of the list displayed by manipulation of the scroll bar.

6. The display method of claim 1, further comprising:

if an object included in the list is selected, differently displaying an object in the complex area corresponding to the object selected in the list from other objects.

7. The display method of claim 6, wherein the differently displaying the object corresponding to the object selected in the list from other objects comprises at least one of outputting an object corresponding to the object selected in the list at the front of the displayed objects, outputting an object corresponding to the object selected in the list larger than other objects, and outlining an object corresponding to the object selected in the list.

8. The display method of claim 1, wherein the outputting the list comprises improving visibility of names of the objects included in the list by correcting an output color of the objects included in the list based on at least one of brightness, color, and texture of a background on which the list is outputted.

9. A display method for improving visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display method comprising:

setting, as a complex area, an area having a density of objects higher than a specific reference value or an area inputted by a user;

checking objects included in the complex area;

determining a location at which to output a map representing locations of the objects included in the complex area at the determined location; and

outputting the map at the determined location on a display.

10. A display method for improving visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display method comprising:

setting, as a complex area, an area having a density of objects higher than a predetermined reference value or an area inputted by a user;

checking objects included in the complex area; and

enlarging the complex area to a predetermined size or a size inputted by the user to reduce overlapping of the objects included in the complex area.

11. A display method for improving visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display method comprising:

searching for objects located in a direction of a captured image;

determining a location at which located objects are to be displayed on the captured image;

improving visibility of the located objects by correcting the visibility of the located objects based on at least one of brightness, color, and texture of a background on which the located objects are outputted; and

displaying the located objects with the improved visibility.

12. The display method of claim 11, wherein the improving the visibility of the located objects comprises at least one correction by generating an object background larger than each of the located objects by a predetermined size for each of the located objects, by generating a shadow for each of the located objects, by changing a color of each of the located objects to a color different from the background on which each of the located objects is displayed, and by improving an output brightness of each of the located objects.

13. A display apparatus to improve visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display apparatus comprising:

a complex area setting unit to set, as a complex area, an area having a density of objects higher than a predetermined reference value or an area inputted by a user, and to check objects included in the complex area;

an output location determining unit to determine a location at which a list of the objects included in the complex area is outputted; and

an additional data processing unit to output the list at the determined location.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the additional data processing unit represents, in the list, the distances of the objects included in the complex area by a specific color set based on distance to the objects, or represents, in the list, the distances of the objects included in the complex area by numbers.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein, if an object included in the list is selected, the additional data processing unit differently displays an object in the complex area corresponding to the object selected included in the list from other objects, and

wherein the differently displayed object corresponding to the object selected in the list from the other objects comprises at least one of outputting an object corresponding to the object selected in the list at the front of the displayed objects, outputting an object corresponding to the object selected in the list larger than the other objects, and outlining an object corresponding to the object selected in the list.

16. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the additional data processing unit improves visibility of names of the objects included in the list by correcting an output color of the objects included in the list based on at least one of brightness, color, and texture of a background on which the list is outputted.

17. A display apparatus to improve visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display apparatus comprising:

a complex area setting unit to set, as a complex area, an area having a density of objects higher than a predetermined reference value or an area inputted by a user, and to check objects included in the complex area;

an output location determining unit to determine a location at which a map representing locations of the objects included in the complex area is outputted; and

an additional data processing unit to output the map at the determined location.

18. A display apparatus to improve visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display apparatus comprising:

a complex area setting unit to set, as a complex area, an area having a density of objects higher than a predetermined reference value or an area inputted by a user, and to check objects included in the complex area; and

a complex area enlarging unit to enlarge the complex area to a predetermined size or a size inputted by the user to reduce overlapping of the objects included in the complex area.

19. A display apparatus to improve visibility of an augmented reality (AR) object, the display apparatus comprising:

an object searching unit to search for objects located in a direction of captured image;

an AR processing unit to determining a location at which the located objects are displayed on the captured image; and

a visibility correcting unit to improve visibility of the located objects by correcting the visibility of the located objects based on at least one of brightness, color, and texture of a background on which the located objects are outputted, and to output the located objects with the improved visibility.

20. The display apparatus of claim 19, wherein the visibility correcting unit improves visibility of the located objects by correcting the visibility of the located objects in at least one manner of generating an object background larger than each of the located objects by a predetermined size for each of the located objects, of generating a shadow for each of the located objects, of changing a color of each of the located objects to a different color from the background on which each of the located objects is displayed, and of improving an output brightness of each of the located objects.