INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20170185148A1
• Filed: 12/07/2016
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Colopl, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Colopl, Inc.
• Inventors: KONDO, Ippei
• Granted Patent: US 10,088,900 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

To enable a state of an object to be changed based on a relationship between a line of sight of a user wearing a head-mounted display and a position of the object arranged in a virtual space, a specific object is arranged at a predetermined position in the virtual space. A determination is made whether the specific object is located outside a certain range from the line of sight of the user wearing the head-mounted display for a first predetermined period. Then, when the specific object is located outside the certain range from the line of sight of the user for the first predetermined period, a sound associated with the specific object is generated.

Claims

1. A method of providing a virtual reality space to which a user is immersed with use of a head-mounted display, the method comprising:

defining the virtual reality space in which a specific object is arranged at a predetermined position;

specifying a reference line of sight of the user wearing the head-mounted display and specifying, from the virtual reality space, a field-of-view region visually recognizable by the user;

determining whether the specific object is located outside a certain range from the reference line of sight for a first predetermined period; and

generating a sound associated with the specific object in response to a determination that the specific object is outside the certain range for the first predetermined period.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sound associated with the specific object is generated based on a position of the specific object in the virtual reality space.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the certain range from the line of sight of the user is defined as the field-of-view region at a maximum.

2. A method of providing a virtual reality space to which a user is immersed with use of a head-mounted display, the method comprising:

defining the virtual reality space in which a specific object is arranged at a predetermined position;

specifying a reference line of sight of the user wearing the head-mounted display and specifying, from the virtual reality space, a field-of-view region visually recognizable by the user;

determining whether the specific object is located within a certain range from the reference line of sight of the user;

in response to a determination that the specific object is located within the certain range,

generating a field-of-view image in which the specific object is drawn by first graphics;

determining whether the specific object is thereafter located outside the certain range from the reference line of sight for a first predetermined period; and

generating a field-of-view image in which the specific object is drawn by second graphics in response to a determination that the specific object is thereafter located outside the certain range for the first predetermined period.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a sound associated with the specific object in response to a determination that the specific object is thereafter located outside the certain range for the first predetermined period.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the sound associated with the specific object is generated based on a position of the specific object in the virtual reality space.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the certain range from the line of sight of the user is defined as the field-of-view region at a maximum.

8. A system for providing a virtual reality space to which a user is immersed with use of a head-mounted display, the system comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions for;

defining the virtual reality space in which a specific object is arranged at a predetermined position;

specifying a reference line of sight of the user wearing the head-mounted display and specifying, from the virtual reality space, a field-of-view region visually recognizable by the user;

determining whether the specific object is located outside a certain range from the reference line of sight for a first predetermined period; and

generating a sound associated with the specific object in response to a determination that the specific object is outside the certain range for the first predetermined period.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the sound associated with the specific object is generated based on a position of the specific object in the virtual reality space.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the certain range from the line of sight of the user is defined as the field-of-view region at a maximum.