Image presentation apparatus

• US 6,084,594 A
• Filed: 03/11/1998
• Issued: 07/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Goto, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Mark K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sealey, Lance W.
• Application Number:
  US09/038,102
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 345/427, 345/7, 345/8, 345/9
• US Class Current: 345/427
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Using a mobile display having ordinary degree of resolution which is directly held by a user'"'"'s hand or supported by a supporter, a three-dimensional virtual world is projected on a two-dimensional plane while varying the positional relations between the viewpoint and the image plane according to the position and orientation of the mobile display, and the resulting two-dimensional image is displayed on the mobile display and presented to the user.

Claims

1. An image presentation apparatus comprising:

a storage device storing a three-dimensional image;

a display having a position and orientation which are variable;

a projecting device projecting the three-dimensional image stored in the storage device on a two-dimensional image plane, to thereby obtain a two-dimensional image, a viewpoint being independent of a position and orientation of the image plane; and

a decision device deciding a position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane at the time of the projection by the projecting device according to the position and orientation of the display, the two-dimensional image being displayed on the display,

wherein after the position of the viewpoint is initially decided, the position and orientation of the image plane are decided in accordance with the position and orientation of the display, and then the position of the viewpoint is decided so as to keep the position of the viewpoint constant.

3. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detector detecting the position and orientation of the display, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane according to results of detection by the detector.

4. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a controller controlling the position and orientation of the display in accordance with a control signal, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane in accordance with the control signal.

5. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a setting device setting the position and orientation of the display, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane according to the position and orientation of the display set by the setting device.

6. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a mobile vehicle carrying the display, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane according to the position and orientation of the display and a position and orientation of the mobile vehicle.

7. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional image includes a plurality of objects, the apparatus further comprising:

a selector selecting an object out of the plurality of objects; and

a deciding device deciding a position and orientation of the object selected by the selector according to the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane decided by the decision device.

2. An image presentation apparatus comprising:

a storage device storing a three-dimensional image;

a display having a position and orientation which are variable;

a projecting device projecting the three-dimensional image stored in the storage device on a two-dimensional image plane, to thereby obtain a two-dimensional image, a viewpoint being independent of a position and orientation of the image plane; and

a decision device deciding a position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image lane at the time of the projection by the projecting device according to the position and orientation of the display, the two-dimensional image being displayed on the display,

wherein, after the position of the viewpoint is initially decided independently from the position and orientation of the image plane, the position and orientation of the image plane are decided in accordance with the position and orientation display, and then the position of the viewpoint is decided so as to keep the relative positional relation between the viewpoint and the image plane constant.

10. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a detector detecting the position and orientation of the display, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane according to results of detection by the detector.

11. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a controller controlling the position and orientation of the display in accordance with a control signal, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane in accordance with the control signal.

12. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a setting device setting the position and orientation of the display, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane according to the position and orientation of the display set by the setting device.

13. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a mobile vehicle carrying the display, wherein the decision device decides the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane according to the position and orientation of the display and a position and orientation of the mobile vehicle.

14. The image presentation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the three-dimensional image includes a plurality of objects, the apparatus further comprising:

a selector selecting an object out of the plurality of objects; and

a deciding device deciding a position and orientation of the object selected by the selector according to the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane decided by the decision device.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a display having a position and orientation which are variable;

a position determining device determining a position of a viewpoint and a position and orientation of a two-dimensional image plane according to the position and orientation of the display, the position of the viewpoint being independent of the position and orientation of the image plane; and

a projector projecting a three-dimensional image on the image plane in accordance with the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane determined by the position determining device, to thereby produce a two-dimensional image which is displayed on the display,

wherein, after the position of the viewpoint is initially decided, the position and orientation of the image plane are decided in accordance with the position and orientation of the display, and then the position of the viewpoint is decided so as to keep the position of the viewpoint constant.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a display having a position and orientation which are variable;

a position determining device determining a position of a viewpoint and a position and orientation of a two-dimensional image plane according to the position and orientation of the display, the position of the viewpoint being independent of the position and orientation of the image plane; and

a projector projecting a three-dimensional image on the image plane in accordance with the position of the viewpoint and the position and orientation of the image plane determined by the position determining device, to thereby produce a two-dimensional image which is displayed on the display,

wherein, after the position of the viewpoint is initially decided independently from the position and orientation of the image plane, the position and orientation of the image plane are decided in accordance with the position and orientation of the display, and then the position of the viewpoint is decided so as to keep the relative positional relation between the viewpoint and the image plane constant.