Image display method and image display device
First Claim
1. An image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
- a process of reading in image data of at least one image;
a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space;
a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space;
a process of converting original shapes of the read-in image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions in which the images are seen from the spatial viewpoint and an expansion/shrinking process regarding their size, based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information, and determining a simplified 2D arrangement expressing 2D arrangement of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint as a 2D arrangement of images with shapes that are similar to the original images and a process of rotating an original shape of the read-in image data into an angle of multiples of 90°
, based on the relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information;
a display image creation process of creating displayed images by processing the read-in image data in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement of the images; and
a process of displaying the created display images on a display device.
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Abstract
An image display method is provided, with which a large number of images to be searched can be displayed quickly in a 3D space, with easy to understand image rendering and little strain on the user'"'"'s eyes. The method includes a process of reading in image data of a plurality of images and information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified; a process of converting original shapes of the image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions of the images and a expansion/shrinking process regarding their size, based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images and the spatial viewpoint information, and determining a simplified 2D arrangement as a 2D image; a display image creation process of creating displayed images in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement; and a process of displaying the display images. Through multi-resolution synthesized images and cut images and through the guiding display of a background image, an easy to understand image rendering is achieved, and the eye strain is evaluated and minimized on the basis of the optical flow.
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20 Claims
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1. An image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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a process of reading in image data of at least one image; a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a process of converting original shapes of the read-in image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions in which the images are seen from the spatial viewpoint and an expansion/shrinking process regarding their size, based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information, and determining a simplified 2D arrangement expressing 2D arrangement of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint as a 2D arrangement of images with shapes that are similar to the original images and a process of rotating an original shape of the read-in image data into an angle of multiples of 90°
, based on the relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information;a display image creation process of creating displayed images by processing the read-in image data in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement of the images; and a process of displaying the created display images on a display device.
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2. An image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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a process of reading in image data of at least one image; a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; process of converting original shapes of the read-in image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions in which the images are seen from the spatial viewpoint and an expansion/shrinking process regarding their size based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information, and determining a simplified 2D arrangement expressing a 2D arrangement of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint as a 2D arrangement of images with shapes that are similar to the original images; a display image creation process of creating displayed images by processing the read-in image data in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement of the images; a process of displaying the created display images on a display device; a process of writing image data in accordance with the simplified 2D arrangement of the images in the display image creation; and a process of writing a substitution image or substitution-related information if an orientation of the images displayed in the simplified 2D arrangement is outside a range of preset values.
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3. An image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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an image data reading process of reading in image data of at least one image with at least one resolution, wherein the image data are multi-resolution image data made of a set of image data of at least one resolution; a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a process of determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation process of selecting the image data of at least one resolution from the read-in multi-resolution image data, in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement, and writing them into display images to create the display images; and a process of displaying the created display images on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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a process of reading in image data of at least one image; a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a process of determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation process of writing into the display images cut image data in which a region of a size of an image of the 2D arrangement has been cut from the read-in image data in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement to create the display images; and a process of displaying the created display images on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. An image display meted for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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a process of reading in image data of at least one image; a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a process of reading in image data of a background image that exists virtually as a background in the virtual 3D space; a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the background image in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a process of determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images and the background image seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images and the background image in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation process of creating display images by processing the read-in image data and background image data in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement of the images and the background image; and a process of displaying the created display images on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An image display device for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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an image input portion for reading in image data of at least one image; an arrangement information input portion for reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting portion that specifies setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a projection processing portion for converting original shapes of the read-in image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions in which the images are seen from the spatial viewpoint, an expansion/shrinking process regarding their size, based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information, and determining a simplified 2D arrangement expressing a 2D arrangement of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint as a 2D arrangement of images with shapes that are similar to the original images and a process of rotating an original shape of the read-in image data into an angle multiples of 90°
, based on the relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information;a display image creation processing portion for creating displayed images by processing the read-in image data in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement of the images; and a display portion for displaying the created display images on a display device.
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13. An image display device for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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an image input portion for reading in image data of at least one image with at least one resolution, wherein the image data are multi-resolution image data made of a set of image data of at least one resolution; an arrangement information input portion for reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting processing portion that specifies setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a projection processing portion for determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation processing portion for selecting the image data of at least one resolution from the read-in multi-resolution image data, in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement, and writing them into the display images to create the display images; and a display device for displaying the created display images on a display device.
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14. An image display device for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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an image input portion for reading in image data of at least one image; an arrangement information input portion for reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting processing portion that specifies setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a projection processing portion for determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation processing portion for writing into the display images cut image data in which a region of a size of an image of the 2D arrangement has been cut from the written image data in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement, to create the display images; and a display portion for displaying the created display images on a display device.
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15. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing an image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, the program comprising:
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a processing step of reading in image data of at least one image; a processing step of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting processing step in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a processing step of converting original shapes of the read-in image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions in which the images are seen from the spatial viewpoint and a expansion/shrinking process regarding their size, based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information, determining a simplified 2D arrangement expressing a 2D arrangement of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint as a 2D arrangement of images with shapes that are similar to the original images and rotating an original shape of the read-in image data into an angle of multiples of 90°
, based on the relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information;a display image creation processing step of creating displayed images by processing the read-in image data in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement of the images; and a processing step of displaying the created display images on a display device.
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16. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing an image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, the program comprising:
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an image data reading processing step of reading in image data of at least one image with at least one resolution, wherein the image data are multi-resolution image data made of a set of image data of at least one resolution; a processing step of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting processing step in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a processing step of determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation processing step of selecting the image data of at least one resolution from the read-in multi-resolution image data, in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement, and writing them into the display images to create the display images; and a processing step of displaying the created display images on a display device.
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17. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing an image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, the program comprising:
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a processing step of reading in image data of at least one image; a processing step of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting processing step in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a processing step of determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation processing step of writing into the display images cut image data in which a region of a size of an image of the 2D arrangement has been cut from the written image data in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement to create the display images; and a processing step of displaying the created display images on a display device.
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18. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing an image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, the program comprising:
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a processing step of reading in image data of at least one image; a processing step of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a processing step of reading in image data of a background image that exists virtually as a background in the virtual 3D space; a processing step of reading in information about an arrangement of the background image in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting processing step in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a processing step of determining a 2D arrangement of position, orientation and size of the images and the background image seen from the spatial viewpoint, by performing a projection process based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images and the background image in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information; a display image creation processing step of creating display images by processing the read-in image data end background image data in accordance with the determined 2D arrangement of the images end the background image; and a processing step of displaying the created display images on a display device.
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19. An image display device for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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an image input portion for reading in image data of at least one image; an arrangement information input portion for reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting portion that specifies setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a projection processing portion for converting original shapes of the read-in image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions in which the images are seen from the spatial viewpoint and a expansion/shrinking process regarding their size, based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information, and determining a simplified 2D arrangement expressing a 2D arrangement of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint as a 2D arrangement of images with shapes that are similar to the original images, a process of writing image data in accordance with the simplified 2D arrangement of the images in the display image creation process and a process of writing a substitution image or substitution-related information if an orientation of the images displayed in the simplified 2D arrangement is outside a range of preset values; a display image creation processing portion for creating displayed images by processing the read-in image data in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement of the images; and a display portion for displaying the created display images on a display device.
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20. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing an image display method for arranging and displaying images in a virtual 3D space, comprising:
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a process of reading in image data of at least one image; a process of reading in information about an arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space; a spatial viewpoint setting/shifting process in which setting and shifting of a spatial viewpoint is specified with parameters including a viewpoint position and a line of sight direction in the virtual 3D space; a process of converting original shapes of the read-in image data by a parallel expansion projection process including a parallel shifting process regarding the directions in which the images are seen from the spatial viewpoint and an expansion/shrinking process regarding their size, based on a relation between the information about the arrangement of the images in the virtual 3D space and the spatial viewpoint information, and determining a simplified 2D arrangement expressing a 2D arrangement of the images seen from the spatial viewpoint as a 2D arrangement of images with shapes that are similar to the original images; a display image creation process of creating displayed images by processing the read-in image data in accordance with the determined simplified 2D arrangement of the images; a process of displaying the created display images on a display device; a process of writing image data in accordance with the simplified 2D arrangement of the images in the display image creation process; and a process of writing a substitution image or substitution-related information if an orientation of the images displayed in the simplified 2D arrangement is outside a range of preset values.
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