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Image display system, image display apparatus, and image display method

  • US 9,282,319 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2013
  • Issued: 03/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image display system for superimposing a virtual space image onto a real world image and displaying the resultant composite image on an image display apparatus that is of a hand-held type,the image display apparatus including:

  • a housing;

    a stereoscopic display screen which is provided on a front surface of the housing and is capable of providing an image that is stereoscopically visible by naked eyes; and

    a first camera and a second camera provided on a back surface of the housing, andthe image display system that comprises a processing system that includes at least one hardware processor, the processing system configured to;

    automatically detect an object that is present in a real world image shot by at least one of the first camera and the second camera;

    determine and update positions and orientations of a pair of virtual cameras including a first virtual camera and a second virtual camera in a virtual space, based on detection of the object in the real world image;

    generate, based on the first virtual camera, a first virtual space image of the virtual space;

    generate, based on the second virtual camera, a second virtual space image of the virtual space; and

    a cause an image that is stereoscopically visible by naked eyes to be displayed on the stereoscopic display screen, the image based on a first composite image obtained by superimposing the first virtual space image onto a first real world image shot by the first camera, and on a second composite image obtained by superimposing the second virtual space image onto a second real world image shot by the second camera.

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