Imaging display apparatus and method

• US 9,772,686 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2016
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sako, Yoichiro, Tsuruta, Masaaki, Ito, Taiji, Asukai, Masamichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US15/179,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20160282938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 345629
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/11 for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths

Abstract

An imaging display apparatus, includes: display means for image display; first image signal generation means for generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object; second image signal generation means for generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means; and control means for allowing, simultaneously on the display means, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation means.

Claims

1. An imaging display apparatus, comprising:

a display unit for image display configured to be disposed before eyes of a user; and

processing circuitry configured to

receive a display image signal generated based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of the user;

receive an image different than the display image signal, the received image having been generated based on a first image that is a pre-stored image or a second image that is received from an external apparatus; and

control display, simultaneously on the display unit, of the image of the display image signal and the image different than the image of the display image signal.

2. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform signal processing with respect to the captured image signal captured by the imaging section.

3. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry reproduces an image signal from a recording medium, and generates, based on the image signal reproduced from the recording medium, the image different from the image of the display image signal.

4. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit is set with, in a screen area, a master screen area and a slave screen area, and in either the master screen area or the slave screen area, image display is made by the display image signal provided by the first image signal generation section, and on the remaining screen area, image display is made by the image different from the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation section.

5. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

in the display unit, a screen area is split into two areas, and in one of the two areas, image display is made by the display image signal provided by the first image signal generation section, and in the remaining area, image display is made by the image different from the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation section.

6. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the image of the display image signal is an image signal captured by close-range imaging or long-range imaging.

7. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the image of the display image signal is an image signal captured by telephoto imaging or wide-angle imaging.

8. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display image is an image signal captured by scale-up processing or scale-down processing.

9. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display image signal is an image signal captured with an increase or a decrease of an imaging sensitivity.

10. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display image signal is an image signal captured with an increase of an infrared imaging sensitivity.

11. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display image signal is an image signal captured with an increase of an ultraviolet imaging sensitivity.

12. An image generation system, comprising:

a memory configured to store a first image; and

processing circuitry configured to

receive a second image from an external apparatus,

generate a display image based on the first image stored in the memory or the received second image, and

control transmission of the generated display image to a display unit configured to be disposed before the eyes of a user, wherein the display unit is configured to simultaneously display the generated display image and a display image signal that is generated based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of the user.

13. A method implemented by an imaging display apparatus having a display unit for image display configured to be disposed before eyes of a user, the method comprising:

receiving a display image signal generated based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of the user;

receiving an image different than the display image signal, the received image having been generated based on a first image that is a pre-stored image or a second image that is received from an external apparatus; and

controlling display, simultaneously on the display unit, of the image of the display image signal and the image different than the image of the display image signal.