Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016239252-A1
Application number	US-201415031724-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 24, 2014
Priority date	Nov 5, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can more exactly indicate a position outside a display region. An outside-display-region-position designation unit designates a position outside a display region of an image display unit, and a drawing/sound control unit controls output of a sound of an AR object from a sound output unit while moving the AR objet toward the designated position. The present technology can be applied to a wearable computer, for example, a glasses-type device having a pair of image display units for a left eye and a right eye.

First claim

1 . An information processing device comprising:
an image display unit configured to display an image; a sound output unit configured to output a sound; a position designation unit configured to designate a position outside a display region of the image display unit; and a control unit configured to control output of a sound of an augmented reality (AR) object while moving the AR object toward the designated position.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit causes an image of the AR object to be displayed when the AR object passes through the display region of the image display unit.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein there are a plurality of AR objects.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit causes the AR objects to move on both sides of a user when the AR objects move toward the designated position.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit causes sounds of the plurality of AR objects to be output at different timings.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a detection unit configured to detect a direction of the image display unit, wherein the control unit causes the AR object to move according to the direction of the image display unit.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit causes the AR object to move in a manner that the image of the AR object is displayed in the display region.

8 . The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit causes an output position of a sound of the AR object to be the same as a display position of the image of the AR object inside the display region.

9 . The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit causes an output position of a sound of the AR object to be different from a display position of the image of the AR object inside the display region.

10 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , which is a glasses-type device having a pair of the image display units for a left eye and a right eye.

11 . An information processing method of an information processing device, the method causing the information processing device to perform:
designating a position outside a display region of an image display unit; and controlling output of a sound of an AR object from a sound output unit while moving the AR object toward the designated position.

12 . A program causing a computer to function as:
a position designation unit configured to designate a position outside a display region of an image display unit; and a control unit configured to control output of a sound of an AR object from a sound output unit while moving the AR object toward the designated position.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Nakagawa Toshiyuki
• Ishikawa Hirotaka
• KANEMA Yasuki

Classifications

• H04S7/40

  Visual indication of stereophonic sound image · CPC title

• H04S7/30

  Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title

• G06F3/04815

  Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object · CPC title

• G06F3/16 Primary

  Sound input; Sound output (speech processing G10L) · CPC title