US 12,314,473 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
Ryo Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); Ikuo Yamano, Tokyo (JP); Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Kanagawa (JP); Shin Shiroma, Tokyo (JP); and Keijiroh Nagano, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/285,592
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/003004
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/230264, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-073746 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0184368 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising
a control unit that acquires configured to
acquire information regarding a situation of tactile presentation to at least one part of a body of a user, and
generate an effect image corresponding to the situation of the tactile presentation,
wherein the control unit generates the effect image by changing at least one of a line thickness or a density of the effect image based on the information regarding the situation of the tactile presentation,
wherein the control unit generates the effect image based on the information regarding the situation of the tactile presentation caused by a virtual object observed by the user via a display unit,
wherein the control unit is further configured to display the effect image within a range of a display viewing angle of the display unit in accordance with a position of the display unit and a position of the tactile presentation in a case where the position of the tactile presentation is outside the range of the display viewing angle of the display unit, and
wherein the control unit is implemented via at least one processor.