US 12,033,380 B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Kenji Sugihara, Tokyo (JP); and Mari Saito, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/250,513
Filed by SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/029877
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/031795, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-148857 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0295049 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/20 (2022.01) [G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a display controlling section configured to:
control a display device to display a first virtual object based on a movement of a user in a real space,
perform distance keeping control to keep a distance between the user and the first virtual object,
terminate the distance keeping control based on a determination that a specific condition is satisfied, wherein the specific condition corresponds to a determination that the user has an interest in the displayed first virtual object, and
reduce the distance between the user and the first virtual object based on the terminated distance keeping control.