US 12,434,142 B2
Display control program, display control apparatus and display control method
Nicolas Doucet, Yokohama (JP); Yutaka Yokokawa, Tokyo (JP); Gento Morita, Tokyo (JP); Keiichiro Ishihara, Tokyo (JP); Yuki Miyamae, Tokyo (JP); Kazutomo Sasaki, Tokyo (JP); Ngo Tuyen Thibaud, Tokyo (JP); Masafumi Noda, Tokyo (JP); and Takumi Yoshida, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,760.
Application 18/303,760 is a continuation of application No. 17/486,200, filed on Sep. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,660,536.
Application 17/486,200 is a continuation of application No. 16/784,338, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,154,778, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Application 16/784,338 is a continuation of application No. 15/547,736, granted, now 10,596,464, issued on Mar. 24, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/055391, filed on Feb. 24, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-039077 (JP), filed on Feb. 27, 2015; application No. 2015-119033 (JP), filed on Jun. 12, 2015; and application No. 2015-182762 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249071 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/52 (2014.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); A63F 13/212 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/214 (2014.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); A63F 13/26 (2014.01); A63F 13/5255 (2014.01); A63F 13/53 (2014.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC A63F 13/52 (2014.09) [A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/212 (2014.09); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/214 (2014.09); A63F 13/235 (2014.09); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); A63F 13/26 (2014.09); A63F 13/5255 (2014.09); A63F 13/53 (2014.09); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A display control apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the display control apparatus to perform operations comprising:
acquiring information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user;
acquiring information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user;
acquiring information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and
generating an image of a virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display at a viewpoint position and a sightline direction,
displaying an image of the input apparatus at the position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position between the head mounted display and the input apparatus,
calculating a locus that extends from a first virtual position of the input apparatus to a second virtual position in the virtual three-dimensional space, wherein the second virtual position is based on an attitude of the head mounted display; and
displaying images of an object which is emitted from the image of the input apparatus and moves along the locus in response to the user manipulating the input apparatus.