Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Corporation

Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation

Atsushi Takizawa

Nobuo Sasaki

Takamasa Araki

Kenichiro Yokota

Shotaro Tada

Takakazu Ikeda

Rei Miyazaki

Takashi Yamamoto

Takashi Yoshida

Shigeo Nakayama

Tadashi Tomita

An information processing apparatus provided with a display portion including a plurality of sub-pixels every pixel, connected to an output apparatus for presenting an image displayed on the display portion to a user through a lens, and producing the image to be displayed on the display portion receives source image data becoming an object of display, obtains a corresponding pixel on the source image data by information on a position of the sub-pixel and a predetermined conversion expression every sub-pixel included in a pixel with respect to the respective pixels constituting corrected image data, and determines luminances of the respective sub-pixels based on a pixel value of the pixel on the source image obtained every sub-pixel, thereby producing the corrected image data.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, output apparatus, program, and recording medium

To solve a problem that when there is an error in a mounting position in mounting a lens and thus an optical axis of the lens and a center of a display is shifted, centers of images seen by the left and right eyes of a user individually, are shifted and thus an intended sense of distance cannot be presented to the user. An output apparatus includes a display portion including a plurality of sub-pixels every pixel, and a lens arranged on a display surface side of the display portion, and outputs information on an assembly error representing position shift between an optical axis of the lens and a center of the display portion. An information processing apparatus produces corrected image data obtained by correcting image data becoming an object of display based on the information on the assembly error output from the output apparatus.

An information processing apparatus generates a reference image including information to be presented to a user in accordance with a first attitude of an HMD identified at a first point in time. Based on the difference between the first attitude and a second attitude of the HMD identified at a second point in time after the first point in time, the information processing apparatus generates from the reference image a display image to be displayed on the HMD. Upon generation of the display image, the later the timing for displaying a specific image in the display image displayed on the HMD, the larger the amount of displacement is made by the information processing apparatus between the position of the specific pixel in the display image and the position of a corresponding image in the reference image serving as the source from which to set the pixel value of the specific pixel.

Information processing apparatus and image generation method

A position/posture acquiring unit of image generating apparatus acquires information on the position and posture of the head of a user. A view screen control unit sets a view screen according to the point of view of a user. An original image operating unit disposes an original image in a virtual space and moves the position thereof in response to movement of the point of view of the user. In addition, the original image operating unit calculates the amount of displacement of pixels in such a manner that an object looks fixed. Thereby, the original image operating unit sets a reference vector for each pixel of the image plane. The original image operating unit decides the reference vector by interpolation regarding a pixel for which the reference vector is not set. A displayed image generating unit carries out mapping of the original image onto the view screen by using the obtained reference vectors to generate a displayed image. An output unit outputs the displayed image.

Image generating apparatus and image generating method

A marker detection blockscans a taken image of a plurality of markers of a fixture worn on the head of a user so as to detect a two-dimensional coordinate on the taken image of the plurality of markers. A viewpoint position correction blockcorrects a viewpoint position of the user without use of a coordinate in a Z direction of the markers but by use of the detected two-dimensional coordinate of the plurality of markers. A stereoscopic image generation blockgenerates a parallax image obtained when a three-dimensional object is viewed from the corrected viewpoint position.

Image generation apparatus, image generation method, and calibration method

An image generating system includes a first attitude data obtaining unit obtaining first attitude data indicating an attitude of a head-mounted display in first timing; a reference image generating unit generating a reference image showing a state of looking at a virtual three-dimensional space from a viewpoint, a position and a sight line direction of the viewpoint being identified on a basis of the first attitude data; a second attitude data obtaining unit obtaining second attitude data indicating the attitude of the head-mounted display in second timing; a corresponding position identifying unit identifying a corresponding position for each pixel within a display image to be displayed on the head-mounted display; a pixel value identifying unit identifying a pixel value of the pixel within the display image, the pixel being associated with the corresponding position; and a display image generating unit generating the display image.

Image generating system, image generating method, and information storage medium

An apparatus is disclosed which mechanically supports and electrically connects a magnetic field modulation head for opto-magnetic recording to a supporting/connecting device. The magnetic field modulation head is in slidable contact with a surface of an opto-magnetic disc and is placed face-to-face with a laser pick-up device. The apparatus has a connecting spring member made of a conductive material. The connecting spring member has one end which joins a coil of the magnetic field modulation head with a coil of the magnetic field modulation head, and an opposite end which is fixed on a supporting member. The spring member has a pair of conductive pieces spaced apart from each other. The conductive pieces are made of a material which renders the coil conductive with the supporting member, the one end and the magnetic field modulation head being embedded in a composite resin material. To partially mechanically engage the conductive pieces together, an insulating engaging member may be used. Alternatively, the spring member may have a pair of conductive pieces spaced apart from each other and placed on a single insulating plate made of a flexible composite resin.

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Saitama, Japan

Atsushi Takizawa