Maxell, Ltd.

Osamu Kawamae

Yasunobu Hashimoto

Masuo Oku

Kazuhiko Yoshizawa

Hiroshi Shimizu

Megumi Kurachi

Nobuo Masuoka

Manabu Katsuki

Hitoshi Akiyama

Ikuya Arai

Mayumi Nakade

Mitsunobu Watanabe

Yoshinori Okada

Chiyo Ohno

Takatoshi Shirosugi

Yasuo Yahagi

Hiroaki Ono

Osamu Ishizaki

Nobuhiro Shiramizu

Yukinobu Tanaka

Hiroyasu Otsubo

Misako Kono

Yusuke Nakamura

Kenichi Shimada

Sadao Tsuruga

Naohisa Takamizawa

Tomonori Nomura

Katsuei Ichikawa

Hirokazu Ishii

Hiromi Fukushima

Hiroshi Chiba

Tomohiko Mizuguchi

Hiroshi Nakamori

Satoru Takashimizu

Shigeyuki Itou

Tomonori Hirabayashi

A finger tapping measurement processing terminal that measures a finger tapping motion and processes a measurement result includes: a touch panel that is provided on one surface of a terminal, is capable of displaying information related to the finger tapping motion, and is tapped by one of two fingers of a same hand of a user who holds the terminal; finger detectors that detect a motion of one finger tapping the touch panel; and a processor that performs processing of measuring a two-finger distance during a finger tapping motion between the other of the two fingers holding another surface of the terminal located on an opposite side of the touch panel and the one finger tapping the touch panel based on detection information obtained by the finger detectors.

Finger tapping measurement processing terminal, system, method, and computer program

An augmented reality (AR) display device includes a camera that captures a background image; a distance measuring sensor that measures a distance to a real object in the background image; a position and orientation sensor that detects the position of the camera and the shooting direction of the camera; a controller that recognizes the real object from the background image captured by the camera and associates the predetermined AR object with the recognized real object; a display displaying an image of the associated AR object; and a memory that stores data of the real object and the AR object associated with each other. The controller determines whether or not the real object is movable from the measurement result of the distance measuring sensor, and arranges the AR object according to the current position of the real object when the position of the real object associated with the AR object moves.

Augmented reality display device and augmented reality display method

An image display apparatus includes a camera, a distance measurement sensor, an illuminance sensor, a brightness/darkness determinator, an image generator, an image storage, an image retriever, a visual image decider, and a display. The camera captures an image of a real object in front of a user to obtain a camera image. The image generator generates a distance image which corresponds to the camera image and represents a distance to each position of the real object based on data of the distance measurement sensor. The brightness/darkness determinator determines whether a place in which the user is present is a bright place or a dark place based on data of the illuminance sensor. The image storage stores the camera image and the distance image obtained in the bright place as a set.

Image display apparatus and image display system

The MR display device includes a controller and a display unit. The controller recognizes a reality object from a reality video imaged by a camera and links a predetermined virtual object to the reality object based on an operation of an experiencing person. The display unit displays a video of the linked virtual object. The controller acquires a recognition result of a reality object generated by the other MR display device and data of the linked virtual object, via a communication unit, synthesizes the acquired data and the own data, and displays a video obtained by the synthesis on the display unit. In addition, the controller allows an edit of the virtual object linked to the reality object on the video displayed on the display unit, based on an operation of the experiencing person.

Mixed reality display device and mixed reality display method

Provide is a display terminal having a small display space, in which high operability is realized while convenience is maintained. A display terminal including a photographing device comprises: an image analysis unit configured to analyze an image captured by the photographing device, use region information that is information of a region on the image which corresponds to a real object existing in the external field, and refer to an icon DB so as to specify an icon related to the real object; and an app start unit configured to obtain an application associated with the specified icon from an app DB and start the application.

Display terminal, application control system and application control method

Provided is an imaging system capable of stereo-photographing with both of visible and infrared images, and improving color reproducibility in visible-light-photographing. The imaging system includes two imaging sensors, and two DBPFs that have transmittance characteristics in a visible light band and a second wavelength band, are respectively provided correspondingly to the two imaging sensors, and serve as optical filters. The imaging system has: at least four kinds of filters, which have mutual different spectral transmission characteristics corresponding to wavelengths in the visible light band and whose transmissions in a second wavelength band approximate each other; and two color filters provided so as respectively correspond to the two imaging sensors. The imaging system measures a distance to a target based on two visible or infrared image signals.

Imaging apparatus and imaging system

A virtual reality sharing system comprises a VR-server that composites a plurality of camera-captured videos obtained by capturing videos of a same real space from different viewpoints to create a VR video, an AR-server that draws and creates an AR object (ARO), and a viewer virtual reality sharing terminal (terminal), wherein the VR server, the AR-server, and the terminal being communicatively connected via a network, wherein an input interface of the terminal accepts a setting input operation about a viewer's viewpoint for taking in the VR video, the terminal transmits data indicating a position and direction of the viewer's viewpoint to the VR-server and the AR-server, receives the VR video and drawing data of the ARO viewed as seen from the viewer's viewpoint from each of the VR-server and the AR-server, superimposes the ARO on the received VR video, and displays the superimposed VR video on the display of the terminal.

Virtual reality sharing method and system

A mount type device includes a camera configured to photograph a work site in a wider range than a visual field of a worker; a sensor configured to obtain a visual line of the worker; and a visual line movement detector configured to detect, as visual line movement information, movement of a direction of the visual line of the worker by using the sensor information. The mount type device transmits data on the photographed image and the visual line movement information to an operation instructing apparatus via a network. An operation instructing apparatus includes a display setter configured to extract a first image having a wider range than a visual field range of the worker from the image photographed by the camera, correct the first image using the visual line movement information, and cause a display of the corrected first image; and an instruction image is generated for the worker.

Remote operation instructing system, and mount type device

A user authentication system includes a main body device and an authentication device. The main body device has an authentication code transmission requesting unit, a verification unit, and an unlocking unit. The authentication code transmission requesting unit generates an authentication code transmission request including a first value, and transmits the authentication code transmission request to the authentication device. The authentication device generates an authentication code in response to the first value in the authentication code transmission request, and transmits the authentication code to the main body device. The verification unit determines that authentication is successful if the authentication code is received from the authentication device. When the verification unit determines that the authentication is successful, the unlocking unit enables a predetermined functionality.

User authentication system and portable terminal

An information display device for displaying activity schedule of an assigned user provided with one of seats in advance, detects position and direction of the information display device; acquires distance from the information display device to a display target seat of an assigned user whose activity schedule is to be displayed; uses the position, the direction, and the distance to calculate display seat position of the display target seat; extracts, from a table which registers assigned user information of assigned users of the seats in association with registration seat position of the seats, one piece of the assigned user information registered in association with one piece of the registration seat position which is closest to the display seat position; acquires current activity schedule registered in association with the one piece of the assigned user information; and displays the acquired activity schedule on a display unit.

Information display device and activity plan display system

In a linked display system in which wireless communication connection between a first information device and a second information device has been established, when the first information device transmits text data to the second information device in a state of displaying content containing the text data and image data, the second information device displays the text data while the first information device stops displaying the text data and enlarges and displays the image data.

Linked display system and head-mounted display

A head-mounted display comprises: a wearing body; a display; a communication module configured to perform communication connection with a mobile information terminal; a field of view (FOV) sensor configured to output status data used for determining whether the mobile information terminal is included in a user's FOV through the wearing body; and a controller connected to each of the display, the communication module, and the FOV detection sensor. The controller determines whether the mobile information terminal is included in the user's FOV based on the status data, and performs display control with respect to the display so as to display an application screen of the mobile information terminal on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is not included in the FOV, and not to display the application screen on the display when determining that the mobile information terminal is included in the FOV.

Head-mounted display, head-mounted display linking system, and method for same

A composite reception and emission apparatus comprises: a plurality of first-type devices that receives or emits energy; a plurality of second-type devices whose type is different from a type of the first-type devices; and a base body. The first-type devices and the second-type devices measure a full solid angle, and are arranged on the base body such that a device closest to each of the first-type devices in an orientation space is at least one of the second-type devices, and a device closest to each of the second-type devices in the orientation space is at least one of the first-type devices.

Composite reception/emission apparatus

There are provided an HMD system capable of improving operability by realizing various input operations on a head mounted display (HMD), an HMD used therefor, and an operation method therefor. Therefore, in the HMD system, an HMD allowing an operation input from an external operation device is connected to a plurality of external operation devices. The external operation device is a device worn on the body of a user who uses the HMD, includes a sensor for detecting movement, and transmits operation information by moving the external operation device. The HMD includes a short-range wireless communication unit and an operation control unit. Operation information from the plurality of external operation devices is received through the short-range wireless communication unit. The operation control unit executes a predetermined operation based on the operation information received from the plurality of external operation devices.

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Kyoto, Japan

Osamu Kawamae