Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Takeshi Iwatsu

Hirotaka Ishikawa

Noriyuki Sakoh

Yasuhiro Murase

Jun Moriya

Tsubasa Tsukahara

Shinsuke Yamashita

Yasuki Kanema

Chisako Kajihara

Tohru Kadono

Kenji Suzuki

Toshiyuki Nakagawa

Makoto Takahashi

Satoshi Akagawa

Yuichi Suzuki

Tetsuro Goto

Junichi Nakamura

Masatoshi Ueno

Shinobu Kuriya

Junichi Aramaki

Tomohisa Takaoka

Satoshi Nakano

Takashi Koike

Ikuo Matsumura

Masayuki Ato

Shigetaka Kudou

Masahiro Nobori

Yuuji Ogihara

Takashi Goto

Akiko Tamura

An information processing device including a display unit, a detector, and a first control unit and a method of using same. The display unit may be a head-mounted display. The display unit is capable of providing the user with a field of view of a real space and a virtual object. The detector detects an azimuth of the display unit around at least one axis and display of the virtual object is controlled based in the detected azimuth.

Information processing device that displays a virtual object relative to real space

An information processing device including a display unit, a detector, and a first control unit. The display unit capable of providing the user with a field of view of a real space. The detector detects an azimuth of the display unit around at least one axis. The first control unit includes a region limiter, a storage unit, and a display control unit. The region limiter is capable of limiting a display region of the field of view along a direction of the one axis in three-dimensional coordinates surrounding the display unit. The storage unit stores images including information relating to a predetermined target present in the field of view with the images being made corresponding to the three-dimensional coordinates. The display control unit is configured to display, based on an output of the detector, an image in the three-dimensional coordinates, which corresponds to the azimuth, in the field of view.

[Object] To reduce power consumption even more. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including a communication necessity information acquisition unit configured to acquire communication necessity information indicating necessity to communicate with an external device, and a drive control unit configured to control drive of a first communication unit and a second communication unit on a basis of the acquired communication necessity information, the first communication unit communicating with the external device using a first communication mode, the second communication unit communicating with the external device using a second communication mode capable of transferring data at a rate higher than the first communication mode. The drive control unit controls a drive state of each of the first communication unit and the second communication unit to be set to one of an active state capable of communicating with the external device, a power-saving state having lower power consumption than the active state, and an inactive state being a power off state.

Communication control device, method of controlling communication, and program

A wearable apparatus includes a display unit and a display control unit. The display unit is configured to switch and display a plurality of images classified for each layer. The display control unit is configured to selectively execute a first display control mode and a second display control mode. The first display control mode causes the display unit to display, on the basis of an operation event, the second image from a third image not relating to the first image via the first image. The second display control mode enables the display unit to display the second image from the third image without the first image when a control signal for prompting access to the second image is received.

Wearable apparatus and control apparatus

Interruption of the distribution of display information is prevented. A message processing section, in a case where a connection has been established with a server which distributes display information to be displayed on a display device in synchronization with reproduction of content, processes a message from the server for controlling the distribution in accordance with a first protocol. A connection confirmation section confirms whether or not the connection has been established in accordance with a second protocol. A connection request section, in a case where the connection has not been established, requests establishment of the connection to the server in accordance with the second protocol.

Transmitting display information based on communication protocols

[Object] To enable a user to easily recognize correspondence relationship among objects displayed in a plurality of different display modes upon switching of a mode. [Solution] There is provided a display control apparatus including: a display control unit configured to display a first screen in a first display mode and display a second screen in a second display mode. Upon switching of a mode from the first display mode to the second display mode, in the case where a first object included in the first screen corresponds to a second object included in the second screen, the display control unit performs seamless transition from the first object to the second object.

Method and apparatus to control an augmented reality head-mounted display

Provided is an electronic apparatus including a wearable optical device, a state detection unit configured to detect a state relating to the wearable optical device, state determination unit configured to determine that the detected state is at least one of a first state in which the wearable optical device is worn by a user in usable state or a second state in which the wearable optical device is worn or carried by the user in unusable state, and a power supply controller configured to control a power supply state of the electronic apparatus based on a result obtained by the determination.

Electronic apparatus and method of controlling power supply

To enhance visibility of an image provided by a wearable optical device depending on different situations. Provided is an electronic apparatus including an illuminance information acquisition unit () configured to acquire illuminance information indicating illuminance of light incident on a wearable optical device toward a viewer from a real space, a situation information acquisition unit () configured to acquire situation information indicating a situation surrounding the wearable optical device, a luminance determination unit () configured to determine luminance of light emitted by the wearable optical device to allow the viewer to perceive an image superimposed on the real space, the determination of luminance being performed on a basis of the illuminance information and the situation information, and a controller () configured to control the wearable optical device to cause the wearable optical device to emit light having the determined luminance.

Electronic apparatus and method of providing image on a wearable optical device

There is provided a wearable device including an attachment unit, a motion sensor and a control unit. The attachment unit has a display and an imaging unit. The attachment unit is attachable to the user. The motion sensor is capable of detecting a spatial movement of the imaging unit. The control unit determines whether or not the imaging unit is in a predetermined resting state, based on an output of the motion sensor, and when the imaging unit is not in the predetermined resting state, limit a photographing operation of the imaging unit.

Wearable device, control apparatus, photographing control method and automatic imaging apparatus

A head-mounted display including a display unit, a detector, and a first control unit. The display unit is mountable on a head of a user and capable of providing the user with a field of view of a real space. The detector detects an azimuth of the display unit around at least one axis. The first control unit includes a region limiter, a storage unit, and a display control unit. The region limiter is capable of limiting a display region of the field of view along a direction of the one axis in three-dimensional coordinates surrounding the display unit. The storage unit stores images including information relating to a predetermined target present in the field of view with the images being made corresponding to the three-dimensional coordinates. The display control unit is configured to display, based on an output of the detector, an image in the three-dimensional coordinates, which corresponds to the azimuth, in the field of view.

Head-mounted display

A wearable apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display unit, an operation section, a storage unit, and a display control unit. The display unit is configured to display an image. The operation section is configured to receive input of a predetermined operation event for switching an image to be displayed on the display unit. The storage unit is configured to store a plurality of images to be displayed on the display unit. The display control unit is configured to be capable of sequentially switching the images to be displayed on the display unit every time the predetermined operation event is received, and to cause the display unit to display a first middle image during switching between the individual images from a top image to be first displayed on the display unit to a last image to be last displayed and cause the display unit to display a second middle image different from the first middle image during switching between the last image and the top image.

Wearable apparatus, electronic apparatus, image control apparatus, and display control method

There is provided a wearable device including an attachment unit, a motion sensor and a control unit. The attachment unit has a display and an imaging unit. The attachment unit is configured to be attachable to the user. The motion sensor is configured to be capable of detecting a spatial movement of the imaging unit. The control unit is configured to determine whether or not the imaging unit is in a predetermined resting state, based on an output of the motion sensor, and when the imaging unit is not in the predetermined resting state, limit a photographing operation of the imaging unit.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takeshi Iwatsu