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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takayuki Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;

Shinpei Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Tomo Matayoshi, Tokyo, JP;

Hidehiko Morisada, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/75 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/75 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image acquisition unitacquires a subject image in which a subject is positioned in front of a background with a single color. An eye gaze information determination unitdetermines an eye direction and a viewpoint position of a user wearing an HMD and provides the eye direction and the viewpoint position for a display control unitThe display control unitperforms chroma-key composition such that the subject included in the subject image may become a foreground image with respect to a background image and thereby generates a display image according to the viewpoint position of the user. The display control unitdetermines an orientation of the subject such that the subject may be made to face the viewpoint position of the user, in a case where the viewpoint position has been changed.


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