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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Aoki, Chiba, JP;
Fujio Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Keijiroh Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Fukazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruka Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and a method that performs selection or display mode change of a virtual object to be displayed depending on a real object type in a target area to be a display area for the virtual object. Included are an object identification unit that executes identification processing of a real object in the real world, and a content display control unit that generates an AR image in which a real object and a virtual object are superimposed and displayed. The object identification unit identifies a real object in the target area to be the display area for the virtual object, and the content display control unit performs processing of selecting the virtual object to be displayed or processing of changing the display mode depending on the object identification result.