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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Katayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Eita Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Mahoro Anabuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Katayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Eita Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Mahoro Anabuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus for displaying a virtual image superposed upon a real world image, which can automatically set the focus of a lens to the virtual image, a virtual world image object having a high importance degree or a real world image object having a high importance degree. The display apparatus has a lens for capturing light from a real world, a lens state control unit for controlling a state of the lens including a focus, a storage unit for storing computer image data, a computer image generation unit for generating a computer image by using the computer image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with lens state information of the lens state and the like; and a synthesis display unit for synthesizing an image captured via the lens and the generated computer image and displaying a synthetic image.