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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Kiyohide Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshikazu Ohshima, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyohide Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshikazu Ohshima, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a marker layout method in a mixed reality space, which can reliably detect markers in units of players, even when a plurality of players share a common mixed reality space. According to this invention, markers to be used by only a given player are laid out at positions that cannot be seen from other players. Real objects used in an application that uses a mixed reality space may be used.