JP-7856741-B2 - Information processing device and adjustment screen display method

JP7856741B2JP 7856741 B2JP7856741 B2JP 7856741B2JP-7856741-B2

Inventors

野村雅則
米富翔威
村瀬ゆりか
櫻井亮介

Assignees

株式会社ソニー・インタラクティブエンタテインメント

Dates

Publication Date: 20260511
Application Date: 20220707
Priority Date: 20220218

Claims (6)

An adjustment screen generation unit generates an adjustment screen for a user wearing a head-mounted display to adjust the distance between the lenses of the head-mounted display, A display control unit that displays the adjustment screen on the head-mounted display, Equipped with, The adjustment screen generation unit places a lens image indicating the position of the lenses of the head-mounted display on the adjustment screen, and further places a pupil image indicating the position of the user's pupils based on the eye-tracking results on the adjustment screen. The adjustment screen generation unit changes the position of the lens image on the adjustment screen when the position of the lens is changed. Information processing device.
The adjustment screen generation unit, when the magnitude of the discrepancy between the position of the lenses of the head-mounted display and the position of the user's pupils exceeds a predetermined threshold, sets content on the adjustment screen that suggests there is a discrepancy between the position of the lenses and the position of the pupils . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The adjustment screen generation unit further places on the adjustment screen at least one of an example showing the correct position of the lens image and the pupil image, or an example showing an incorrect position. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The adjustment screen generation unit sets content on the adjustment screen indicating that the distance between the lenses of the head-mounted display is appropriate when the position of the user's pupils relative to the position of the lenses of the head-mounted display remains within an appropriate range for a predetermined period of time or longer. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The steps include generating an adjustment screen for a user wearing a head-mounted display to adjust the distance between the lenses of the head-mounted display, The steps include displaying the adjustment screen on the head-mounted display, The computer executes this, The adjustment screen includes a lens image showing the position of the lenses of the head-mounted display, and further includes a pupil image showing the position of the user's pupils based on the eye-tracking results . The above generation step involves changing the position of the lens image on the adjustment screen if the position of the lens is changed. Adjustment screen display method.
A function to generate an adjustment screen for a user wearing a head-mounted display to adjust the distance between the lenses of the head-mounted display, A function to display the aforementioned adjustment screen on the head-mounted display, To make this a reality on a computer, The function that generates the image places a lens image indicating the position of the lenses of the head-mounted display on the adjustment screen, and further places a pupil image indicating the position of the user's pupils on the adjustment screen based on the eye-tracking results. The function that generates the lens changes the position of the lens image on the adjustment screen when the position of the lens is changed. Computer program.

Description

This invention relates to data processing technology, and more particularly to an information processing device and an adjustment screen display method. Image display systems that allow users wearing head-mounted displays to view a target space from any viewpoint are becoming widespread. For example, there are known electronic contents that realize virtual reality (VR) by using a virtual 3D space as the display target and displaying images on the head-mounted display according to the user's gaze direction. By using a head-mounted display, it is also possible to enhance immersion in images and improve the usability of applications such as games. Furthermore, walk-through systems have been developed that allow users wearing head-mounted displays to virtually walk around within the displayed space by physically moving. This figure shows an example of the appearance of the head-mounted display in the embodiment.This figure shows an example configuration of the image display system in the embodiment.This is a diagram illustrating an example of the image world that an image generation device displays on a head-mounted display.This is a diagram showing the internal circuit configuration of the image generation device.This diagram shows the internal circuit configuration of a head-mounted display.This is a block diagram showing the functional blocks of an image generation device.This figure shows an example of an adjustment screen.This is a flowchart showing the operation of the image generation device.This figure shows an example of displacement detection by the displacement detection unit.This figure schematically shows the adjustment screen corresponding to Figure 9.This figure shows an example of displacement detection by the displacement detection unit.This figure schematically shows the adjustment screen corresponding to Figure 11.This figure shows an example of an adjustment screen for when the head-mounted display is tilted significantly.This is a diagram showing the adjustment screen for modified examples.Figures 15(a), 15(b), 15(c), and 15(d) show examples of feedback objects in the adjustment screen. This embodiment relates to an image display system that displays application images on a head-mounted display worn on the user's head. The head-mounted display is also called a VR headset. Figure 1 shows an example of the appearance of the head-mounted display 100 of this embodiment. The head-mounted display 100 comprises an output mechanism 102 and a mounting mechanism 104. The mounting mechanism 104 includes a mounting band 106 that wraps around the user's head when worn, securing the device in place. The output mechanism 102 includes a housing 108 shaped to cover the left and right eyes when the user wears the head-mounted display 100, and has a display panel inside that faces the eyes when worn. The display panel of the head-mounted display 100 in this embodiment is opaque. In other words, the head-mounted display 100 in this embodiment is a light-opaque type head-mounted display. The housing 108 further includes eyepieces (left lens 114 and right lens 116, described later) positioned between the display panel and the user's eyes when the head-mounted display 100 is worn, expanding the user's field of view. The head-mounted display 100 may also be equipped with speakers or earphones positioned to correspond to the user's ears when worn. Furthermore, the head-mounted display 100 incorporates motion sensors to detect the translational and rotational movements of the user's head, as well as its position and orientation at each moment in time. Furthermore, the head-mounted display 100 is equipped with a stereo camera 110 on the front of the housing 108. The stereo camera 110 captures video of the surrounding real space within the field of view corresponding to the user's gaze. By displaying the captured images immediately, it is possible to achieve so-called video see-through, where the user can see exactly what is happening in the real space in the direction they are facing. Furthermore, by drawing virtual objects on top of the images of real objects captured in the images, augmented reality (AR) can be realized. There is no limit to the number of cameras that the image display system 10 can have; the head-mounted display 100 may have one camera or three or more cameras. Furthermore, the head-mounted display 100 is equipped with an adjustment dial 112 on the top of the housing 108. The adjustment dial 112 is a component for adjusting the distance between the lenses of the head-mounted display 100. The user can lengthen or shorten the distance between the lenses of the head-mounted display 100 by turning the adjustment dial 112. Figure 2 shows an example configuration of the image display system 10 of the embodiment. The image display system 10 comprises a head-mounted display 100, an image generation device 200, and a controller 140. The head-mounted display 100 is connected to the image generation device 2