INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• Main Author: NAKAMURA NAOHITO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 07.05.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS

To provide an information processing apparatus configured to allow a user to easily select a desired virtual object from among a plurality of virtual objects superposed in a depth direction in a three-dimensional space.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus includes: display control means which performs display control of a virtual object so as to be arranged in a three-dimensional space which is a field of view of a user; setting means which sets a selection range in the three-dimensional space on the basis of a plurality of positions located at different distances from the user, the positions being designated by an operator located in a position of a hand of the user; and selection means which switches the state of the virtual object between a selected state and a not-selected state on the basis of the selection range.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】３次元空間内で奥行き方向に重なって配置されている複数の仮想物体から、ユーザーが所望の仮想物体を容易に選択することができるようにする情報処理装置を提供する。【解決手段】情報処理装置は、ユーザーの視界となる３次元空間内に配置されるように仮想物体の表示制御を行う表示制御手段と、ユーザーの手の位置にある操作体を用いて指定された、ユーザーからの距離が異なる複数の位置に基づいて、前記３次元空間における選択範囲を設定する設定手段と、前記選択範囲に基づいて、前記仮想物体の状態を選択状態と選択解除状態との間で切り替える選択手段とを有することを特徴とする。【選択図】図１