Patent ID: 6020891
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional virtual object comprising:display means for displaying a predetermined picture;image pickup means installed with an image pickup direction set to a back direction of a display plane of said display means for picking up an image of an actual picture of a predetermined subject;coordinates measuring means for measuring three-dimensional space coordinates of said image pickup means with respect to a predetermined reference plane;picture generating means for generating a picture of a predetermined virtual three-dimensional object based on three-dimensional space coordinates for said reference plane of said image pickup means measured by said coordinates measuring means; andcomposite picture generating means for generating a composite picture in which a picture of a virtual three-dimensional object generated by said picture generating means with said actual picture the image of which has been picked up by said image pickup means as the background and based on said three-dimensional space coordinates for said reference plane of said image pickup means measured by said coordinates measuring means; wherein:said display means displays said composite picture.