Patent ID: 7724250
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing method for controlling a display of an image in a 3-dimensional virtual space, the method comprising the steps of: setting a first coordinate system in a real space including a real object, the real object including a surface part and a shape part, wherein the first coordinate system is based on pre-input information associated with the position and the angle of the surface part of the real object, and wherein the position of the shape part of the real object in the first coordinate system is based on pre-input information associated with the shape part of the real object; setting a second coordinate system in the 3-dimensional virtual space corresponding to the real space based on the first coordinate system; inputting specification information via an input device having a third coordinate system to specify a position and an angle of a particular virtual object in the 3-dimensional virtual space; determining via a determination part the position and the angle, in the second coordinate system, of the virtual object based on the specification information input via the input device and the third coordinate system; constructing the 3-dimensional virtual space using the second coordinate system set in the setting step, wherein the 3-dimensional virtual space includes a 3-dimensional model corresponding to the shape part of the real object, a virtual region corresponding to the surface part of the real object, and the virtual object located at the position and the angle in the second coordinate system determined by the determination part, wherein the determination part determines whether there is a penetration of the virtual object with the 3-dimensional model; and controlling the display of an image corresponding to the 3-dimensional virtual space constructed in the constructing step, wherein the virtual object is displayed penetrating the 3-dimensional model corresponding to the shape part of the real object when a penetration is determined by the determination part.