Patent ID: 9208530
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B33Y,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. An information processing method for using a haptic device, upon which a first virtual object has been superimposed, to present to a user haptics from a second virtual object superimposed on a real object, the information processing method comprising: acquiring position and orientation of a viewpoint of the user; acquiring position and orientation of the haptic device; generating a first virtual image of the first virtual object based on the position and orientation of the viewpoint of the user, the position and orientation of the haptic device, and computer graphics information of the first virtual object; generating a second virtual image of the second virtual object based on the position and orientation of the user viewpoint and computer graphics information of the second virtual object; and combining the first virtual image and the second virtual image with a real space image as a combined image, and presenting the combined image to the user, wherein haptics received from the second virtual object are obtained by virtual proxy, using a first haptics event model of the first virtual object and a second haptics event model of the second virtual object, wherein the first haptics event model corresponds to the computer graphics information of the first virtual model, and wherein a shape of the first virtual object differs from a shape of the haptics device so that instructions can be made regarding an interior of the real object using the first virtual object.