18832912. INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD (SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.)
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Organization Name
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Inventor(s)
Takanori Minamino of Kanagawa JP
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18832912 titled 'INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Original Abstract Submitted
Provided is an image generation device which detects an obstacle that is present in the surrounding space, on the basis of a captured image obtained by a stereo camera of a head-mounted display, and sets a boundary of a play area in which a user wearing the head-mounted display is allowed to move. When a new obstacle is detected inside the play area, the image generation device generates tangent lines and from an observation point H on a floor surface to a contour of the obstacle and uses the tangent lines and a portion which is a part of the contour and which is between tangent points AB to set a new boundary of the play area.