US20140198191A1 - Head mounted image-sensing display device and composite image generating apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a head mounted image-sensing display device, and more particularly to a head mounted image-sensing display device capable of performing a three-dimensional display by representing parallax images in both the left and right eye.
- the present invention also relates to a composite image generating apparatus that generates an image for display on this kind of head mounted image-sensing display device.
- MR systems allow an observer to experience mixed reality (MR) in which a virtual object seems to exist in a physical space.
- MR mixed reality
- a composite image is generated by aligning and combining a real image of a physical space that is captured from the observer's observation point and a computer graphics (CG) image that represents a virtual object. The composite image is then represented to the observer.
- CG computer graphics
- a head mounted display device is generally utilized as a display apparatus that represents the composite image to the observer.
- an image-sensing device for capturing a physical space image of the observer's observation point is provided in a HMD that is used with an MR system.
- the image-sensing device will also have independent configurations for the right eye and the left eye.
- a HMD provided with an image-sensing device is referred to as a “head mounted image-sensing display device”.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a head mounted image-sensing display device that is capable of generating a composite image in which a difference in parallax between a picked up image of a physical space and an image of a virtual object is reduced.
- a head mounted image-sensing display device comprising: a pair of image-sensing means for stereoscopically capturing a physical space and outputting a pair of stereoscopic images; display means for displaying an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye, based on the pair of stereoscopic images; and storage means for storing image sensing parameters that are previously measured for the pair of image-sensing means.
- a composite image generating apparatus comprising: composite image generation means for, based on image sensing parameters that represent a positional relationship of a plurality of image-sensing means that pick up images of a physical space, combining a virtual object with at least any one of the physical space images that are picked up by the plurality of image-sensing means to generate a composite image; positional relationship detection means for detecting a change in a positional relationship of the plurality of image-sensing means; and parameter changing means for changing the image sensing parameters in accordance with a change in a positional relationship that is detected by the positional relationship detection means.
- FIG. 1 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a top view that illustrates an example of the positional relationship between an object in a physical space and optical axes 101 R and 101 L of a right eye optical unit 110 R and a left eye optical unit 110 L in a case in which assembly of a head mounted image-sensing display device 10 is performed correctly;
- FIG. 3 is a top view that illustrates an example of the positional relationship between an object in a physical space and optical axes 101 R and 101 L of a right eye optical unit 110 R and a left eye optical unit 110 L in a case in which assembly of a head mounted image-sensing display device 10 is not performed correctly;
- FIG. 4 is a view that illustrates an example of fusion between an image of a virtual object and an image of a physical space represented by the MR system according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a view that illustrates an example of a region of a physical space that is picked up with the right eye optical unit shown in FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 6 is a view that illustrates an example of a region of a physical space that is picked up with the right eye optical unit shown in FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are views that illustrate examples of a composite image in a case in which a parallax image is generated using design values irrespective of the fact that a convergence angle of an optical unit is out of alignment with a design value;
- FIG. 9 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an eye width adjuster in the head mounted image-sensing display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a view that illustrates a separate example of a click mechanism for eye width adjustment in the head mounted image-sensing display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a view that describes another arrangement example of an image-sensing unit in the head mounted image-sensing display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a head mounted image-sensing display device has a configuration that performs composite image generation processing including generation of a CG image and combination thereof with a real image.
- a configuration relating to generation of a composite image is not essential in a head mounted image-sensing display device, and the same processing may be implemented in an external device.
- a head mounted image-sensing display device 10 has a pair of optical units consisting of a right eye optical unit 110 R and a left eye optical unit 110 L that correspond to a right eye 100 R and a left eye 100 L of an observer, and a pair of video signal generating devices consisting of a right eye video signal generating device 20 R and a left eye video signal generating device 20 L.
- the optical units 110 R and 110 L have display units 13 R and 13 L, video input units 14 R and 14 L, image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L, captured image output units 1 CR and 1 CL, and image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L.
- the display units 13 R and 13 L function as a right eye display device that displays images for the right eye and a left eye display device that displays images for the left eye, respectively.
- the display units 13 R and 13 L have LCD modules 11 R and 11 L as display devices, and magnifying optical systems 12 R and 12 L that magnify display images at the LCD modules 11 R and 11 L.
- the LCD modules 11 R and 11 L have a liquid crystal panel such as a p-Si TFT or an LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon), a peripheral circuit such as a driving circuit that drives the liquid crystal panel, and a light source such as a backlight or a front light (none of these are shown in the drawings).
- the LCD modules 11 R and 11 L are disposed on an image plane of the magnifying optical systems 12 R and 12 L. Therefore, after an image that is rendered on the LCD modules 11 R and 11 L passes through an optical element in the magnifying optical systems 12 R and 12 L, the image is projected toward the right eye 100 R and the left eye 100 L of the observer wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 . As a result, the observer wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 can observe the display image at the LCD modules 11 R and 11 L in a magnified state.
- the pair of image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L that are stereoscopic image-sensing devices have image sensors 19 R and 19 L such as a CMOS sensor or a CCD sensor, drive circuits (not shown) that drive the image sensors 19 R and 19 L, and image sensing lenses 18 R and 18 L.
- An optical image of an imaging object is formed by the image sensing lenses 18 R and 18 L on the image plane of the image sensors 19 R and 19 L. This optical image is converted into electrical signals in pixel units by a photoelectric conversion action of the image sensors 19 R and 19 L.
- the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L sense and output stereoscopic images of a physical space.
- the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L and the display units 13 R and 13 L are disposed so that the image sensing optical axis of the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L and the optical axis on the projection side of the display units 13 R and 13 L substantially match.
- the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L store parameters that define an optical axis or image sensing region of the image-sensing optical system of the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L, such as an image sensing optical axis direction, a base line length, a principal point position, a focal distance, tilt values for each of the x, y, and z axes, and lens distortion correction data.
- the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L are, for example, configured with a nonvolatile storage element, such as an EEPROM, whose contents are not erased even when the power is disconnected.
- the video signal generating devices 20 R and 20 L have image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L, parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L, video output units 21 R and 21 L, captured image input units 25 R and 25 L, and image computing units 27 R and 27 L, respectively.
- the video signal generating devices 20 R and 20 L generate and output video signals for the right eye and left eye using image sensing parameters and captured images from the right eye optical unit 110 R and the left eye optical unit 110 L.
- the captured image output units 1 CR and 1 CL execute electrical processing such as A/D conversion or amplification with respect to electrical signals that correspond to optical images of an imaging object that are output by the image sensors 19 R and 19 L, and supply the results to the captured image input units 25 R and 25 L of the video signal generating devices 20 R and 20 L.
- the image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L read out the recording contents of the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L and output the image sensing parameters that are read out to the parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L.
- the parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L generate images (parallax images) of a virtual object for the right eye and left eye based on the input image sensing parameters and three-dimensional model information of the virtual object.
- the image computing units 27 R and 27 L combine stereoscopic images from the captured image input units 25 R and 25 L with parallax images from the parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L to generate composite images for the right eye and left eye.
- the composite images are supplied to the video input units 14 R and 14 L through the video output units 21 R and 21 L.
- the image sensing optical axis of the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L and the optical axis on the projection side of the display units 13 R and 13 L are disposed so that they are substantially matching. Therefore, in the following description they are expressed simply as “optical axis” of an “optical unit”.
- FIG. 2 is a top view that illustrates an example of the positional relationship between an object in a physical space and optical axes 101 R and 101 L of the right eye optical unit 110 R and the left eye optical unit 110 L in a case in which assembly of the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 is performed correctly.
- the range that is captured by the image-sensing unit 18 R is the portion surrounded by an image pickup region 150 ′ in FIG. 6 , which is different to the original image pickup region 150 .
- the virtual object is displayed at a position that deviates from the location at which the virtual object should originally be disposed.
- a misalignment also arises in the attachment angle in the vertical direction.
- a composite image is generated in which the virtual object 130 is embedded in the real object 120 or, as shown in FIG. 8 , a composite image is generated in which the virtual object 130 is suspended in mid-air.
- parallax information that is unique to the individual head mounted image-sensing display device 10 is stored as image sensing parameters in the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L.
- the following kinds of information can be exemplified as parallax information according to the present embodiment:
- optical axis directions of the optical units 110 and the like.
- the image sensing parameters may be fewer than the parameters exemplified here, or conversely, even more parameters may be stored.
- image sensing parameters are previously measured or calculated, and stored in the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L as unique parameters of the optical units 110 of the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 .
- the parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L to generate parallax images of the virtual object 130 to be superimposed on actual images that are picked up by the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L
- the unique image sensing parameters of the optical units 110 are read out from the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L and used.
- the parallax image generating unit 22 R generates a parallax image of the virtual object 130 in accordance with the image sensing parameters that are unique to the optical unit 110 R, beginning with the actual convergence angle ⁇ ′.
- three-dimensional model information information relating to shape, color, texture, three-dimensional position or the like
- image sensing parameters that are unique to the optical unit 110 L are read out from the image sensing parameter storage unit 26 L to generate a parallax image for the left eye using the image sensing parameters that are read out and the three-dimensional model information of the virtual object.
- the parallax images generated by the parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L are transferred to the image computing units 27 R and 27 L.
- the parallax images are subjected to computational processing such as addition, multiplication, subtraction, or division with respect to the captured images of physical space picked up by the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L to thereby generate composite images for the right eye and the left eye.
- the composite image for the right eye and the composite image for the left eye are transferred to the video output units 21 R and 21 L to be displayed on the LCD modules 11 R and 11 L of the display units 13 R and 13 L via the video input units 14 R and 14 L.
- the contents of the LCD modules 11 R and 11 L are magnified by the magnifying optical systems 12 R and 12 L, the contents are projected onto the right eye 100 R and left eye 100 L of the observer wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 .
- the observer who observes the composite images generated by the image computing units 27 R and 27 L can perceive that the virtual object 130 is correctly disposed on the real object 120 in a physical space.
- Each image sensing parameter (camera parameter) stored in the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L can be measured by an arbitrary method as long as the parameter values can be obtained at an acceptable accuracy.
- the parameters can be measured according to a method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-244521. According to this method, a calibration pattern is picked up by the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L, and the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L calculate or estimate the camera parameters for the picked-up image by analyzing the picked-up image.
- processing to generate parallax images or composite images may be performed by an external device.
- the image computing units 27 R and 27 L and the parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L in the video signal generating devices 20 R and 20 L can be implemented, for example, using software by executing a software program with a computer.
- the captured image output units 1 CR and 1 CL and the captured image input units 25 R and 25 L can be implemented with a wired communication interface that conforms to a standard such as USB or IEEE 1394 or a wireless communication interface that conforms to a standard such as IEEE 802.11x.
- the video input units 14 R and 14 L or the video output unit 21 R and 21 L can also be implemented by a similar interface.
- a head mounted image-sensing display device comprising an image-sensing device and a display device
- unique image sensing parameters are previously stored in an image-sensing optical system of the image-sensing device. It is therefore possible to know the conditions under which an image picked up by the image-sensing device is picked up.
- an effect is obtained whereby it is possible to generate a composite image with high alignment accuracy.
- this is advantageous when generating a composite image for providing an observer with a sense of virtual reality or mixed reality.
- FIG. 9 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- elements that are the same as elements described according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and a detailed description of those elements is omitted.
- the image display system according to the present embodiment is the same as the MR system according to the first embodiment. Therefore, the fundamental configuration of a head mounted image-sensing display device 40 is common with that of the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 . However, a difference from the first embodiment is that the head mounted image-sensing display device 40 is configured with the respective image-sensing optical systems and display optical systems on the left and right in an integrated state so that the base line length thereof is changeable. More specifically, the head mounted image-sensing display device 40 according to the present embodiment has, in addition to the configuration of the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 , an eye width adjuster 17 , a control unit 16 , and an eye-width signal output unit 15 .
- a base line length of the image-sensing optical systems and display optical systems that are integrated on the left and right sides, respectively, is acquired and calculated as eye width data in the manner described below.
- the control unit 16 reads in an eye-width setting value that is adjusted at the eye width adjuster 17 as an electrical signal, and passes the data to the eye-width signal output unit 15 .
- the eye-width signal output unit 15 outputs a signal corresponding to the eye-width setting value to the image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L.
- the image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L read out from the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L the image sensing parameters that correspond to the signal received from the eye-width signal output unit 15 .
- various image sensing parameters associated with a plurality of base line lengths, respectively, are previously measured and stored in the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L, and thus image sensing parameters that are in accordance with the relevant base line length are read out.
- FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a specific configuration example of the eye width adjuster 17 .
- the eye width adjuster 17 has a pair of racks 33 R and 33 L, a gear 32 , an adjustment knob 31 , and a rotary encoder 30 .
- the adjustment knob 31 and the gear 32 are fixed on the same shaft, and the rotary encoder 30 detects the amount of rotation of the shaft, that is, the rotation angle of the adjustment knob 31 .
- One end of each rack in the pair of racks 33 R and 33 L is fixed to the right eye optical unit 110 R and the left eye optical unit 110 L, respectively, and the other end portion is configured so as to intermesh with the gear 32 .
- the eye width adjuster 17 having this configuration, when the observer rotates the adjustment knob 31 , the left and right optical units 110 L and 110 R are simultaneously moved in a parallel manner by the same amount in opposite directions to thereby change the base line length. More specifically, in FIG. 10 , when the adjustment knob 31 is rotated clockwise, the racks 33 R and 33 L move in directions that move the optical units 110 R and 110 L away from each.
- the rotation angle of the adjustment knob (or the rotation angle of the gear 32 ) is detected by the rotary encoder 30 .
- the rotary encoder 30 comprises an unshown internal click mechanism, and is configured to be capable of stopping at each predetermined rotation angle.
- corresponding image sensing parameters are measured for each predetermined angle that corresponds to a click mechanism of the rotary encoder 30 .
- the measurement results are then stored in the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L that are configured with a nonvolatile storage element such as an EEPROM.
- the image sensing parameters are:
- the optical axis direction of the optical unit 110 and the like.
- a plurality of sets of image sensing parameters that correspond to the rotation angle of the adjustment knob 31 are stored in the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L.
- a value corresponding to the current rotation angle of the shaft is determined based on a pulse that is output in accordance with rotation of the shaft by the rotary encoder 30 .
- the control unit 16 outputs a value corresponding to the rotation angle to the eye-width signal output unit 15 .
- the rotary encoder 30 employs a method capable of detecting the absolute amount of rotation of the rotating shaft, it is also possible to supply the output of a direct rotary encoder 30 to the eye-width signal output unit 15 .
- the image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L read out image sensing parameters corresponding to the value from the eye-width signal output unit 15 from the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L.
- a similar configuration can be obtained by providing a plurality of grooves 331 in the rack 33 L and providing a spring 34 that energizes the rack 33 L in the upward direction in the figure and that has a portion 34 a that substantially corresponds to the groove 331 . That is, by using the configuration shown in FIG. 11 , positions at which the optical units 110 stop can be provided in a stepwise condition by means of the intervals between the grooves 331 .
- the position of the optical unit 110 may also be detected using a device other than the rotary encoder 30 .
- a linear potentiometer comprising a variable resistor, or means that applies a magnetic field to an optical unit and detects a magnetic gradient may be utilized.
- image sensing parameters that correspond to a rotation angle (or eye width) other than a rotation angle (or eye width) measured at the time of adjustment at the production and assembly stage do not exist.
- image sensing parameters corresponding to rotation angles prior to and after the measured rotation angle it is possible to determine image sensing parameters that correspond to the actual rotation angle (or eye width).
- An arbitrary method is used by the image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L to read out the image sensing parameters.
- a readout request is sent from the image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L to the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L.
- the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L associate and store a plurality of rotation angles/eye widths and image sensing parameters. Therefore, by including a rotation angle/eye width in the request signal, image sensing parameters corresponding to the rotation angle in question can be read out from the image sensing parameter storage units 26 R and 26 L.
- parallax images of a virtual object are generated in accordance with the image sensing parameters that are read out from the image sensing parameters input units 23 R and 23 L.
- the image computing units 27 R and 27 L combine the parallax images from the parallax image generating units 22 R and 22 L with stereoscopic images from the captured image input units 25 R and 25 L to generate composite images.
- the image computing units 27 R and 27 L output the composite images to the video input units 14 R and 14 L of the head mounted image-sensing display device 40 via the video output units 21 R and 21 L.
- the invention can substantially eliminate parallax between the line of sight of the observer and the optical axes 101 R and 101 L of the image-sensing units 18 R and 18 L and the display units 13 R and 13 L.
- the image-sensing unit 18 L may be disposed so that an optical axis 101 L of the image-sensing unit 18 L is positioned perpendicular to a plane including an optical axis (optical axis of left display unit 13 L) 102 L of the left eye of the observer and on a plane that includes the optical axis 102 L of the left eye.
- the image-sensing unit 18 R may be disposed so that an optical axis 101 R of the image-sensing unit 18 R is positioned perpendicular to a plane including an optical axis (optical axis of right display unit 13 R) 102 R of the right eye of the observer and on a plane that includes the optical axis 102 R of the right eye.
- the present invention can also be applied to a head mounted image-sensing display device that automatically adjusts the eye width so that the observer's line of sight matches the optical axes of optical units by using, for example, line of sight detection technology.
- the mechanism for adjusting the eye width is different, and as long as it is possible to acquire a value corresponding to the value of the eye width (base line length) after adjustment, the second embodiment can be applied as it is.
- parallax images are generated using image sensing parameters that correspond to an eye width that is adjusted by operating the eye width adjuster 17 , an effect of further reducing the burden of the observer can be achieved in addition to the effects of the first embodiment.
- processing to generate parallax images or composite images may also be performed by an external device.
- identification information that can identify a head mounted image-sensing display device is stored, and the corresponding unique image sensing parameters can be associated therewith and stored in a management apparatus that is separate from the head mounted image-sensing display device.
- the identification information can then be acquired from the head mounted image-sensing display device connected to the MR system and the corresponding image sensing parameters can be acquired from the management apparatus to enable generation of composite images for the head mounted image-sensing display device in question.
- the image sensing parameters may be stored in any location.
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The invention provides a head mounted image-sensing display device including a pair of image-sensing units (18R, 18L) that stereoscopically capture a physical space and output a pair of stereoscopic images, and display units (13R, 13L) for displaying images for the right eye and images for the left eye. Image sensing parameters that are previously measured for the image-sensing units are stored in image sensing parameter storage units (26R, 26L). As a result, a difference in parallax between captured images of a physical space and images of a virtual object is reduced.
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- The present invention relates to a head mounted image-sensing display device, and more particularly to a head mounted image-sensing display device capable of performing a three-dimensional display by representing parallax images in both the left and right eye.
- The present invention also relates to a composite image generating apparatus that generates an image for display on this kind of head mounted image-sensing display device.
- In recent years, MR systems are known that allow an observer to experience mixed reality (MR) in which a virtual object seems to exist in a physical space. In an MR system, a composite image is generated by aligning and combining a real image of a physical space that is captured from the observer's observation point and a computer graphics (CG) image that represents a virtual object. The composite image is then represented to the observer.
- At this time, a head mounted display device (HMD) is generally utilized as a display apparatus that represents the composite image to the observer. Normally, an image-sensing device for capturing a physical space image of the observer's observation point is provided in a HMD that is used with an MR system. In a case in which the HMD is configured so as to be capable of representing independent video images in the left and right eyes, respectively, in many cases the image-sensing device will also have independent configurations for the right eye and the left eye. Hereunder, a HMD provided with an image-sensing device is referred to as a “head mounted image-sensing display device”.
- In this kind of head mounted image-sensing display device, when the image sensing directions of a pair of image-sensing devices and the parallax of a pair of CG images that are combined with left and right images that are picked up by the image-sensing device do not match, the CG images that are observed appear unnatural and seamlessness with the physical space is not obtained. There is also a risk that the observer will feel a sense of fatigue while observing the unnatural image.
- To solve this problem, technology has been proposed that adjusts a display unit to conform to the eye width of the observer and generates a CG image including parallax in accordance with the adjustment amount thereof. This technology also attempts to substantially match the optical axis of an image-sensing optical system that corresponds to both the left and right eyes and the optical axis of a display optical system (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-108868).
- According to the aforementioned technology, by performing eye width adjustment, generating an image by taking into account the parallax thereof, and making the image sensing optical axis and the display optical axis match, it seems that an effect can be expected whereby the parallax of the virtual image and the actual image are matched. However, this effect can only be expected in a case in which, for a head mounted image-sensing display device, assembly is carried out so that the values for a base line length and an image sensing direction of an image-sensing device are in accordance with the design values.
- When assembly is performed with values that differ from the design values, ultimately a mismatch between the parallax of a real image and a CG image is not overcome. Therefore, there is still a risk that the observer wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device will feel a sense of discomfort and a sense of fatigue.
- The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described problem of the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a head mounted image-sensing display device that is capable of generating a composite image in which a difference in parallax between a picked up image of a physical space and an image of a virtual object is reduced.
- According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a head mounted image-sensing display device comprising: a pair of image-sensing means for stereoscopically capturing a physical space and outputting a pair of stereoscopic images; display means for displaying an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye, based on the pair of stereoscopic images; and storage means for storing image sensing parameters that are previously measured for the pair of image-sensing means.
- According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a composite image generating apparatus, comprising: composite image generation means for, based on image sensing parameters that represent a positional relationship of a plurality of image-sensing means that pick up images of a physical space, combining a virtual object with at least any one of the physical space images that are picked up by the plurality of image-sensing means to generate a composite image; positional relationship detection means for detecting a change in a positional relationship of the plurality of image-sensing means; and parameter changing means for changing the image sensing parameters in accordance with a change in a positional relationship that is detected by the positional relationship detection means.
- Further features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a top view that illustrates an example of the positional relationship between an object in a physical space andoptical axes optical unit 110R and a left eyeoptical unit 110L in a case in which assembly of a head mounted image-sensing display device 10 is performed correctly; -
FIG. 3 is a top view that illustrates an example of the positional relationship between an object in a physical space andoptical axes optical unit 110R and a left eyeoptical unit 110L in a case in which assembly of a head mounted image-sensing display device 10 is not performed correctly; -
FIG. 4 is a view that illustrates an example of fusion between an image of a virtual object and an image of a physical space represented by the MR system according to the first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 5 is a view that illustrates an example of a region of a physical space that is picked up with the right eye optical unit shown inFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 6 is a view that illustrates an example of a region of a physical space that is picked up with the right eye optical unit shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 7 andFIG. 8 are views that illustrate examples of a composite image in a case in which a parallax image is generated using design values irrespective of the fact that a convergence angle of an optical unit is out of alignment with a design value; -
FIG. 9 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 10 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an eye width adjuster in the head mounted image-sensing display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 11 is a view that illustrates a separate example of a click mechanism for eye width adjustment in the head mounted image-sensing display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 12 is a view that describes another arrangement example of an image-sensing unit in the head mounted image-sensing display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. - Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail in accordance with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. - In the present embodiment, a case is described in which a head mounted image-sensing display device has a configuration that performs composite image generation processing including generation of a CG image and combination thereof with a real image. However, a configuration relating to generation of a composite image is not essential in a head mounted image-sensing display device, and the same processing may be implemented in an external device.
- A head mounted image-
sensing display device 10 has a pair of optical units consisting of a right eyeoptical unit 110R and a left eyeoptical unit 110L that correspond to aright eye 100R and aleft eye 100L of an observer, and a pair of video signal generating devices consisting of a right eye videosignal generating device 20R and a left eye videosignal generating device 20L. Theoptical units display units video input units sensing units parameter storage units display units display units LCD modules optical systems LCD modules - The
LCD modules LCD modules optical systems LCD modules optical systems right eye 100R and theleft eye 100L of the observer wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device 10. As a result, the observer wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 can observe the display image at theLCD modules - The pair of image-
sensing units image sensors image sensors image sensing lenses image sensing lenses image sensors image sensors sensing units sensing units display units sensing units display units - The image sensing
parameter storage units sensing units parameter storage units - The video signal generating
devices parameters input units image generating units video output units image input units image computing units devices optical unit 110R and the left eyeoptical unit 110L. - The captured image output units 1CR and 1CL execute electrical processing such as A/D conversion or amplification with respect to electrical signals that correspond to optical images of an imaging object that are output by the
image sensors image input units signal generating devices - The image sensing
parameters input units parameter storage units image generating units - The parallax
image generating units - The
image computing units image input units image generating units video input units video output units - (Operation)
- Operations to align a CG image and a real image in the head mounted image-
sensing display device 10 having the above configuration will now be described. - As described above, in the present embodiment the image sensing optical axis of the image-sensing
units display units -
FIG. 2 is a top view that illustrates an example of the positional relationship between an object in a physical space andoptical axes optical unit 110R and the left eyeoptical unit 110L in a case in which assembly of the head mounted image-sensing display device 10 is performed correctly. - For this positional relationship, a case will be considered of combining an image in which a
virtual object 130 is mounted on aflat part 120 a on areal object 120 in a physical space, as shown inFIG. 4 . As shown inFIG. 2 , it is assumed that both the left and rightoptical units optical axes optical unit 110R and the left eyeoptical unit 110L intersect at a point at a distance D from the image plane. - Further, when the right eye
optical unit 110R is attached at the correct convergence angle θ, it is assumed that a portion surrounded by animage pickup region 150 shown inFIG. 5 is captured by the image-sensingunit 18R. However, there are frequently cases in the production process in which the convergence angle deviates from the correct angle when an optical unit is attached. - For example, when the right eye
optical unit 110R is attached at a convergence angle θ′ as shown inFIG. 3 , the range that is captured by the image-sensingunit 18R is the portion surrounded by animage pickup region 150′ inFIG. 6 , which is different to the originalimage pickup region 150. - When information regarding the convergence angle θ′ at which the right eye
optical unit 110R is actually attached can not be obtained, it is not possible to generate a CG image (parallax image) of thevirtual object 130 in which thevirtual object 130 is displayed in a condition in which it is correctly aligned with the physical space image that is picked up by the image-sensingunit 18R. - Thus, when the parallax images are generated according to the design value θ and combined with an actual image even though the actual convergence angle θ′ deviates from the design value θ, as shown in
FIG. 8 , the virtual object is displayed at a position that deviates from the location at which the virtual object should originally be disposed. - Although a case is described here in which the attachment angle of an optical unit 110 is misaligned in the horizontal direction, in some cases a misalignment also arises in the attachment angle in the vertical direction. In that case, as shown in
FIG. 7 , a composite image is generated in which thevirtual object 130 is embedded in thereal object 120 or, as shown inFIG. 8 , a composite image is generated in which thevirtual object 130 is suspended in mid-air. - In contrast, according to the present embodiment, parallax information that is unique to the individual head mounted image-
sensing display device 10 is stored as image sensing parameters in the image sensingparameter storage units - exact base line lengths of the image-sensing
units display units - the actual convergence angle θ;
- the focal distance, imaging angle of view, F number, and principal point position of image-sensing optical systems of the image-sensing
units - the optical axis directions of the optical units 110, and the like.
- In this connection, as long as it is possible to generate parallax images that have the same parallax as images picked up by the image-sensing
units - These image sensing parameters are previously measured or calculated, and stored in the image sensing
parameter storage units sensing display device 10. - Thereafter, when using the parallax
image generating units virtual object 130 to be superimposed on actual images that are picked up by the image-sensingunits parameter storage units - Thus, by generating parallax images using unique image combine sensing parameters of the optical units 110, images of the
virtual object 130 are generated that are correctly aligned with the actual images. Therefore, even in a case as shown, for example, inFIG. 3 , in which the convergence angle θ′ of theoptical unit 110R differs from the design value θ, the parallaximage generating unit 22R generates a parallax image of thevirtual object 130 in accordance with the image sensing parameters that are unique to theoptical unit 110R, beginning with the actual convergence angle θ′. In this connection, it is assumed that three-dimensional model information (information relating to shape, color, texture, three-dimensional position or the like) of thevirtual object 130 is previously stored in the parallaximage generating units - Likewise, at the parallax
image generating unit 22L, image sensing parameters that are unique to theoptical unit 110L are read out from the image sensingparameter storage unit 26L to generate a parallax image for the left eye using the image sensing parameters that are read out and the three-dimensional model information of the virtual object. - The parallax images generated by the parallax
image generating units image computing units image computing units units - The composite image for the right eye and the composite image for the left eye are transferred to the
video output units LCD modules display units video input units LCD modules optical systems right eye 100R andleft eye 100L of the observer wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device 10. - Thus, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to combine correctly aligned parallax images of the
virtual object 130 with images of physical space that are picked up by the image-sensingunits image computing units virtual object 130 is correctly disposed on thereal object 120 in a physical space. - Each image sensing parameter (camera parameter) stored in the image sensing
parameter storage units units units - Although the configuration as described above according to the present embodiment is one in which video
signal generating devices sensing display device 10, processing to generate parallax images or composite images may be performed by an external device. - At that time, the
image computing units image generating units signal generating devices image input units video input units video output unit - As described above, according to the present embodiment, in a head mounted image-sensing display device comprising an image-sensing device and a display device, unique image sensing parameters are previously stored in an image-sensing optical system of the image-sensing device. It is therefore possible to know the conditions under which an image picked up by the image-sensing device is picked up. Thus, for example, when aligning an image of a virtual object with an image that is picked up with an image-sensing device to form a composite image, an effect is obtained whereby it is possible to generate a composite image with high alignment accuracy. In particular, this is advantageous when generating a composite image for providing an observer with a sense of virtual reality or mixed reality.
- The second embodiment of the present invention will now be described.
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FIG. 9 is a view that illustrates a configuration example of an MR system that uses a head mounted image-sensing display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 9 , elements that are the same as elements described according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and a detailed description of those elements is omitted. - The image display system according to the present embodiment is the same as the MR system according to the first embodiment. Therefore, the fundamental configuration of a head mounted image-
sensing display device 40 is common with that of the head mounted image-sensing display device 10. However, a difference from the first embodiment is that the head mounted image-sensing display device 40 is configured with the respective image-sensing optical systems and display optical systems on the left and right in an integrated state so that the base line length thereof is changeable. More specifically, the head mounted image-sensing display device 40 according to the present embodiment has, in addition to the configuration of the head mounted image-sensing display device 10, aneye width adjuster 17, acontrol unit 16, and an eye-widthsignal output unit 15. - By adopting this configuration, it is possible to adjust the base line length to match the eye width of each individual observer. Accordingly, by generating a composite image that takes into account the base line length after adjustment, it is possible to further reduce the burden of the observer.
- On the other hand, since the base line length is variable, if the method described according to the first embodiment in which previously measured fixed values are stored as image sensing parameters and then utilized is employed, it will not be possible to generate parallax images that reflect an adjusted eye width.
- Consequently, according to the present embodiment a base line length of the image-sensing optical systems and display optical systems that are integrated on the left and right sides, respectively, is acquired and calculated as eye width data in the manner described below.
- The
control unit 16 reads in an eye-width setting value that is adjusted at theeye width adjuster 17 as an electrical signal, and passes the data to the eye-widthsignal output unit 15. The eye-widthsignal output unit 15 outputs a signal corresponding to the eye-width setting value to the image sensingparameters input units - The image sensing
parameters input units parameter storage units signal output unit 15. According to the present embodiment, various image sensing parameters associated with a plurality of base line lengths, respectively, are previously measured and stored in the image sensingparameter storage units -
FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a specific configuration example of theeye width adjuster 17. - In
FIG. 10 , theeye width adjuster 17 has a pair ofracks gear 32, anadjustment knob 31, and arotary encoder 30. - The
adjustment knob 31 and thegear 32 are fixed on the same shaft, and therotary encoder 30 detects the amount of rotation of the shaft, that is, the rotation angle of theadjustment knob 31. One end of each rack in the pair ofracks optical unit 110R and the left eyeoptical unit 110L, respectively, and the other end portion is configured so as to intermesh with thegear 32. - According to the
eye width adjuster 17 having this configuration, when the observer rotates theadjustment knob 31, the left and rightoptical units FIG. 10 , when theadjustment knob 31 is rotated clockwise, theracks optical units - The rotation angle of the adjustment knob (or the rotation angle of the gear 32) is detected by the
rotary encoder 30. Therotary encoder 30 comprises an unshown internal click mechanism, and is configured to be capable of stopping at each predetermined rotation angle. - At a time of adjustment during the stage of producing and assembling the head mounted image-
sensing display device 40 of the present embodiment, corresponding image sensing parameters are measured for each predetermined angle that corresponds to a click mechanism of therotary encoder 30. The measurement results are then stored in the image sensingparameter storage units - In the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the image sensing parameters are:
- the base line lengths of the image-sensing
units display units - the actual convergence angle θ;
- the focal distance, imaging angle of view, F number, and principal point position of image-sensing optical systems of the image-sensing
units - the optical axis direction of the optical unit 110, and the like.
- Taking these multiple parameters as one set, a plurality of sets of image sensing parameters that correspond to the rotation angle of the
adjustment knob 31, in other words, the adjusted eye width, are stored in the image sensingparameter storage units - At the
control unit 16 that is configured with a circuit using a microcomputer or the like, a value corresponding to the current rotation angle of the shaft, that is, a value corresponding to the eye width, is determined based on a pulse that is output in accordance with rotation of the shaft by therotary encoder 30. Thecontrol unit 16 outputs a value corresponding to the rotation angle to the eye-widthsignal output unit 15. In this connection, as long as therotary encoder 30 employs a method capable of detecting the absolute amount of rotation of the rotating shaft, it is also possible to supply the output of adirect rotary encoder 30 to the eye-widthsignal output unit 15. - The image sensing
parameters input units signal output unit 15 from the image sensingparameter storage units - In this connection, it is not necessary for the aforementioned click mechanism to be built into the
rotary encoder 30. For example, as shown inFIG. 11 , a similar configuration can be obtained by providing a plurality ofgrooves 331 in therack 33L and providing aspring 34 that energizes therack 33L in the upward direction in the figure and that has aportion 34 a that substantially corresponds to thegroove 331. That is, by using the configuration shown inFIG. 11 , positions at which the optical units 110 stop can be provided in a stepwise condition by means of the intervals between thegrooves 331. - The position of the optical unit 110 may also be detected using a device other than the
rotary encoder 30. For example, a linear potentiometer comprising a variable resistor, or means that applies a magnetic field to an optical unit and detects a magnetic gradient may be utilized. - When a mechanism that regulates a stop position of the optical unit 110, such as a click function, is not provided, image sensing parameters that correspond to a rotation angle (or eye width) other than a rotation angle (or eye width) measured at the time of adjustment at the production and assembly stage do not exist. However, by interpolating image sensing parameters corresponding to rotation angles prior to and after the measured rotation angle it is possible to determine image sensing parameters that correspond to the actual rotation angle (or eye width).
- An arbitrary method is used by the image sensing
parameters input units parameters input units parameter storage units parameter storage units parameter storage units - At the parallax
image generating units parameters input units image computing units image generating units image input units image computing units video input units sensing display device 40 via thevideo output units - As a result, composite images in which parallax images are superimposed on captured images are displayed on the
LCD modules eye width adjuster 17 the invention can substantially eliminate parallax between the line of sight of the observer and theoptical axes units display units - It is therefore possible for the observer to visually recognize substantially the same state when wearing the head mounted image-
sensing display device 40 and when not wearing the head mounted image-sensing display device 40. Thus, the sense of fatigue of the observer can be controlled. - In this connection, as shown in
FIG. 12 , the image-sensingunit 18L may be disposed so that anoptical axis 101L of the image-sensingunit 18L is positioned perpendicular to a plane including an optical axis (optical axis ofleft display unit 13L) 102L of the left eye of the observer and on a plane that includes theoptical axis 102L of the left eye. Likewise, the image-sensingunit 18R may be disposed so that anoptical axis 101R of the image-sensingunit 18R is positioned perpendicular to a plane including an optical axis (optical axis ofright display unit 13R) 102R of the right eye of the observer and on a plane that includes theoptical axis 102R of the right eye. - According to the present embodiment, only a configuration in which the eye width is adjusted manually is described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a head mounted image-sensing display device that automatically adjusts the eye width so that the observer's line of sight matches the optical axes of optical units by using, for example, line of sight detection technology. In this case, only the mechanism for adjusting the eye width is different, and as long as it is possible to acquire a value corresponding to the value of the eye width (base line length) after adjustment, the second embodiment can be applied as it is.
- In the present embodiment, since parallax images are generated using image sensing parameters that correspond to an eye width that is adjusted by operating the
eye width adjuster 17, an effect of further reducing the burden of the observer can be achieved in addition to the effects of the first embodiment. - Although in the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, a configuration in which the video
signal generating devices sensing display device 40 is described, processing to generate parallax images or composite images may also be performed by an external device. - In the above described embodiment, a configuration was described in which image sensing parameters that are unique to a head mounted image-sensing display device are stored in the head mounted image-sensing display device itself. However, as long as it is possible to acquire unique image sensing parameters corresponding to the individual head mounted image-sensing display device, it is not necessary that a storage location of image sensing parameters be inside the corresponding head mounted image-sensing display device.
- For example, when constructing an MR system utilizing a plurality of head mounted image-sensing display devices, identification information that can identify a head mounted image-sensing display device is stored, and the corresponding unique image sensing parameters can be associated therewith and stored in a management apparatus that is separate from the head mounted image-sensing display device.
- The identification information can then be acquired from the head mounted image-sensing display device connected to the MR system and the corresponding image sensing parameters can be acquired from the management apparatus to enable generation of composite images for the head mounted image-sensing display device in question.
- Thus, as long as a device that uses the image sensing parameters can acquire image sensing parameters corresponding to the relevant head mounted image-sensing display device, the image sensing parameters may be stored in any location.
- While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The scope of the following claims is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions.
- This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-62481, filed on Mar. 12, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein its entirety.
Claims (15)
1.-12. (canceled)
13. A head mounted display device comprising:
a pair of image-sensing units configured to stereoscopically capture a physical space;
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a pair of stereoscopic captured images from the pair of image-sensing units, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured;
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
a display unit configured to display the virtual image with the pair of stereoscopic captured image,
wherein the image-sensing parameter represents the positional relationship between one of the pair of image-sensing units and the other of the pair of image-sensing units.
14. The head mounted display device according to claim 13 , wherein one of the pair of image-sensing units is a left eye display unit, and the other of the pair of image-sensing units is a right eye display unit.
15. The head mounted display device according to claim 14 , further comprising an adjustment mechanism configured to change a base line length of the pair of image-sensing units.
16. An apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a pair of stereoscopic captured images from a pair of image-sensing units, which are configured to stereoscopically capture a physical space, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured;
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
a display unit configured to display the virtual image with the pair of stereoscopic captured image,
wherein the image-sensing parameter represents a positional relationship between one of the pair of image-sensing units and the other of the pair of image-sensing units.
17. A head mounted display device comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a captured image from an image-sensing unit capturing a physical space, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured;
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
a display unit configured to display the virtual image with the captured image,
wherein the image-sensing parameter includes a parameter obtained from the image-sensing unit by capturing a calibration pattern and a parameter for preventing the virtual image from deviating caused by misalignment of the image-sensing unit.
18. An apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a captured image from an image-sensing unit capturing a physical space, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured;
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
a display unit configured to display the virtual image with the captured image,
wherein the image-sensing parameter includes a parameter obtained from the image-sensing unit by capturing a calibration pattern and a parameter for preventing the virtual image from deviating caused by misalignment of the image-sensing unit.
19. A head mounted display device comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a unique parameter of an optical unit which is previously measured;
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the unique parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
a display unit configured to display the virtual image with a physical space by using the optical unit.
20. An apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a unique parameter of an optical unit which is previously measured;
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the unique parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
a display unit configured to display the virtual image with a physical space by using the optical unit.
21. A method, comprising the steps of:
obtaining a pair of stereoscopic captured images from a pair of image-sensing units configured to stereoscopically capture a physical space, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured;
generating a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
displaying the virtual image with the pair of stereoscopic captured image on a display unit,
wherein the image-sensing parameter represents a positional relationship between one of the pair of image-sensing units and the other of the pair of image-sensing units.
22. A method, comprising the steps of:
obtaining a captured image from an image-sensing unit capturing a physical space, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured;
generating a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
displaying the virtual image with the captured image on a display unit,
wherein the image-sensing parameter includes a parameter obtained from the image-sensing unit by capturing a calibration pattern and a parameter for preventing the virtual image from deviating caused by misalignment of the image-sensing unit.
23. A method, comprising the steps of:
obtaining a unique parameter of an optical unit which is previously measured;
generating a virtual image based on the unique parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
displaying the virtual image with a physical space by using the optical unit on a display unit.
24. A system comprising:
an image processing apparatus; and
a head mounted display device,
wherein
the image processing apparatus comprises:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a pair of stereoscopic captured images from a pair of image-sensing units, which are configured to stereoscopically capture a physical space, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured; and
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information, wherein the image-sensing parameter represents a positional relationship between one of the pair of image-sensing units and the other of the pair of image-sensing units; and
the head mounted display device comprises a display unit configured to display the virtual image with the pair of stereoscopic captured image.
25. A system comprising:
an image processing apparatus; and
a head mounted display device,
wherein
the image processing apparatus comprises:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a captured image from an image-sensing unit capturing a physical space, and an image-sensing parameter which is previously measured; and
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the image-sensing parameter and three-dimensional model information, wherein the image-sensing parameter includes a parameter obtained from the image-sensing unit capturing a calibration pattern and a parameter for preventing the virtual image from deviating caused by misalignment of the image-sensing unit; and
the head mounted display device comprises a display unit configured to display the virtual image with the captured image.
26. A system comprising:
an image processing apparatus; and
a head mounted display device,
wherein
the image processing apparatus comprises:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a unique parameter of an optical unit which is previously measured; and
a generation unit configured to generate a virtual image based on the unique parameter and three-dimensional model information; and
the head mounted display device comprises a display unit configured to display the virtual image with a physical space by using the optical unit.
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