| US 7,594,853 B2 | ||
| Control apparatus and method for games and others | ||
| Hideo Noro, Tokyo (Japan); and Yasuhiro Okuno, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/451,280. | ||
| Application 11/451280 is a division of application No. 10/000673, filed on Nov. 15, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-351996 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2000; and application No. 2001-336512 (JP), filed on Nov. 01, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0247049 A1, Nov. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 463—34 [463/30; 463/31; 463/36; 463/37; 273/148 B; 273/317.1; 345/3.4] | 4 Claims |
| 1. An information processing apparatus for displaying scene in a virtual space according to a position of each of a plurality
of head mount displays (HMDs), each head mount display having a sensor for use in detecting the position of the head mount
display, comprising:
an acquiring unit configured to acquire the positions of the plurality of head mount displays in order to determine the presence
or absence of the plurality of head mount displays from the positions detected and transmitted to the acquiring unit by the
sensors, each of the head mount displays is mounted on each of plural players, the players sharing the virtual space;
a determining unit configured to determine from the presence or absence whether all the plurality of head mount displays are
present within a predetermined area in a real space;
a control unit configured to start displaying scenes in the virtual space on the plurality of the head mount displays, when
it is determined by the determining unit that all the plurality of head mount displays are present within the predetermined
area in the real space; and
a HMD power source controller for controlling turning on and off a power source of each said head mount display,
wherein when each said head mount display has entered an equipment storage area, said HMD power source controller turns off
the power source of that head mount display, and
wherein when each said head mount display has exited from the equipment storage area, said HMD power source controller turns
on the power source of that head mount display that has exited from the equipment storage area.
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