Sony Patent | Wearable display system that displays a workout guide

Patent: Wearable display system that displays a workout guide

Publication Number: 10169923

Publication Date: 2019-01-01

Applicants: Sony

Abstract

There is provided a display control device including an action information acquisition unit that acquires, at an action position of one actor, action information regarding a past action of another actor, an object generation unit that generates a virtual object for virtually indicating a position of the other actor during an action of the one actor based on the acquired action information, and a display control unit that causes a display unit displaying a surrounding scene to superimpose and display the generated virtual object during the action of the one actor.

Background

The present disclosure relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a program.

In recent years, athletes (actors) wear devices that can receive various kinds of information from the outside via a communication network or the like and perform exercises.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication (Translation of PCT Application) No. 2002-507734 discloses a technology for providing information regarding a traveling distance of an athlete to the athlete or a device used by the athlete during an exercise based on global positioning satellite data.

Summary

When one actor acts at a given action position, the actor wants to know the past actions of other actors at the same position in some cases. This is because when the one actor knows the past actions of the other actors at the same position, for example, the one actor can perform an action appropriate for a situation, referring to the past action of the other actors.

However, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication (Translation of PCT Application) No. 2002-507734, a technology for informing one athlete of exercise information regarding other athletes is not mentioned.

It is desirable to provide given display realistically using action information a past action of regarding another actor during an action of one actor.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a display control device including an action information acquisition unit that acquires, at an action position of one actor, action information regarding a past action of another actor, an object generation unit that generates a virtual object for virtually indicating a position of the other actor during an action of the one actor based on the acquired action information, and a display control unit that causes a display unit displaying a surrounding scene to superimpose and display the generated virtual object during the action of the one actor.

According to the above-described configuration, the object generation unit generates the virtual object for virtually indicating the position of the other actor during the action of the one actor based on the acquired action information. Then, the display control unit causes the display unit displaying a surrounding scene to superimpose and display the generated virtual object during the action of the one actor. Thus, when the one actor is acting in a specific place, the display unit displays the virtual object corresponding to the action information regarding the past action of the other actor at the same place. That is, during the action of the one actor, the display is realized realistically using the past action information of the other actor. As a result, the one actor continues the action while viewing the virtual object displayed during the action. Therefore, the one actor can compete with the other actor or can act based on the action of the other actor instead of a guide.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a display control method including acquiring, at an action position of one actor, action information regarding a past action of another actor, generating a virtual object for virtually indicating a position of the other actor during an action of the one actor based on the acquired action information, and causing a display unit displaying a surrounding scene to superimpose and display the generated virtual object during the action of the one actor.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a program for causing a computer to execute acquiring, at an action position of one actor, action information regarding a past action of another actor, generating a virtual object for virtually indicating a position of the other actor during an action of the one actor based on the acquired action information, and causing a display unit displaying a surrounding scene to superimpose and display the generated virtual object during the action of the one actor.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure described above, it is possible to provide realistic display using action information regarding a past action of another actor during an action of one actor.