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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.1270/CHE/2012 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :30/03/2012 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
(51) International classification :G06T
(31) Priority Document No :2011086679
(32) Priority Date :08/04/2011
(33) Name of priority country :Japan
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)SONY CORPORATION
Address of Applicant :1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU,
TOKYO Japan
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)SHUNICHI KASAHARA
(57) Abstract :
Aspects of the present invention include a display control device comprising a determining unit configured to determine an
orientation of a real object in a real space image. The device may also comprise a control unit configured to select between first
and second orientations of a virtual object based on the real object orientation, one of the first or second virtual object orientations
aligning the virtual object with the orientation of the real object, and output an image of the virtual object based on the selected
orientation, for display on an associated display device.
No. of Pages : 56 No. of Claims : 20
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