Sony patents method to make real objects transparent in virtual scenes
Sony has filed a patent for a system that adjusts how see-through real-world objects appear when they block a view of virtual items. The technology checks the user's position or actions to decide if a physical object in the way should become transparent.
In the filing’s own words
An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a transparency control unit that performs scene determination related to at least one of action of a user or a positional relationship between the user and a real object in a case where the real object exists between a viewpoint position and a virtual object, and controls transparency of the real object on the basis of a result of the scene determination.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a transparency control unit that performs scene determination related to at least one of action of a user or a positional relationship between the user and a real object in a case where the real object exists between a viewpoint position and a virtual object, and controls transparency of the real object on a basis of a result of the scene determination.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
- Publication number
- US20260289920A1
- Application number
- 19479935
- Filed
- Apr 23, 2024
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
G06T 19/006 Physics & computingG06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06F 3/017 Physics & computingMore from Sony in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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