Display a virtual object within an augmented reality influenced by a real-world environmental parameter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10295403-B2
Application number	US-201715469327-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

A method, electronic device, and program product is disclosed. The method may include determining an environmental parameter of an environment at a location of an electronic device. The method may include identifying a first object of a virtual scenario that relates to the environmental parameter. The method may include generating a display parameter of the first object based on the environmental parameter. The method may include displaying the first object in the virtual scenario based on the display parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a real-world environmental parameter in a real-world environment at a real-world location of an electronic device;
identifying a first virtual object of a virtual scenario that corresponds to a real-world object;
attributing the real-world environmental parameter to the virtual scenario;
generating a display parameter of the first virtual object; and
displaying the first virtual object in the virtual scenario with the display parameter,
wherein:
the first virtual object is selected from among a set of virtual objects within the virtual scenario based on the first virtual object including one or more first characteristics corresponding to one or more second characteristics of the real-world object that are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter, and
the display parameter includes the one or more first characteristics of the first virtual object responding to the real-world environmental parameter influencing the first virtual object in the virtual scenario in a manner corresponding to the one or more second characteristics of the real-world object being influenced by and responding to the real-world environmental parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first virtual object comprises:
determining, based on a first corresponding relationship between environmental parameters and objects, that the one or more first characteristics of the first virtual object correspond to the one or more second characteristics of the real-world object that are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the first virtual object comprises:
determining, based on a second corresponding relationship between environmental parameters and objects, that the one or more first characteristics of the first virtual object are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter;
determining whether the virtual scenario comprises the first virtual object; and
generating the first virtual object within the virtual scenario with the one or more first characteristics that are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter in response to the virtual scenario not comprising the first virtual object.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the display parameter comprises at least one of:
in response to the real-world environmental parameter comprising a wind force of the real-world environment where the electronic device is located, calculating a display movement direction and a display movement speed of the first virtual object based on the wind force and influencing the one or more first characteristics of first virtual object based on the calculated display movement and display movement speed;
in response to the real-world environmental parameter comprising a luminance of the real-world environment where the electronic device is located, calculating a display luminance of the first virtual object based on the luminance and influencing the one or more first characteristics of first virtual object based on the calculated luminance; and
in response to the real-world environmental parameter comprising a depth of field of the real-world environment where the electronic device is located, calculating a display size of the first virtual object based on the depth of field and influencing the one or more first characteristics of first virtual object based on the calculated display size.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein displaying the first virtual object comprises at least one of:
dynamically displaying the first virtual object in the virtual scenario with the one or more characteristics being influenced by the wind force and based on the display movement speed in the display movement direction;
displaying the first virtual object in the virtual scenario with the one or more characteristics being influenced by the luminance and based on the display luminance; and
displaying the first virtual object in the virtual scenario with the one or more characteristics being influenced by the depth of field and based on the display size.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the real-world environmental parameter comprises:
receiving the real-world environmental parameter from a sensor of the electronic device,
wherein the sensor comprises at least one of:
a wind force sensor;
a luminance sensor; and
a depth of field sensor.

7. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
a sensor disposed in the housing and configured to detect a real-world environmental parameter of a real-world environment at a real-world location of the electronic device;
at least one processor; and
a memory that stores code executable by the at least one processor to:
identify a first virtual object of a virtual scenario that corresponds to a real-world object;
attribute the real-world environmental parameter to the virtual scenario;
generate a display parameter of the first virtual object; and
display the first virtual object in the virtual scenario with the display parameter,
wherein:
the first virtual object is selected from among a set of virtual objects within the virtual scenario based on the first virtual object including one or more first characteristics corresponding to one or more second characteristics of the real-world object that are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter, and
the display parameter includes the one or more first characteristics of the first virtual object responding to the real-world environmental parameter influencing the first virtual object in the virtual scenario in a manner corresponding to the one or more second characteristics of the real-world object being influenced by and responding to the real-world environmental parameter.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the memory that stores code executable by the processor to select the first virtual object comprises code to determine, based on a first corresponding relationship between environmental parameters and objects, that the one or more first characteristics of the first virtual object correspond to the one or more second characteristics of the real-world object that are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the memory that stores code executable by the processor to generate the first virtual object comprises code to:
determine, based on a second corresponding relationship between environmental parameters and objects, that the one or more first characteristics of the first virtual object are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter;
determine whether the virtual scenario comprises the first virtual object; and
generate the first virtual object within the virtual scenario with the one or more first characteristics that are influenceable by the real-world environmental parameter in response to the virtual scenario not comprising the first virtual object.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the memory that stores code executable by the processor to generate the display parameter comprises code to at least one of:
in response to the real-world environmental parameter comprising a wind force of the real-world environment where the electronic device is located, calculate a display movement direction and a display movement speed of the first virtual object based on the wind force and influence the one or more first characteristics of first virtual object based on the calculated display movement and display movement speed;
in response to the real-world environmental parameter comprising a luminance of the real-world environment where the electronic device is located, calcul

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Ben

Classifications

• G06T11/00 Primary

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• G01J1/42 Primary

  using electric radiation detectors (optical or mechanical part G01J1/04; by comparison with a reference light or electric value G01J1/10) · CPC title

• G06T15/00

  Three-dimensional [3D] image rendering · CPC title

• G06T2215/16

  Using real world measurements to influence rendering · CPC title

• G01J1/4204

  with determination of ambient light (solar light G01J2001/4266) · CPC title