Pop-up virtual reality viewer for an electronic display such as in a mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10444528-B2
Application number	US-201615574676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2016
Priority date	May 20, 2015
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A virtual reality viewer may be integrated with printed materials, such as pamphlets, flyers, magazines, or books. A user may be able to review the printed material regarding the advertised products or services and then activate a virtual reality scene on an electronic display, such as the user's mobile device, that provides the user with more information regarding the products or services. The virtual reality viewer may be attached to pages in the printed materials and constructed in a manner such that the viewer pops up when the pages are opened. The user may place a mobile device in the viewer and/or access an integrated display to view a virtual reality scene related to content in the printed materials.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first page and a second page, the first page and the second page being pivotably connected to one another at one end of each of the first page and the second page;
a virtual reality viewer for viewing a virtual reality scene on an electronic display, the virtual reality viewer being attached at a first side to the first page and at a second side to the second page, and the virtual reality viewer comprising:
a display holder configured to hold the electronic display;
a lens holder attached to the display holder and configured to hold lenses for viewing the virtual reality scene,
the display holder and the lens holder each comprising a transverse crease configured to allow the virtual reality viewer to be collapsed around an axis associated with the transverse crease when the first page and the second page are closed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display holder comprises a mobile device holder configured to hold a mobile device for viewing the virtual reality scene on the electronic display of the mobile device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the transverse crease is aligned approximately in a middle of the mobile device holder, and the transverse crease is configured to align with an alignment line displayed on a screen of the mobile device.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , the mobile device holder comprising a quick response (QR) barcode configured with an address of materials associated with content on at least one of the first page and the second page.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , the apparatus further comprising one or more pop-up structures attached to at least one of the first page and the second page, the one or more pop-up structures being configured to expand and collapse based on an orientation of the first page to the second page, and the one or more pop-up structures being associated with the content on at least one of the first page and the second page.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 , the mobile device holder comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag configured with an address of materials associated with content on at least one of the first page and the second page.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , the apparatus further comprising one or more pop-up structures attached to at least one of the first page and the second page, the one or more pop-up structures being configured to expand and collapse based on an orientation of the first page to the second page, and the one or more pop-up structures being associated with the content on at least one of the first page and the second page.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , the virtual reality viewer further comprising a support structure attached to the display holder and attached to at least one of the first page and the second page.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , the support structure comprising a first member aligned substantially parallel to the first page and the second page when not closed, and the support structure further comprising at least two second members aligned substantially perpendicular to the first member and attached between the first member and at least one of the first page and the second page.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , the display holder comprising two openings facing from the display holder toward the lens holder, and the two openings being aligned with two lenses in the lens holder.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , the transverse crease being located between the two openings of the display holder.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising one or more pop-up structures attached to at least one of the first page and the second page, the one or more pop-up structures being configured to expand and collapse based on an orientation of the first page to the second page.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an enclosure at least partially surrounding the display holder and the lens holder and configured to block at least some external light from entering a space between the display holder and the lens holder.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , the enclosure comprising a transverse crease along at least one side, the transverse crease of the enclosure aligning with the transverse crease of the display holder and the lens holder.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , the enclosure being configured to collapse when the first page and the second page are closed by folding along the transverse crease of the enclosure and extending away from the display holder and the lens holder.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a latch attached to the first page, the latch being configured to fold over the second page to apply a force for holding the first page and the second page closed when the latch is engaged.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 , the electronic display being integrated with the display holder.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , the electronic display being configured to activate when the first page and the second page are pivotably moved to pop-up the virtual reality viewer.

19. An apparatus, comprising:
a folding booklet comprising a first page and a second page, the a first face of the first page facing toward a second face of the second page;
a pop-up virtual reality viewer for viewing a virtual reality screen on a mobile device, the viewer being attached to the folding booklet at a first side to the first page and at a second side to the second page, the pop-up virtual reality view comprising:
a first latitudinal support member attached to the first page and extending out from the first page when the folding booklet is in an open position;
a second latitudinal support member attached to the second page and extending out from the second page when the folding booklet is in the open position;
a third latitudinal support member attached to an intersection of the first page and the second page and extending out from the folding booklet when the folding booklet is in the open position;
a first longitudinal support member attached to the first latitudinal support member, the second latitudinal support member, and the third latitudinal support member, the first longitudinal support member comprising a crease along a length of the longitudinal support member at a location of an attachment of the first longitudinal support member to the second latitudinal support member, and the first longitudinal support member further comprising two openings for lenses;
a second longitudinal support member attached to the first latitudinal support member, the second latitudinal support member, and the third latitudinal support member, the second longitudinal support member being configured to collapse around the second latitudinal support member when the folding booklet is in a closed position, and the second longitudinal support member comprising two openings facing toward the first longitudinal support member for viewing the mobile device; and
a third longitudinal support member attached to the first latitudinal support member, the second latitudinal support member, and the third latitudinal support member, the third longitudinal support member being configured to support the mobile device in the pop-up virtual reality viewer.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , the two openings of the second longitudinal support member being aligned with the two openings of the first longitudinal support member and configured to provide stereoscopic viewing of content on the mobile device.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the folding booklet further comprising

Assignees

• Univ King Abdullah Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Al Zaydi Abdulwahid Awad
• Al Zaydi Mohammed Awad

Classifications

• A63H33/38 Primary

  Picture books with additional toy effects, e.g. pop-up or slide displays (picture books B42D1/00) · CPC title

• G02B30/37 Primary

  Collapsible stereoscopes · CPC title

• G02B27/2257 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic