Immersive displays

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10464482-B2
Application number	US-201615206100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2016
Priority date	Jul 21, 2015
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A method of operating an immersive display includes obtaining first images of environment in a first region in front of the immersive display, obtaining second images of environment in a second region outside the first region, which second region is not in front of the immersive display, displaying the first images of the environment on a first area of at least one display of the immersive display to provide a field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display, and displaying the second images of the environment in the second region on a second area of the at least one display to provide images outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display. The first area is delineated from the second area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling an immersive display, the method comprising:
obtaining, at a processor of the immersive display, first images of environment in a first region in front of the immersive display;
obtaining, at the processor of the immersive display from a camera external to a body of the immersive display, second images of the environment in a second region outside the first region, which second region is not in front of the immersive display;
displaying the first images of the environment on a first area of at least one display of the immersive display to provide a field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display;
detecting, by the processor of the immersive display, movement in the second region, outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display; and
displaying the second images of the environment in the second region on a second area of the at least one display to provide images outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display,
wherein the second images are displayed above a horizon line of the first images and are delineated from the first images,
the first images providing a first view of the environment generally in front of the immersive display and the second images including a second view behind and to the sides of the immersive display, such that the first images and the second images provide separate views that together extend 360° around the immersive display.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first images and the second images are received from external cameras of the immersive display.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining first images comprises determining a direction of gaze and the first images are dependent on the determined direction of gaze.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first images include a right side image for display on a right side and a left side image for display on a left side.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the second images comprises displaying the second images on an image of at least one of a rearview mirror and a sideview mirror.

6. The method according to claim 1 , comprising determining a direction of a user's glance and wherein displaying the second images comprises displaying in response to determining that the direction of the user's glance is toward the second area.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the immersive display is in communication with a second electronic device and the second images are received from the second electronic device.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the second electronic device comprises a vehicle and the second images are displayed in response to determining that the vehicle is in reverse gear or in response to determining that an object is located near the vehicle.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first images are displayed with first attributes and the second images are displayed with second attributes, and wherein the first attributes differ from the second attributes.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the second images comprises displaying the second images at at least one of a lower resolution and a lower refresh rate than the first images.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a computing device to perform the method of claim 1 .

12. An immersive display comprising:
a body;
at least one display on the inside of the body for displaying images in front of a user's eyes;
a processor coupled to the display and operable to:
obtain first images of environment in a first region in front of the immersive display;
obtain, from a camera external to the body, second images of the environment in a second region outside the first region, which second region is not in front of the immersive display;
display the first images of the environment on a first area of at least one display of the immersive display to provide a field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display;
detect movement in the second region, outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display; and
display the second images of the environment in the second region on a second area of the at least one display to provide images outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display,
wherein the second images are displayed above a horizon line of the first images and are delineated from the first images, the first images providing a first view of the environment generally in front of the immersive display, and the second images providing a second view behind and to the sides of the immersive display, such that the first images and the second images provide separate views that together extend 360° around the immersive display.

13. The immersive display according to claim 12 , comprising at least one external camera in communication with the processor for providing the first images and the second images.

14. The immersive display according to claim 12 , comprising at least one internal camera in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to determining a direction of gaze based on the input from the internal camera, and wherein the first images are dependent on the determined direction of gaze.

15. The immersive display according to claim 12 , wherein the first images include a right side image for display on a right side and a left side image for display on a left side.

16. The immersive display according to claim 12 , wherein the second images are displayed on an image of at least one of a rearview mirror and a sideview mirror.

17. The immersive display according to claim 12 , comprising at least one internal camera in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine a direction of a user's glance based on the input from the internal camera, and wherein the second images are displayed in response to determining that the direction of the user's glance is toward the second area.

18. The immersive display according to claim 12 , comprising a communications subsystem or system for communication with a second electronic device, and wherein the second images are received from the second electronic device.

19. The immersive display according to claim 18 , wherein the second electronic device comprises a vehicle and the second images are displayed in response to determining that the vehicle is in reverse gear or in response to determining that an object is located near the vehicle.

20. The immersive display according to claim 12 , wherein the first images are displayed with first attributes and the second images are displayed with second attributes, and wherein the first attributes differ from the second attributes.

21. The immersive display according to claim 12 , wherein the second images are displayed at at least one of a lower resolution and a lower refresh rate than the first images.

Assignees

• Utherverse Digital Inc
• Piccionelli Gregory A

Inventors

• Shuster Brian
• Piccionelli Gregory A

Classifications

• B60R2300/806

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• G06F3/011

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• B60K2370/176

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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