Alerts of mixed reality devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11430215-B2
Application number	US-201817040095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2018
Priority date	Jun 20, 2018
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

In some examples, a system for alerts of mixed reality (MR) devices includes a receiver engine to receive an input from a sensor of a MR device in response to the sensor detecting a person in an environment in which the MR device is located, and a generator engine to cause the MR device to generate an alert in response to the detected person based on an identity of the detected person.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mixed reality (MR) device, comprising:
a sensor; and
a controller including:
a processing resource; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the processing resource to:
receive an input from the sensor in response to the sensor detecting a person in a room of an environment in which the MR device is located; and
cause the MR device to generate an alert in response to the detected person based on an identity of the detected person and in response to the person being within a threshold distance of the MR device, wherein:
in response to the room being a first room, the threshold distance is a first distance; and
in response to the room being a second room different from the first room, the threshold distance is a second distance different from the first distance.

2. The MR device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor detects the person in the environment via facial recognition.

3. The MR device of claim 2 , including instructions to cause the processing resource to determine the identity of the person via the facial recognition.

4. The MR device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a camera.

5. The MR device of claim 4 , wherein the camera is an infrared (IR) camera.

6. The MR device of claim 1 , wherein the alert includes at least one of:
a visual alert;
an audio alert; and
a haptic feedback alert.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions to cause a processing resource to:
receive an input from a camera of a mixed reality (MR) device in response to the camera detecting a presence of a person in a room of an environment in which the MR device is located;
determine an identity of the person detected in the environment by the camera via facial recognition; and
generate, based on the determined identity of the person, an alert in response to the detected person and in response to the person being within a threshold distance of the MR device, wherein:
in response to the room being a first room, the threshold distance is a first distance; and
in response to the room being a second room different from the first room, the threshold distance is a second distance different from the first distance.

8. The medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions to generate the alert include instructions to cause the processing resource to:
generate the alert in response to the determined identity being that of a first person; and
refrain from generating the alert in response to the determined identity being that of a second person.

9. The medium of claim 7 , wherein:
the alert is a visual alert; and
further comprising instructions to cause the processing resource to display the visual alert on a display of the MR device, wherein the displayed alert includes at least one of:
a direction of the person from the MR device relative to an orientation of the MR device in the environment; and
a distance of the person from the MR device.

10. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a controller, an input from a camera of a mixed reality (MR) device in response to the camera detecting the presence of a person in a room of an environment in which the MR device is located;
determining, by the controller, an identity of the person detected in the environment by the sensor via facial recognition;
generating, by the controller, an alert based on the determined identity of the detected person in response to the detected person being within a threshold distance of the MR device, wherein:
in response to the room being a first room, the threshold distance is a first distance; and
in response to the room being a second room different from the first room, the threshold distance is a second distance different from the first distance; and

displaying, via a display of the MR device, the alert.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method includes displaying, via the display of the MR device, a direction of the detected person from the MR device.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method includes displaying, via the display of the MR device, a distance from the detected person to the MR device.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein generating the alert further includes at least one of:
generating a haptic feedback alert; and
generating an audio alert.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• So Chi
• Martinez Juan

Classifications

• G06V40/10

  Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands · CPC title

• G08B6/00

  Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems · CPC title

• G08B5/00

  Visible signalling systems, e.g. visible personal calling systems or remote indication of seats occupied · CPC title

• G08B3/00

  Audible signalling systems, e.g. audible personal calling systems · CPC title

• G06V40/161

  Detection; Localisation; Normalisation · CPC title