Virtual object processing method and system and virtual reality device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11538222-B2
Application number	US-201716623620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2017
Priority date	Jun 23, 2017
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for processing a virtual object, including: acquiring at least one virtual object; determining at least one display layer in a virtual reality space, where the virtual reality space is divided into a plurality of display layers, and a plurality of display layers are arranged in a stacked manner; and displaying the at least one virtual object in the at least one display layer. The present disclosure also provides a virtual object processing system and a virtual reality device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A virtual object processing method, comprising:
acquiring at least one virtual object, the at least one virtual object including and having a mapping relationship with at least one virtual sub-object;
determining one first display layer in a virtual reality space, wherein the virtual reality space is divided into a plurality of display layers and the plurality of display layers are arranged in a stacked manner;
determining and displaying the at least one virtual object and the at least one virtual sub-object in the same one first display layer of the plurality of display layers to use the virtual reality space efficiently;
in response to an input operation, switching relative positions of any one display layer of the plurality of display layers arbitrarily in any order relative to other display layers of the plurality of display layers, including switching the relative positions of all of the at least one virtual objects and the at least one sub virtual-objects contained in a corresponding display layer, wherein the plurality of displayer layers have at least three display layers,
after each of at least one virtual objects is displayed in the one first display layer of the plurality of display layers, pre-processing the virtual sub-object to acquire processing information, the processing information is content of the virtual sub-object; and
displaying the processing information in the one first display layer to preview the content for the corresponding virtual sub-object, wherein the virtual sub-object is one of the following: a movie, a document and a program.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining, based on a first region of the at least one virtual object in the one first display layer displaying the virtual object, a second region of the one first display layer; and
displaying the at least one virtual sub-object in the second region.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:
receiving an input operation for the virtual object or the virtual sub-object; and
performing a process corresponding to the input operation.

4. A virtual object processing system, comprising:
a first acquisition module, configured to acquire at least one virtual object, the at least one virtual object including and having a mapping relationship with at least one virtual sub-object;
a first determination module, configured to determine one display layer in a virtual reality space, wherein the virtual reality space is divided into a plurality of display layers, and the plurality of display layers are stacked and to determine the one virtual object and the at least one virtual sub-object to be displayed in the same one first display layer of the plurality of display layers to use the virtual reality space efficiently;
a first display module, configured to display the at least one virtual object and the at least one virtual sub-object accordingly;
a switching module, configured to switch relative positions of any one display layer of the plurality of display layers in any order relative to the other display layers of the plurality of display layers, including to switch the relative positions of all of the at least one virtual objects and the at least one sub virtual-objects contained in a corresponding display layer, wherein the plurality of displayer layers have at least three display layers;
a processing module, configured to, after each of the at least one virtual objects is displayed in the one first display layer of the plurality of display layers, pre-process the virtual sub-object to acquire processing information, the processing information is content of the virtual sub-object; and
a fourth display module configured to display the processing information in the one first display layer to preview the content for the corresponding virtual sub-object, wherein the virtual sub-object is one of the following: a movie, a document and a program.

5. The system according to claim 4 further comprising:
a third determination module, configured to determine, based on a first region of the virtual object in the one first display layer displaying the at least one virtual object, a second region of the one first display layer; and
a third display module, configured to display the at least one virtual sub-object in the second region.

6. The system according to claim 4 further comprising:
a receiving module, configured to receive an input operation for the virtual object or the virtual sub-object; and
an execution module, configured to perform a process corresponding to the input operation.

7. A virtual reality device, comprising:
at least one memory having a computer program stored thereon;
at least one processor, configured to execute the computer program to implement the following operations:
acquiring one virtual object, the one virtual object including and having a mapping relationship with at least one virtual sub-object;
determining one first display layer in the virtual reality space, wherein the virtual reality space is divided into a plurality of display layers, and the plurality of display layers are arranged in layers;
determining the one virtual object and the at least one virtual sub-object in the same one first display layer of the plurality of display layers to use the virtual reality space efficiently;
in response to an input operation, switching relative positions of any one display layer of the plurality of display layers arbitrarily in any order relative to other display layers of the plurality of display layers, including switching the relative positions of all of the at least one virtual objects and the at least one sub virtual-objects contained in a corresponding display layer, wherein the plurality of displayer layers have at least three display layers; and

a first display module, configured to display the one virtual object and the at least one virtual sub-object based on a processing result of the at least one processor
a processing module, configured to, after each of the at least one virtual objects is displayed in the one first display layer of the plurality of display layers, pre-process the virtual sub-object to acquire processing information, the processing information is content of the virtual sub-object; and
a fourth display module configured to display the processing information in the one first display layer to preview the content for the corresponding virtual sub-object, wherein the virtual sub-object is one of the following: a movie, a document and a program.

8. The system according to claim 7 further comprising:
a third determination module, configured to determine, based on a first region of the virtual object in the one first display layer displaying the first virtual object, a second region of the one first display layer; and
a third display module, configured to display the at least one virtual sub-object in the second region.

9. The system according to claim 7 further comprising:
a processing module, configured to pre-processing the at least one virtual sub-object to acquire processing information; and
a fourth display module, configured to display the processing information in the at least one first display layer.

10. The system according to claim 7 further comprising:
a receiving module, configured to receive an input operation for the at least one virtual object or the at least one virtual sub-object; and
an execution module, configured to perform a process corresponding to the input operation.

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Ltd

Inventors

• Yin Jie
• Zhao Xu
• Gao Ge

Classifications

• G06F3/011 Primary

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• G06T19/00 Primary

  Manipulating three-dimensional [3D] models or images for computer graphics · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• G06F2203/012

  Walk-in-place systems for allowing a user to walk in a virtual environment while constraining him to a given position in the physical environment · CPC title