Immersive display and method of operating immersive display for real-world object alert

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11765331-B2
Application number	US-202217864304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2022
Priority date	Aug 5, 2014
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

An immersive display and a method of operating the immersive display to provide information relating to an object. The method includes receiving information from an input device of the immersive display or coupled to the immersive display, detecting an object based on the information received from the input device, and displaying a representation of the object on images displayed on a display of the immersive display such that attributes of the representation distinguish the representation from the images displayed on the display, wherein the representation is displayed at a location on the display that corresponds with a location of the object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An immersive display apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus body;
at least one input device operably connected to the apparatus body for detecting objects in at least one region outside the apparatus body;
a display inside the apparatus body for displaying a virtual image thereon; and
a processor coupled to the input device and to the display and operable to:
receive information from the at least one input device;
determine attributes of a real-world object, including at least a first distance to the real-world object; and
in response to determining that the first distance to the real-world object is within a threshold distance, display a wire frame representation of the real-world object.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , where a color of the wire frame representation of the real-world object varies based on a then-current distance to the real-world object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , where a size of the wire frame representation of the real-world object varies based on a then-current distance to the real-world object.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , where the wire frame representation is displayed in a color or contrast that distinguishes it from other content being displayed on the immersive display apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , where the color of the wire frame representation of the real-world object varies based on a then-current speed of the real-world object.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , where a warning message is also displayed.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , where the wire frame representation transitions into a different object as a proximity to a user changes.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , where the apparatus further comprises an operably connected haptic device.

Assignees

• Utherverse Digital Inc
• Piccionelli Gregory A

Inventors

• Shuster Brian
• Piccionelli Gregory A
• Shuster Gary Stephen

Classifications

• H04N13/30 Primary

  Image reproducers (optical systems for producing stereoscopic or other three-dimensional [3D] effects G02B30/00) · CPC title

• H04N13/00 Primary

  Stereoscopic video systems; Multi-view video systems; Details thereof · CPC title

• H04N13/254

  in combination with electromagnetic radiation sources for illuminating objects · CPC title

• H04N13/366

  using viewer tracking · CPC title

• H04N13/25

  using two or more image sensors with different characteristics other than in their location or field of view, e.g. having different resolutions or colour pickup characteristics; using image signals from one sensor to control the characteristics of another sensor · CPC title