Technologies for motion-compensated virtual reality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018096501-A1
Application number	US-201615283333-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 1, 2016
Priority date	Oct 1, 2016
Publication date	Apr 5, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Technologies for motion-compensated virtual reality include a virtual reality compute device of a vehicle. The virtual reality compute device is configured to render a virtual reality content to an occupant of the vehicle and determine a motion of the vehicle based at least on sensor data generated by one or more vehicle motion sensors of the vehicle. Based on the determined motion of the vehicle, the virtual reality compute device modifies the rendered virtual reality media. In some embodiments, the virtual reality compute device may utilize other sensors associated with the vehicle and/or a user-worn virtual reality device to predict the motion of the vehicle in order to determine an expected motion of the vehicle that is expected to be sensed in the future.

First claim

1 . A virtual reality compute device of a vehicle, the virtual reality compute device comprising:
a virtual reality renderer to render virtual reality content to an occupant of the vehicle; and a virtual reality motion compensator to (i) determine a motion of the vehicle based at least on sensor data generated by one or more vehicle motion sensors of the vehicle and (ii) modify the rendered virtual reality media based on the determined motion of the vehicle.

2 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 1 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle comprises to determine the motion of the vehicle based on sensor data produced by one or more vehicle motion sensors of the vehicle.

3 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 1 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle further comprises to determine the motion of the vehicle based on a predicted motion of the vehicle.

4 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 3 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle based on the predicted motion of the vehicle comprises:
to access navigation data provided by a vehicle navigation system of the vehicle, and to predict a motion of the vehicle based on the accessed navigation data.

5 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 3 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle based on the predicted vehicle motion comprises to predict a motion of the vehicle based on historical motion data indicative of a historical motion of the vehicle.

6 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 1 , wherein:
to determine the motion of the vehicle comprises (i) to determine a present motion of the vehicle and (ii) to determine a vehicle motion sensor data signature indicative of the initiation of a predicted vehicle motion; and to modify the rendered virtual reality media comprises to modify the rendered virtual reality media in response to a determination that the determined present motion of the vehicle matches the vehicle motion sensor data signature.

7 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 1 , wherein to modify the rendered virtual reality media content comprises to:
compare the determined motion of the vehicle to a reference threshold; and modify the rendered virtual reality media content in response to a determination that the determined motion of the vehicle satisfies is greater than the reference threshold.

8 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 1 , wherein to modify the rendered virtual reality media content comprises to:
determine motion compensation virtual reality content based on the determined motion of the vehicle; and modify the rendered virtual reality media content based on the determined motion compensation virtual reality content.

9 . The virtual reality compute device of claim 8 , further comprising a motion-to-virtual reality content mapping database having stored therein a motion-to-virtual reality content mapping that maps vehicle motion to motion compensation virtual reality content, and
wherein to determine the motion compensation virtual reality content comprises to determine the motion compensation virtual reality content by comparing the determined motion of the vehicle to the motion-to-virtual reality content mapping.

10 . A method for rendering virtual reality media, the method comprising:
rendering, by a virtual reality compute device of a vehicle, a virtual reality content to an occupant of the vehicle; determining, by the virtual reality compute device, a motion of the vehicle based at least on sensor data generated by one or more vehicle motion sensors of the vehicle; and modifying, by the virtual reality compute device, the rendered virtual reality media based on the determined motion of the vehicle.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein determining the motion of the vehicle comprises determining the motion of the vehicle based on sensor data produced by one or more vehicle motion sensors of the vehicle.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein determining the motion of the vehicle further comprises determining the motion of the vehicle based on a predicted motion of the vehicle.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the motion of the vehicle based on the predicted motion of the vehicle comprises:
accessing navigation data provided by a vehicle navigation system of the vehicle, and predicting a motion of the vehicle based on the accessed navigation data.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the motion of the vehicle based on the predicted vehicle motion comprises predicting a motion of the vehicle based on historical motion data indicative of a historical motion of the vehicle.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein:
determining the motion of the vehicle comprises (i) determining a present motion of the vehicle and (ii) determining a vehicle motion sensor data signature indicative of the initiation of a predicted vehicle motion; and modifying the rendered virtual reality media comprises modifying the rendered virtual reality media in response to a determination that the determined present motion of the vehicle matches the vehicle motion sensor data signature.

16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein modifying the rendered virtual reality media content comprises:
comparing the determination motion of the vehicle to a reference threshold; and modifying the rendered virtual reality media content in response to a determination that the determined motion of the vehicle satisfies is greater than the reference threshold.

17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein modifying the rendered virtual reality media content comprises:
determining motion compensation virtual reality content based on the determined motion of the vehicle; and modifying the rendered virtual reality media content based on the determined motion compensation virtual reality content.

18 . One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, causes a virtual reality compute device to:
render a virtual reality content to an occupant of the vehicle; determine a motion of the vehicle based at least on sensor data generated by one or more vehicle motion sensors of the vehicle; and modify the rendered virtual reality media based on the determined motion of the vehicle.

19 . The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 18 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle comprises to determine the motion of the vehicle based on sensor data produced by one or more vehicle motion sensors of the vehicle.

20 . The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 18 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle further comprises to determine the motion of the vehicle based on a predicted motion of the vehicle.

21 . The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle based on the predicted motion of the vehicle comprises to:
access navigation data provided by a vehicle navigation system of the vehicle, and predict a motion of the vehicle based on the accessed navigation data.

22 . The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 12 , wherein to determine the motion of the vehicle based on the predicted vehicle motion comprises to predict a motion of the vehicle based on historical motion data indicative of a historical motion of the vehicle.

23 . The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 18 , wherein to:
determine the mo

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Anderson Glen J
• Beckwith Richard T
• Agrawal Ankur
• Shi Meng

Classifications

• G06F3/011

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• G06T2200/16

  involving adaptation to the client's capabilities · CPC title

• G02B2027/0183

  Adaptation to parameters characterising the motion of the vehicle · CPC title

• G06T11/60 Primary

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title