Systems and methods for managing content presentation involving a head mounted display and a presentation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9933985-B2
Application number	US-201514601094-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 20, 2015
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

Various arrangements are presented to facilitate the handoff of presentation of content between a head mounted display (HMD) and another presentation device, such as a television. For example, based upon separate events, video and audio being presented to a user via a presentation device may be handed off to an HMD that the user is wearing for continued presentation. In response to a first reference event occurring, the HMD may initiate continued presentation of the video content that was being viewed by the user on the presentation device. At a later time, in response to a second reference event, the HMD may initiate continued presentation of the audio content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing content presentation involving a head mounted display (HMD), wherein the HMD is configured to permit a field of view of at least a portion of a surrounding environment, the method comprising:
determining, by the HMD, that video content output of a presentation device separate from the HMD is within the field of view, wherein the presentation device outputs the video content and audio content;
detecting, by the HMD, a first reference event indicating that the video content output of the presentation device is no longer within the field of view, wherein detecting the first reference event comprises:
measuring, by the HMD, a first color temperature of at least a portion of the field of view;
comparing the measured first color temperature with a first reference color temperature; and
based on comparing the measured first color temperature with the first reference color temperature, determining that the first reference event has occurred;

in response to the first reference event, initiating, by the HMD, continued presentation of the video content via the HMD.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after the first reference event, detecting, by the HMD, a second reference event; and
in response to the second reference event, initiating, by the HMD, continued presentation of the audio content via the HMD, wherein the HMD initiates continued presentation of the audio content at a later time than when the HMD initiates the continued presentation of the video content.

3. The method for managing content presentation involving the HMD of claim 1 , wherein determining that the video content output of the presentation device is within the field of view comprises:
measuring, by the HMD, a second color temperature of at least a portion of the field of view, wherein measuring the second color temperature occurs before or after the measuring of the first color temperature;
comparing the measured second color temperature with a second threshold color temperature, the second threshold color temperature being the same or different than the first reference color temperature; and
based on the comparison, determining that the video content output of the presentation device is within the field of view.

4. The method for managing content presentation involving the HMD of claim 2 , wherein detecting the second reference event comprises:
determining a first location of the HMD;
calculating a distance from the first location to a second location of the presentation device;
comparing the distance to a threshold distance; and
based upon comparing the distance to the threshold distance, determining that the second reference event has occurred.

5. The method for managing content presentation involving the HMD of claim 2 , wherein detecting the second reference event comprises:
measuring, via a microphone of the HMD, a signal-to-noise ratio of the audio content output by the presentation device;
comparing the measured signal-to-noise ratio of the audio content to a threshold signal-to-noise ratio; and
based upon comparing the measured signal-to-noise ratio of the audio content to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio, determining that the second reference event has occurred.

6. The method for managing content presentation involving the HMD of claim 2 , wherein at least five seconds elapse between the first reference event and the second reference event.

7. The method for managing content presentation involving the HMD of claim 2 , wherein initiating the continued presentation of the audio content via the HMD comprises fading in the audio content from a first volume to a second, louder volume.

8. The method for managing content presentation involving the HMD of claim 1 , wherein initiating the continued presentation of the video content via the HMD comprises fading in a brightness of the video content to be presented via the HMD.

9. A system for managing content presentation via a head mounted display (HMD), wherein the HMD is configured to permit a field of view of at least a portion of a surrounding environment, the system comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to:
determine that video content output of a presentation device separate from the HMD is within the field of view, wherein the presentation device outputs the video content and audio content;
detect a first reference event indicating that the video content output of the presentation device is no longer within the field of view, wherein detecting the first reference event comprises:
measuring a first color temperature of at least a portion of the field of view;
comparing the measured first color temperature with a first reference color temperature; and
based on comparing the measured first color temperature with the first reference color temperature, determining that the first reference event has occurred;

in response to the first reference event, initiate continued presentation of the video content via the HMD.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
after the first reference event, detect a second reference event; and
in response to the second reference event, initiate continued presentation of the audio content via the HMD, wherein the HMD initiates continued presentation of the audio content at a later time than when the HMD initiates the continued presentation of the video content.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
measure a second color temperature of at least a portion of the field of view, wherein measuring the second color temperature occurs before or after the measuring of the first color temperature;
compare the measured second color temperature with a second threshold color temperature, the second threshold color temperature being the same or different than the first reference color temperature; and
based on the comparison, determine that the video content output of the presentation device is within the field of view.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
determine a first location of the HMD;
calculate a distance from the first location to a second location of the presentation device;
compare the distance to a threshold distance; and
based upon comparing the distance to the threshold distance, determine that the second reference event has occurred.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
measure, via a microphone of the HMD, a signal-to-noise ratio of the audio content output by the presentation device;
compare the measured signal-to-noise ratio of the audio content to a threshold signal-to-noise ratio; and
based upon comparing the measured signal-to-noise ratio of the audio content to the threshold signal-to-noise ratio, determine that the second reference event has occurred.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to initiate the continued presentation of the audio content via the HMD by fading in the audio content from a first volume to a second, louder volume.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to initiate the continued presentation of the video content via the HMD by fading in a brightness of the video content to be presented via the HMD.

16. A system for managing content presentation involving a head mounted display (HMD), wherein the HMD is configured to permit a field of view of at least a portion of

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Forutanpour Babak
• Baker Daniel S
• Menendez Jose R
• Kimberly William E
• Ganesh Shriram
• Rajagopalan Ramachandran

Classifications

• G02B2027/0123

  comprising devices increasing the field of view · CPC title

• G02B27/017

  Head mounted · CPC title

• G02B2027/0187

  slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye · CPC title

• G02B2027/0118

  comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility · CPC title

• G06F3/1423 Primary

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title