US 10,482,669 B2 · Augmented virtual display

Abstract

A VR system for vehicles that may implement methods that address problems with vehicles in motion that may result in motion sickness for passengers. The VR system may provide augmented or virtual views that match visual cues with the physical motions that a passenger experiences. The VR system may project virtual content so that the content appears as a distant object stabilized or fixed in the external environment. The VR system may aid in productivity, as passengers may perform work while riding in the vehicle without experiencing motion sickness. In addition, the VR system may provide enhanced virtual experiences to passengers in moving vehicles by matching accelerations and motions of the vehicle to accelerations and motions in the virtual experiences.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a virtual reality (VR) controller in a vehicle, wherein the VR controller is configured to:
obtain inputs from one or more sources in the vehicle;
obtain display screen content from a user device of a passenger in the vehicle;
render virtual content including the display screen content from the user device based at least in part on the inputs from the one or more sources in the vehicle;
alter the virtual content according to one or more visual or audio accommodations to mitigate motion sickness of the passenger according to preference data for the passenger;
and
send the virtual content to a VR device for display in a 3D virtual view to the passenger in the vehicle, wherein the display screen content from the user device is rendered and displayed to appear to the passenger to be at a fixed distance in front of the vehicle.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/713,421Filed 22 Sep 2017 · us provisional application

Priority

23 Sep 2016

Published

US 2018/0089900 A129 Mar 2018

Granted

19 Nov 2019

Term ends

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Classification36 codes

G06T 19/006
Manipulating three-dimensional [3D] models or images for computer graphics: mixed reality
B60K 35/00
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles
B60K 35/10
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle,…
B60K 35/211
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images

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Abstract

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