US 10,853,966 B2Granted

Virtual space moving apparatus and method

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsMoon-Sik Jeong, Ivan Koryakovskiy, Sang-Keun Jung, Kumar Nipun

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Abstract

Provided are virtual space moving apparatus and method. A virtual space moving apparatus includes a 3D camera to capture real space; a display; and a processor to display a virtual space, implement a virtual object corresponding to an actual object in an actual space, and display virtual object at a specific position in virtual space, set a first detection area adjacent to an initial position of actual object and a second detection area spaced from initial position of actual object and surrounding first detection area, when actual object is moved by a first distance in first detection area outwards from initial position, move virtual object by first virtual movement distance, and when actual object is moved by first distance in second detection area outwards from a boundary between first detection area and second detection area, move virtual object by a second virtual movement distance greater than first virtual movement distance.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A virtual space moving apparatus, comprising:

a three-dimensional (3D) camera configured to capture a real space;
a display;
and
a processor;
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the display to display a virtual space on the display,
identify an entire user using the 3D camera,
implement a virtual object corresponding to the entire user, the virtual object being configured to be moved in the virtual space when the entire user moves in an actual space,
display the virtual object at a specific position in the virtual space,
set a plurality of detection areas based on an initial position of the entire user, wherein the plurality of detection areas comprises a first circular detection area comprising a center point corresponding to the initial position of the entire user and a second detection area comprising an outline spaced a predetermined distance from the center point of the first circular detection area,
when the entire user moves by a first distance in the first circular detection area outwards from the initial position, move the virtual object by a first virtual movement distance in the virtual space, and
when the entire user moves by the first distance in the second detection area outwards from an outline comprised in the first circular detection area, move the virtual object by a second virtual movement distance greater than the first virtual movement distance in the virtual space,
wherein the plurality of detection areas are set to have different movement ratios, and as a distance away from the center point increases, a movement ratio set in each of the plurality of detection areas increases.

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A virtual space moving method in a virtual space moving apparatus, the virtual space moving method comprising:

displaying a virtual space on a display;
identifying an entire user using a 3D camera;
implementing a virtual object corresponding to the entire user, the virtual object being configured to be moved in the virtual space when the entire user moves in an actual space;
displaying the virtual object at a specific position in the virtual space;
setting a plurality of detection areas based on an initial position of the entire user, wherein the plurality of detection areas comprises a first circular detection area comprising a center point corresponding to the initial position of the entire user and a second detection area comprising an outline spaced a predetermined distance from the center point;
when the entire user moves by a first distance in the first circular detection area outwards from the initial position, moving the virtual object by a first virtual movement distance in the virtual space;
and
when the entire user moves by the first distance in the second detection area outwards from an outline comprised in the first circular detection area, moving the virtual object by a second virtual movement distance greater than the first virtual movement distance in the virtual space,
wherein the plurality of detection areas are set to have different movement ratios, and as a distance away from the center point increases, a movement ratio set in each of the plurality of detection areas increases.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/901,299Filed 21 Feb 2018 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2012-000343211 Jan 2012
Published: US 2018/0173302 A121 Jun 2018
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06T 7/73
Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras: using feature-based methods
A63F 13/42
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: by mapping the input…
A63F 13/57
Controlling game characters or game objects based on the game progress: simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world,…
G06T 7/246
Analysis of motion: using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments