Display screen front panel of HMD for viewing by users viewing the HMD player
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorRuxin Chen
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Abstract
Method for providing image of HMD user to a non-HMD user includes, receiving a first image of a user including the user's facial features captured by an external camera when the user is not wearing a head mounted display (HMD). A second image capturing a portion of the facial features of the user when the user is wearing the HMD is received. An image overlay data is generated by mapping contours of facial features captured in the second image with contours of corresponding facial features captured in the first image. The image overlay data is forwarded to the HMD for rendering on a second display screen that is mounted on a front face of the HMD.
Claims13
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for content from a user wearing a head mounted display;
- providing the content for rendering on a first display screen of a head mounted display (HMD) worn by the user, in response to the request;
- detecting a signal to render on a second display screen of the HMD a portion of the content that is being rendered on the first display screen, wherein the second display screen is defined on a front face of the HMD and is visible to a non-HMD user;
- in response to detecting the signal, identifying and selecting the portion of the content that is currently rendering on the first display screen for rendering on the second display screen, wherein the portion of the content is identified to align with a gaze direction of the user viewing the content presented on the first display screen,
- wherein operations of the method are performed by a processor associated with the HMD.
A head mounted display, comprising:
- a lens of optics for viewing content;
- a first display screen disposed behind the lens of optics, such that the lens of optics is between the first display screen and an eye of a user, when the head mounted display (HMD) is worn by the user, the first display screen configured for rendering the content;
- a second display screen disposed on a front face of the HMD and facing outward, the second display screen is configured for rendering the content;
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- electronic circuitry communicatively coupled to a processor associated with the HMD, the first display screen and the second display screen, the electronic circuitry used to transmit a signal to the processor, wherein the signal is used to request the processor to, identify, select and transmit a portion of the content that is currently rendering on the first display screen to the second display screen for rendering, wherein the portion of the content is identified to align with using a gaze direction of the user viewing the content presented on the first display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.