A wearable device includes a display assembly comprising one or more displays, cameras, sensors, memory comprising one or more storage media and storing instructions, and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to obtain an image, identify depth values of pixels using obtained depth information, identify the number of pixels, identify a reference depth value among the depth values of the pixels, identify a first portion of the pixels, identify a second portion of the pixels, and based on setting the depth values of the first portion of the pixels to the reference depth value and based on setting depth values of the second portion of the pixels to a predetermined depth value, display, via the display assembly, a screen corresponding to the image.
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A wearable device comprising:
a display assembly comprising one or more displays;
one or more cameras;
one or more sensors;
memory, comprising one or more storage media, configured to store instructions;
and
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
obtain an image via the one or more cameras,
identify depth values of pixels in the image using depth information obtained via at least one of the one or more cameras or the one or more sensors,
identify the number of one or more pixels having each of the depth values of the pixels,
identify a reference depth value using a depth value associated with the number corresponding to a peak value among the depth values,
identify a first portion of the pixels having first depth values that are within a reference range with respect to the reference depth value,
identify a second portion of the pixels that are different from the first portion of the pixels, and
based on setting the first depth values of the first portion of the pixels to the reference depth value and setting second depth values of the second portion of the pixels to a predetermined depth value, display, via the display assembly, a screen corresponding to the image having the first portion of the pixels and the second portion of the pixels.
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A wearable device comprising:
a display assembly, including one or more displays;
one or more cameras;
one or more sensors;
one or more other sensors configured to obtain eye tracking data regarding a gaze of one or more eyes;
memory, comprising one or more storage media, configured to store instructions;
and
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
obtain an image via the one or more cameras,
determine a foveated area of the image and a peripheral area of the image surrounding the foveated area of the image, using the eye tracking data obtained using the one or more other sensors,
identify depth values of pixels within the foveated area of the image using depth information obtained via at least one of the one or more cameras or the one or more sensors,
identify the number of one or more pixels having each of the depth values of the pixels within the foveated area of the image,
identify a reference depth value using a depth value associated with the number corresponding to a peak value among the depth values,
identify a first portion of the pixels within the foveated area of the image having first depth values that are within a reference range with respect to the reference depth value,
identify a second portion of the pixels within the foveated area of the image that are different from the first portion of the pixels within the foveated area of the image, and
based on setting the first depth values of the first portion of the pixels within the foveated area of the image to the reference depth value, setting second depth values of the second portion of the pixels within the foveated area of the image to a first predetermined depth value, and setting depth values of pixels within the peripheral area of the image to a second predetermined depth value, display, via the display assembly, a screen corresponding to the image having the first portion of the pixels, the second portion of the pixels, and the pixels within the peripheral area.
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A wearable device comprising:
a display assembly including one or more displays;
one or more cameras;
one or more sensors;
memory, comprising one or more storage media, configured to store instructions;
and
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
obtain an image via the one or more cameras,
identify an object within the image,
identify first depth values of a first portion of pixels within an area within the image occupied by the object, using depth information obtained via at least one of the one or more cameras or the one or more sensors,
identify a reference depth value using at least portion of the first depth values of the first portion of the pixels,
identify a second portion of the pixels that are different from the first portion of the pixels, and
based on setting the first depth values of the first portion of the pixels to the reference depth value and setting second depth values of the second portion of the pixels to a predetermined depth value, display, via the display assembly, a screen corresponding to the image having the first portion of the pixels and the second portion of the pixels.
12 Feb 2045Estimated · howhide20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.
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Priority, Korea12 Apr 2024
Granted24 Mar 2026
Term ends12 Feb 2045
Priority, Korea12 Apr 2024
Granted24 Mar 2026
Term ends12 Feb 2045
Priority claimedKR 10-2024-0049677
Application filedUS 19/085,516
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
PublishedUS 2025/0321636 A1
GrantedUS 12,585,331 B2
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Description40,252 words
Summary966 words
#The disclosure relates to a wearable device, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for setting a depth value of pixels.
#In order to provide enhanced user experience, a wearable device has been developed to provide an extended reality service displaying information generated by a computer in connection with an external object (in the real-world) or a virtual object (in the virtual world). For example, the wearable device may include user equipment, augmented reality (AR) glasses, virtual reality (VR) glasses, and/or head-mounted device (HMD).
#The above-described information may be provided as related art for the purpose of helping to understand the present disclosure.
Brief description of the drawings21 figures
#The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain embodiments of the disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
#FIG. 1A illustrates an example of an environment including a wearable device;
#FIG. 1B illustrates an example of a user wearing a wearable device;
Detailed description38,880 words
#One or more embodiments of the disclosure and the terms used therein are not intended to limit the technological features set forth herein to particular embodiments and include various changes, equivalents, or replacements for a corresponding embodiment. With regard to the description of the drawings, similar reference numerals may be used to refer to similar or related elements. It is to be understood that a singular form of a noun corresponding to an item may include one or more of the things unless the relevant context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, each of such phrases as “A or B,” “at least one of A and B,” “at least one of A or B,” “A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” and “at least one of A, B, or C,” may include any one of or all possible combinations of the items enumerated together in a corresponding one of the phrases. As used herein, such terms as “1st” and “2nd,” or “first” and “second” may be used to simply distinguish a corresponding component from another, and does not limit the components in other aspect (e.g., importance or order). It is to be understood that if an element (e.g., a first element) is referred to, with or without the term “operatively” or “communicatively”, as “coupled with,” or “connected with” another element (e.g., a second element), it means that the element may be coupled with the other element directly (e.g., wiredly), wirelessly, or via a third element.
#As used in connection with one or more embodiments of the disclosure, the term “module” may include a unit implemented in hardware, software, or firmware, and may interchangeably be used with other terms, for example, “logic,” “logic block,” “part,” or “circuitry”. A module may be a single integral component, or a minimum unit or part thereof, adapted to perform one or more functions. For example, according to an embodiment, the module may be implemented in a form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
#FIG. 1A illustrates an example of an environment including a wearable device.