US 2013/0174213 A1 · IMPLICIT SHARING AND PRIVACY CONTROL THROUGH PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS USING SENSOR-RICH DEVICES

Abstract

A system for automatically sharing virtual objects between different mixed reality environments is described. In some embodiments, a see-through head-mounted display device (HMD) automatically determines a privacy setting associated with another HMD by inferring a particular social relationship with a person associated with the other HMD (e.g., inferring that the person is a friend or acquaintance). The particular social relationship may be inferred by considering the distance to the person associated with the other HMD, the type of environment (e.g., at home or work), and particular physical interactions involving the person (e.g., handshakes or hugs). The HMD may subsequently transmit one or more virtual objects associated with the privacy setting to the other HMD. The HMD may also receive and display one or more other virtual objects from the other HMD based on the privacy setting.

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Dependent claims

A method for automatically sharing virtual objects, comprising:

generating one or more virtual objects associated with a first mixed reality environment, the first mixed reality environment is associated with a first computing device;
detecting a second computing device;
identifying a first person associated with the second computing device;
automatically determining a privacy setting associated with the second computing device, the automatically determining a privacy setting includes inferring a particular social relationship with the first person;
determining whether to receive one or more other virtual objects from the second computing device based on the privacy setting;
receiving the one or more other virtual objects from the second computing device;
and
displaying one or more virtual images associated with the one or more virtual objects and at least a subset of the one or more other virtual objects.

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An electronic device for automatically sharing virtual objects, comprising:

one or more processors, the one or more processors determine the placement of one or more virtual objects within a first mixed reality environment, the first mixed reality environment is associated with the electronic device, the one or more processors detect a second computing device, the one or more processors identify a first person associated with the second computing device, the one or more processors automatically determine a privacy setting associated with the second computing device, the privacy setting is based on an inferred particular social relationship with the first person, the one or more processors determine whether to receive one or more other virtual objects from the second computing device based on the privacy setting, the one or more processors receive one or more other virtual objects from the second computing device;
and
a display, the display displays one or more virtual images associated with the one or more virtual objects and at least a subset of the one or more other virtual objects.

One or more storage devices containing processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method for automatically sharing virtual objects comprising the steps of:

determining a placement for each of one or more virtual objects within a first mixed reality environment, the first mixed reality environment is associated with a mobile device;
detecting a second mobile device;
identifying a first person associated with the second mobile device;
automatically determining a privacy setting associated with the second mobile device, the automatically determining a privacy setting includes inferring a particular social relationship with the first person;
determining whether to receive one or more other virtual objects from the second mobile device based on the privacy setting, the one or more other virtual objects associated with a second mixed reality environment, the second mixed reality environment is associated with the second mobile device;
receiving the one or more other virtual objects from the second mobile device;
and
displaying one or more virtual images associated with the one or more virtual objects and at least a subset of the one or more other virtual objects.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Implicit sharing and privacy control through physical behaviors using sensor-rich devices

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Implicit sharing and privacy control through physical behaviors using sensor-rich devices

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Abstract

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