US 2015/0085076 A1 · APPROACHES FOR SIMULATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWS

Abstract

Approaches enable image content (e.g., still or video content) to be displayed to provide a viewer with an appearance or view of the content that is based at least in part upon a current relative position and/or orientation of the viewer with respect to the device, as well as changes in that relative position and/or orientation. For example, positional data can be used to render image content from a perspective that is consistent with a viewing angle for the current relative position of the viewer. As that viewing angle changes, the content can be re-rendered or otherwise updated to display the image content from a perspective that reflects the change in viewing angle. The content can include various portions, and different adjustments can be applied to each portion based upon these and/or other such changes. These adjustments can include, for example, changes due to parallax or occlusion, which when added to the rendered content in response to relative movement between a viewer and a device can enhance the experience of the viewer and increase realism for content rendered on a two- or three-dimensional display screen.

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Dependent claims

A computing device, comprising:

a display screen;
a camera;
at least one processor coupled to the display screen and the camera;
and
a memory device coupled to the at least one processor and including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, enable the computing device to:
display a first plane of content on the display screen, the first plane of content having an associated first lateral position relative to the display screen and a first depth position relative to the display screen;
acquire, using the camera, a first image of a viewer of the computing device;
determine, by analyzing the first image, a first location of the viewer with respect to the computing device;
determine a first lateral offset for the first plane of content based at least in part upon the first location of the viewer relative to the computing device;
and
display, on the display screen, the first plane of content, wherein the first plane of content is shifted from the first lateral position to a second lateral position by an amount equal to the first lateral offset.

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A computer implemented method, comprising:

determining position information for each of a plurality of planes of content, the position information corresponding to a display position on a display screen of a computing device;
displaying a first display of the plurality of planes of content on the display screen, the first display being rendered from a first perspective corresponding to a first location of a viewer with respect to the computing device;
determining a change in position of the computing device relative to the viewer of the display screen;
displaying a second display of the plurality of planes of content on the display screen, the second display being rendered from a second perspective corresponding to a second location of the viewer with respect to the computing device, the second location of the viewer corresponding to the change in position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Approaches for simulating three-dimensional views

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Approaches for simulating three-dimensional views

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Abstract

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