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US 2018/0004478 A1Published application
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.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a first image of a user captured by an external camera, the image capturing facial features of the user when the user is not wearing a head mounted display (HMD);
- receiving a second image of the user when the user is wearing the HMD, the second image captures a portion of the facial features of the user while the user is interacting with content rendered on a first display screen of the HMD, the second image taken by an inward facing camera captures a current expression of the user by capturing the portion of the facial features of the user that are behind the HMD;
- generating image overlay data by matching contours of the portion of the facial features captured in the second image with contours of corresponding facial features captured in the first image of the user;
- forwarding the first image and the image overlay data for rendering on a second display screen that is mounted on a front face of the HMD, the image overlay data used to update corresponding portion of the facial features in the first image when rendering on the second display screen that is visible to a non-HMD user,
- wherein operations of the method are performed by one or more processors of a computer that is communicatively coupled to the HMD.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a first image of a user captured by an external camera, the image capturing facial features of the user when the user is not wearing a head mounted display (HMD);
- receiving a second image of the user when the user is wearing the HMD, the second image captures a portion of the facial features of the user while the user is interacting with content rendered on a first display screen of the HMD, the second image taken by an inward facing camera captures a current expression of the user by capturing the portion of the facial features of the user that are behind the HMD, the second image used to generate image overlay data by matching contours of the facial features captured in the second image with contours of corresponding facial features captured in the first image of the user;
- forwarding the first image and the image overlay data for rendering on a second display screen that is mounted on a front face of the HMD, the image overlay data used to update corresponding portion of the facial features captured in the first image when rendering on the second display screen that is visible to a non-HMD user;
- detecting a signal for rendering on the second display screen the content that is being rendered on the first display screen, the signal detected while the user is interacting with the content currently rendering on the first display screen;
- in response to detecting the signal, forwarding the content currently rendering on the first display screen to the second display screen for rendering,
- wherein operations of the method are performed by one or more processors of a computer that is communicatively coupled to the HMD.
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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 display screen and an eye of a user, when the head mounted display (HMD) is worn by the user, the display screen configured for rendering the content;
- an inward facing camera mounted on an inside of the HMD and configured to capture an image of a portion of facial features of the user that is behind the HMD;
- electronic circuitry to communicate the image to a computer communicatively coupled to the HMD;
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- a second display screen disposed on a front face of the HMD and facing outward, the second display screen is configured for rendering the image capturing the one or more facial features of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.