US 2018/0005438 A1 · ADAPTIVE SMOOTHING BASED ON USER FOCUS ON A TARGET OBJECT

Abstract

Techniques described herein dynamically adapt an amount of smoothing that is applied to signals of a device (e.g., positions and/or orientations of an input mechanism, positions and/or orientations of an output mechanism) based on a determined distance between an object and the device, or based on a determined distance between the object and another device (e.g., a head-mounted device). The object can comprise one of a virtual object presented on a display of the head-mounted device or a real-world object within a view of the user. The object can be considered a “target” object based on a determination that a user is focusing on, or targeting, the object. For example, the head-mounted device or other devices can sense data associated with an eye gaze of a user and can determine, based on the sensed data, that the user is looking at the target object.

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Dependent claims

A device comprising:

a display configured to present virtual content;
an interface communicatively coupled to an input mechanism that is configured to collect data associated with motion of the input mechanism;
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display;
and
memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
identifying a target object in a scene based at least on one of a detected direction of eye gaze of a user or a detected position or orientation of the input mechanism;
determining a distance between the target object and the device;
mapping the distance to a value in a smoothing scale;
and
using the value in the smoothing scale to adjust a parameter of a smoothing algorithm, the smoothing algorithm controlling motion of a virtual element presented by the display relative to the motion of the input mechanism.

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A device comprising:

a display configured to present virtual content;
an interface communicatively coupled to an input mechanism that is configured to collect data associated with rotation of the input mechanism;
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display;
and
memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
identifying a target object in a scene based at least on one of a detected direction of eye gaze of a user or a detected position or orientation of the input mechanism;
determining a distance between the target object and the device;
mapping the distance to a value in a smoothing scale;
and
using the value in the smoothing scale to adjust a parameter of a smoothing algorithm, the smoothing algorithm controlling rotation of a virtual element presented by the display relative to the rotation of the input mechanism.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adaptive smoothing based on user focus on a target object

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Adaptive smoothing based on user focus on a target object

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Abstract

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