Method and device for guiding a user to a virtual object
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsStefan DUBACH, Anton Werner KELLER
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Abstract
A method for guiding a user equipped with a device to a virtual object located at a first location, the device being connected to a display on which the virtual object is displayed, includes detecting a need to change a current path followed by the user in order to reach the virtual object. The method includes moving the virtual object to a second location chosen such that the virtual object remains displayed on the display and guiding the user to the second location.
Claims15
Method for guiding a user equipped with a device to a virtual object located at a first location,
- the device being connected to a display on which the virtual object is displayed, wherein the method includes:
- detecting a need to change a current path followed by the user in order to reach the virtual object;
- moving the virtual object to a second location chosen such that the virtual object remains displayed on the display;
- guiding the user to the second location.
Device for guiding a user equipped with the device to a virtual object located at a first location, the device being configured to be connected to a display on which the virtual object is displayed, wherein the device includes:
- a detection module configured to detect a need to change a current path followed by the user in order to reach the virtual object;
- a relocation module configured to move the virtual object to a second location chosen such that the virtual object remains displayed on the display;
- a guiding module configured to guide the user to the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.