Object detections for virtual reality
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlexander Wayne CLARK, Brandon James Lee HAIST, Henry WANG
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Abstract
An example virtual reality (VR) system includes a VR headset, a plurality of monitoring stations, and an image processing device. Each of the monitoring stations includes an image sensor to capture images of the VR headset and an environment in which the VR headset is used. The image processing device is to process the images captured by the monitoring stations to detect an object in the environment, and to transmit, to the VR headset, information that includes notification of the object detected.
Claims15
A virtual reality (VR) system, comprising:
- a VR headset;
- a plurality of monitoring stations, each of the monitoring stations comprising a distinct image sensor to capture images of the VR headset and an environment in which the VR headset is used;
- and
- an image processing device to:
- process the images captured by the monitoring stations to detect an object in the environment;
- and
- transmit, to the VR headset, information comprising notification of the object detected.
A method, comprising:
- capturing, by a plurality of monitoring stations, images of a virtual reality (VR) headset and an environment in which the VR headset is operating from a plurality of different locations;
- processing the images, by an image processing device, to detect an object in the environment;
- transmitting, by the image processing device, information comprising notification of the object to the VR headset;
- and
- displaying, by the VR headset, the information in conjunction with a VR scene.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions to cause a processor to:
- detect an object in images captured by a plurality of image sensors bounding an environment in which a virtual reality (VR) headset is used, the object detected by identifying, in the images, motion of the object occurring outside of a predetermined area about the VR headset;
- and
- transmit information comprising notification of the object to the VR headset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.