Indicating an off-screen target
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsRaymond Kirk PRICE, Michael BLEYER, Christopher Douglas EDMONDS
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Abstract
In one method, device data including an orientation of a targeting device is received in a computing system. Target coordinates of the targeting device as projected onto a field-of-view of a display device are then located based on the device data. Pursuant to locating the target coordinates within a predefined margin, a target graphic indicating the target coordinates is superposed onto the field-of-view. Pursuant to locating the target coordinates outside of the predefined margin, an off-target graphic is superposed onto the field-of-view and aligned to a display perimeter of the display device.
Claims20
Enacted in a computing system, a method comprising:
- receiving device data including an orientation of a targeting device;
- locating, based on the device data, target coordinates at an intersection of a launch axis of the targeting device and a nearest object;
- pursuant to locating the target coordinates within a predefined margin, superposing a target graphic onto a field-of-view of a display device, the target graphic indicating the target coordinates;
- and
- pursuant to locating the target coordinates outside of the predefined margin, superposing an off-target graphic onto the field-of-view and aligned to a display perimeter of the display device.
(canceled)
A display device comprising:
- a visor or eyepiece configured to transmit an image of a player environment;
- a wired or wireless receiver configured to receive device data responsive to an orientation of a targeting device;
- a targeting engine configured to locate, based on the device data, target coordinates at an intersection of a launch axis of the targeting device and a nearest object;
- and
- a display engine coupled operatively to the visor or eyepiece and configured to:
- superpose a target graphic onto a field-of-view of the display device pursuant to locating the target coordinates within a predefined margin, the target graphic indicating the target coordinates, and
- superpose an off-target graphic onto the field-of-view of the display device pursuant to locating the target coordinates outside of the predefined margin, the off-target graphic being aligned to a display perimeter of the display device.
Enacted in a computing system, a method comprising:
- receiving device data including an orientation of a targeting device;
- locating, based on the device data, target coordinates at an intersection of a launch axis of the targeting device and a nearest object;
- pursuant to locating the target coordinates within a predefined margin, superposing a target graphic of a first color onto a field-of-view of a display device, the target graphic indicating the target coordinates;
- and
- pursuant to locating the target coordinates outside of the predefined margin, superposing an off-target graphic of a second color onto the field-of-view of the display device, the off-target graphic being of similar shape as the target graphic and aligned to a display perimeter of the display device.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.