Environmental interrupt in a head-mounted display and utilization of non field of view real estate
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
InventorJustin Moravetz
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Abstract
A wearable computing device includes a head-mounted display (HMD) that generates a virtual reality environment. Through the generation and tracking of positional data, a the virtual environment may be interrupted or paused. Upon pausing the environment, a user may access a number of ancillary menus and controls not otherwise available during normal operation of the virtual environment.
Claims12
A method for interrupting a virtual environment in a head-mounted display, the method comprising:
- storing information in memory regarding at least one control setting that associates a function with a change in position of the head-mounted display;
- calibrating the head-mounted display, wherein a start position of the head-mounted display is identified;
- generating positional data that tracks movement of the head-mounted display;
- determining that a current position of the head-mounted display is indicative of a change from the start position that exceeds the change in position of the control setting;
- executing the function associated with the control setting, wherein the function comprises interrupting the virtual environment in the head-mounted display by pausing the environment;
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- offering menu functionality in a peripheral vision area once the environment has been paused.
A system for interrupting a virtual environment in a head-mounted display, the system comprising:
- memory that stores information regarding at least one control setting that associates a function with a change in position of the head-mounted display;
- at least one of a gyroscope, magnetometer, and an accelerometer that:
- calibrates the head-mounted display, wherein a start position of the head-mounted display is identified, and
- generates positional data that tracks movement of the head-mounted display;
- a processor that executes instructions stored in memory to:
- determine that a current position of the head-mounted display is indicative of a change from the start position that exceeds the change in position of the control setting;
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- execute the function associated with the control setting;
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- a head-mounted display including at least one lens to display the virtual environment, wherein execution of the function interrupts the environment by pausing the environment;
- and wherein the head-mounted display further offers menu functionality in a peripheral vision area once the environment has been paused.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for interrupting a virtual environment in a head-mounted display, the method comprising:
- storing information regarding at least one control setting that associates a function with a change in position of the head-mounted display;
- calibrating the head-mounted display, wherein a start position of the head-mounted display is identified;
- generating positional data that tracks movement of the head-mounted display;
- determining that a current position of the head-mounted display is indicative of a change from the start position that exceeds the change in position of the control setting;
- executing the function associated with the control setting, wherein the function comprises interrupting the virtual environment in the head-mounted display by pausing the environment;
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- offering menu functionality in a peripheral vision area once the environment has been paused.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.