HMD Orientation Calibration via Frame Elevation Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Virtual reality display systems often fail to provide a consistent frame angle of view with the user's expected viewing angle due to position errors, affecting the user experience, especially when the user changes posture or position.

Innovation Solution

An angle of view calibration method that uses a wearing sensor and inertial sensors to detect the HMD's orientation, captures the current video frame, determines the frame elevation angle, and calibrates the orientation position parameter to display a next video frame based on the calibrated parameter, ensuring the frame angle of view conforms to the user's expectations without additional calibration steps.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the VR display uses a fixed orientation position parameter, then the device complexity is reduced, but the frame angle of view becomes inconsistent with the user's expected viewing angle due to position errors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveframe angle of view accuracyVSAvoidcalibration system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic calibration using the user's own head posture as the reference standard. The wearing sensor detects whether the HMD is worn, and the inertial sensor captures the head's orientation. The system then automatically adjusts the orientation position parameter based on the detected posture, eliminating the need for external calibration equipment or manual intervention. This self-service approach resolves the contradiction by achieving precise angle calibration without increasing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes the orientation position parameter based on the detected head posture. Instead of using a fixed parameter, the system adjusts the parameter in real-time according to the user's actual wearing condition and head orientation. This parameter adaptation allows the frame angle of view to match the user's expected viewing angle while maintaining system simplicity through automated adjustment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If the user needs to execute an additional calibration step to regulate the displayed frame, then the measurement precision of the viewing angle is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewing angle accuracyVSAvoidcalibration operation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The calibration process is transformed into a self-service operation where the system automatically performs calibration using the user's head posture as reference. The wearing sensor detects HMD wearing status, inertial sensors capture head orientation, and the processor automatically calculates and adjusts the orientation position parameter. This eliminates the need for users to manually execute calibration steps while maintaining accurate viewing angle alignment, thereby resolving the contradiction between precision and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs calibration automatically at the moment the HMD is detected as worn, before the user begins using the device. By detecting the wearing state through the wearing sensor and immediately performing calibration based on the initial head posture, the system ensures accurate viewing angles are established in advance, eliminating the need for subsequent manual calibration operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If the VR display cannot immediately display a frame corresponding to a horizontal angle of view, then the device complexity is reduced, but the productivity of the calibration process deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecalibration speedVSAvoidsensor and processing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves immediate calibration by using the user's own head posture as the reference standard. When the wearing sensor detects that the HMD is worn, the inertial sensor immediately captures the head's orientation, and the processor automatically adjusts the orientation position parameter. This self-service calibration eliminates the need for time-consuming manual adjustment processes or complex external calibration equipment, achieving fast calibration while maintaining reasonable device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual mechanical calibration operations with automated sensor-based detection and processing. Instead of requiring users to physically adjust components or execute manual calibration procedures, the system uses wearing sensors and inertial sensors to automatically detect head posture and compute the appropriate orientation parameter adjustments. This substitution of mechanical operations with electronic sensing and processing achieves rapid calibration while keeping the device complexity manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11216976B2Angle of view calibration method, virtual reality display system and computing apparatus
Publication Date: 2022.01.04 ACER INC
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AI summary

An angle of view calibration method, a virtual reality display system and a computing apparatus are provided. Whether a Head-Mounted-Display (HMD) is worn on the head of a user is detected by a wearing sensor. A current video frame displayed by the HMD is captured in response to the HMD being worn on the head of the user, wherein the current video frame is generated based on an orientation position parameter of the HMD. A frame elevation angle of the current video frame is determined. The orientation position parameter of the HMD is calibrated according to the frame elevation angle, such that the HMD displays a next video frame generated based on the calibrated orientation position parameter.