Head-Mounted Display Virtual Vision Area Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Head-mounted smart devices with display units struggle to provide an effective combination of virtual and real environments, as the real environment for superimposition cannot be selected or changed, resulting in a simple and poor display effect.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and apparatus for a head-mounted device that determines a virtual vision area, searches for objects in the environment space that satisfy predetermined conditions, and outputs display content in matching areas on those objects, allowing users to select and change the environment for superimposition, thereby enhancing the display effect of virtuality and reality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If display content is superimposed on the real environment viewed by the user, then the combination of virtuality and reality is achieved, but the real environment for superimposition cannot be selected or changed resulting in simple display effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveselectability of real environmentVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic selection of real environment objects for virtual content superimposition. The system continuously tracks and identifies objects in the real environment, allowing the superimposition target to change dynamically based on user gaze or selection, rather than being fixed. This enables adaptability while managing complexity through real-time object detection and tracking mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between the display unit and the user's vision. This intermediary system includes object detection algorithms, coordinate transformation modules, and rendering engines that mediate between the virtual content and the real environment, enabling selective superimposition on different real-world objects without requiring direct complex interaction between the display system and the environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Manufacturing precision

If virtual content is superimposed on the real environment, then the display effect of combination of virtuality and reality is achieved, but the display effect is simple and not good

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay precisionVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by rendering virtual content with high precision specifically at the location of selected real-world objects, while maintaining lower processing requirements for other areas. The system detects objects and applies detailed virtual content superimposition only to relevant regions, improving display precision where needed without uniformly increasing processing complexity across the entire field of view.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes in the coordinate systems and transformation matrices to achieve precise alignment between virtual content and real-world objects. By dynamically adjusting transformation parameters based on object detection results and user gaze direction, the system achieves high display precision without requiring complex reconfiguration of the entire rendering system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9779552B2Information processing method and apparatus thereof
Publication Date: 2017.10.03 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD
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AI summary

An information processing method and an apparatus thereof are provided, which are applicable to a head-mounted device with a display unit. The information processing method includes: determining a virtual vision area for a user in a case that the user wears the head-mounted device; searching an environment space for a first object which is located in the virtual vision area and satisfies a predetermined condition; determining a first display area of the display unit which matches the first object; and outputting first display content in the first display area, such that when the user watches the display unit, the user sees that the first display content is presented on the first object in the virtual vision area. Display effect of the head-mounted device is improved according to the embodiments of the disclosure.