Virtual Object Muting Mode for Enhanced Reality Privacy
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
In enhanced reality settings, users may wish to perform actions without those actions being reproduced by a virtual object representing them, to maintain privacy and control over their virtual presence.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an attenuating mode, or physical muting mode, which allows users to activate a setting that prevents certain movements or actions from being replicated by their virtual object, using context data that distinguishes between first and second context data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the virtual object reproduces all user movements in the enhanced reality setting, then the virtual presence is more realistic and immersive, but the user loses privacy control and cannot perform private actions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the context data into multiple types (first context data for public actions, second context data for private actions) and applies different reproduction rules to each segment. The system selectively reproduces only certain movements while filtering others, allowing the virtual object to maintain realism for public interactions while preserving privacy for private actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality levels of movement reproduction to different body parts or actions. Certain movements (first context data) are fully reproduced with high fidelity, while other movements (second context data) are filtered or muted. This local differentiation allows the virtual object to be realistic where needed while protecting privacy where required.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If the system filters out certain movements to protect privacy, then user privacy control is improved, but the virtual presence becomes less realistic and consistent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustment of the attenuation mode based on contextual factors. The system can transition between different levels of movement reproduction depending on the situation, allowing the virtual object to adapt its realism and privacy protection levels dynamically rather than using a fixed filter.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (the attenuation mode system) that mediates between the user's actual movements and the virtual object's reproduced movements. This intermediary selectively translates certain movements while filtering others, maintaining a coherent virtual presence while protecting privacy through intelligent mediation rather than simple filtering.
3Measurement precision
If the system uses all available context data for the virtual object, then the virtual representation is more accurate and responsive, but the complexity of data processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and separates the necessary context data from the complete set of available data. By identifying and extracting only the first context data that should be reproduced, the system reduces processing complexity while maintaining accuracy for the intended purposes. Unnecessary second context data is excluded from processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of data processing by applying an attenuation mode that modifies how context data is processed. When attenuation is active, the system processes only a subset of context data with different parameters, reducing computational complexity while maintaining sufficient accuracy for the virtual representation.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for displaying a virtual object in an enhanced reality setting in accordance with a physical muting mode being active are described. In some examples, while the physical muting mode is active, a system obtains a first set of context data for one or more physical elements in a physical setting and causes display of a virtual object representing the one or more physical elements in a first position using at least a portion of the first set of context data. After the virtual object representing the one or more physical elements is displayed in the first position, the physical muting mode is deactivated. In response to detecting the deactivation of the physical muting mode, the system causes display of a transitional motion of the virtual object representing the one or more physical elements from the first position to a second position.