Virtual Scene Orientation Prompts for Nearby Object Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

In virtual scenes, users face inefficiencies in human-machine interaction due to the need for multiple adjustments to view nearby virtual objects, leading to resource waste and reduced interaction efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that utilize a sensing function control to determine a sensing region centered on a first virtual object, outputting orientation prompt information for any second virtual object within this region, thereby reducing the need for manual adjustments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually adjust display field of view multiple times to observe nearby virtual objects, then observation accuracy is improved, but human-machine interaction efficiency deteriorates and hardware processing resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveobservation accuracyVSAvoidhuman-machine interaction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically calculating and determining the sensing region and orientation information before the user needs to observe other virtual objects. Instead of requiring users to manually adjust the field of view, the system pre-computes the relative positions and orientations, and presents this information through prompt controls, thereby eliminating the need for repeated manual adjustments and improving interaction efficiency while maintaining observation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If users manually adjust display field of view multiple times to locate virtual objects, then positioning accuracy is improved, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by providing prompt controls that display orientation information and relative positions of virtual objects. This feedback mechanism gives users immediate information about object locations and orientations without requiring manual field of view adjustments, thereby reducing time consumption while maintaining positioning accuracy through the calculated sensing region data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of information

If the system provides comprehensive orientation information for all virtual objects, then information completeness is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by providing orientation and position information selectively based on the sensing region rather than for all virtual objects uniformly. The prompt controls display information only for virtual objects that fall within the calculated sensing region relative to the current field of view, thereby providing necessary information completeness while avoiding the complexity of processing and displaying data for all objects in the scene.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12469225B2Information prompt method and apparatus in virtual scene, electronic device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.11.11 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides an information prompt method and apparatus in a virtual scene, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: presenting a sensing function control in a picture of the virtual scene; determining a sensing region with a first virtual object as a center in response to a trigger operation for the sensing function control; and when there is at least one second virtual object located in the sensing region, outputting prompt information of an orientation of the at least one second virtual object relative to the first virtual object.