XR Content Modification Using Safety Boundary Center of Gravity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless communication systems, such as those displaying extended reality content, can cause users to become disconnected from reality, leading to potential injuries and damage to surrounding objects due to inability to distinguish between different levels of danger within the interaction boundary.

Innovation Solution

A user equipment (UE) identifies a boundary for interacting with content, determines a center of gravity, and modifies the content based on this center to encourage users to move towards safer areas, using inputs from external devices or generated heat maps to adjust content accordingly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If extended reality content is displayed to provide immersive user experience, then user engagement and entertainment value are improved, but user safety deteriorates due to disconnection from reality and inability to distinguish danger levels

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser engagementVSAvoiduser safety

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by creating differentiated visual presentations for different regions within the interaction boundary. Safe zones display normal content while unsafe zones present distorted or warning visuals, allowing users to distinguish danger levels spatially. This enables continued immersion in extended reality while providing localized safety information at relevant positions in the environment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary layer between the user and the physical environment - a visual overlay that mediates perception by superimposing safety zone information onto the extended reality content. This intermediary presentation layer translates raw sensor data about the environment into intuitive visual cues that guide user behavior without breaking immersion.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If safety boundaries are imposed to prevent injury and damage, then user safety is improved, but user experience continuity deteriorates due to interruptions and restrictions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser safetyVSAvoiduser experience continuity

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The interaction boundary and safety zones are dynamically adjusted based on real-time environmental sensing and user behavior. The system continuously updates zone definitions and visual presentations, allowing safe areas to expand or contract and providing adaptive guidance that responds to changing conditions without requiring system resets or interruptions to the user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where sensor data about user position and environmental conditions feeds back to update the visual presentation in real-time. This closed-loop control provides ongoing guidance to users, reinforcing safe behavior through immediate visual feedback while maintaining seamless operation without interruptions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20260073583A1Content modification for improving user safety

Publication Date: 2026.03.12 QUALCOMM INC

AI summary

In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a boundary for interacting with content. The UE may determine a center of gravity within the boundary for interacting with the content. The UE may modify the content in accordance with the center of gravity. Numerous other aspects are described.