Different perspectives from a common virtual environment

• US 10,616,033 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2017
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Murrish, Robert Wesley
• Primary Examiner(s): Buttram, Todd
• Application Number:
  US15/804,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20190140885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/847 Cooperative playing, e.g. requiring coordinated actions from several players to achieve a common goal
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/40 of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

According to one or more aspects, systems and methods for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on a common virtual environment are described herein. A virtual environment model associated with a virtual environment, including a first virtual object associated with virtual environment coordinates, a first set of functions corresponding to a first virtual environment mode, and a second set of functions corresponding to a second virtual environment mode may be stored on a database. A virtual environment engine may generate a first virtual environment view of the first virtual object based on the first virtual environment mode and generate a second virtual environment view of the first virtual object based on the second virtual environment mode. The first virtual environment view and the second virtual environment view are respectively rendered on different devices in a concurrent fashion.

Claims

1. A system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on a common virtual environment, comprising:

a database storing a virtual environment model associated with a virtual environment, including a first virtual object associated with virtual environment coordinates, a first set of functions corresponding to a first virtual environment mode, and a second set of functions corresponding to a second virtual environment mode;

a memory storing one or more instructions; and

a processor including a virtual environment engine executing one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform;

generating a first virtual environment view of the first virtual object based on the first virtual environment mode; and

generating a second virtual environment view of the first virtual object based on the second virtual environment mode,

wherein the first virtual environment view and the second virtual environment view are respectively rendered concurrently on different devices, and

wherein the first virtual object has a first rendering as a first object in the first virtual environment view and a second rendering as a second object different than the first object in the second virtual environment view different than the first rendering,

wherein the first rendering and the second rendering are rendered from the same viewing angle within the common virtual environment relative to the first virtual object.

2. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 1, wherein:

the first virtual environment view of the first virtual object is rendered on a first device; and

the second virtual environment view of the first virtual object is rendered on a second device.

3. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 2, wherein:

the first device and the first virtual environment mode is associated with a first type of user; and

the second device and the second virtual environment mode is associated with a second type of user.

4. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 3, wherein the type of user is defined based on demographics associated with a user or selections made by the user associated with game genre, a selected game, a selected avatar, game ratings, previous gameplay.

5. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 1, wherein:

the first virtual object is a first user,

the first rendering of the first user is rendered with a first skin, and

the second rendering of the first user is rendered with a second skin.

6. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 5, wherein:

the first set of functions includes a first dialogue function; and

the second set of functions includes a second dialogue function.

7. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 1, wherein the first virtual environment mode and the second virtual environment mode are virtual environment mode datatypes.

8. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 7, wherein the database stores a view class node including functions for generating the first virtual environment view or the second virtual environment view based on the first virtual environment mode and the second virtual environment mode, respectively, as the virtual environment mode datatypes.

9. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 1, wherein the virtual environment includes a second virtual object associated with virtual environment coordinates, a first set of functions corresponding to the first virtual environment mode, and a second set of functions corresponding to the second virtual environment mode.

10. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 9, wherein the processor:

generates the first virtual environment view of the second virtual object based on the first virtual environment mode; and

generates the second virtual environment view of the second virtual object based on the second virtual environment mode,

wherein the first virtual environment view and the second virtual environment view of the second virtual object are respectively rendered concurrently on the different devices.

11. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 9, wherein the second virtual object is a non-playable character.

12. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 1, wherein the first set of functions has a one-to-one trigger correspondence with the second set of functions.

13. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 1, wherein the first set of functions has a one-to-one animation correspondence with the second set of functions.

14. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 1, wherein the first set of functions has a one-to-one argument correspondence with the second set of functions.

15. A system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on a common virtual environment, comprising:

a database storing a virtual environment model associated with a virtual environment, including a virtual object associated with virtual environment coordinates, a first function corresponding to a first virtual environment mode, and a second function corresponding to a second virtual environment mode;

a memory storing one or more instructions; and

a processor including a virtual environment engine executing one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform;

generating a first virtual environment view of the virtual object as a first object based on a first virtual environment skin of the first virtual environment mode; and

generating a second virtual environment view of the virtual object as a second object different than the first object based on a second virtual environment skin of the second virtual environment mode different than the first virtual environment skin,

wherein the first virtual environment view and the second virtual environment view are rendered concurrently on different devices,

wherein the first virtual environment view and the second virtual environment view are rendered from the same viewing angle within the common virtual environment relative to the virtual object.

16. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 15,

wherein the first virtual environment skin of the first virtual environment view of the virtual object is associated with a first size;

and

wherein the second virtual environment skin of the second virtual environment view of the virtual object is associated with a second size different than the first size.

17. A system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on a common virtual environment, comprising:

a database storing a virtual environment model associated with a virtual environment, including a virtual object associated with virtual environment coordinates, a first function corresponding to a first virtual environment mode, and a second function corresponding to a second virtual environment mode;

a memory storing one or more instructions;

a first device including a virtual environment engine executing one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform rendering a first virtual environment view of the virtual object based on the first virtual environment mode; and

a second device including a virtual environment engine executing one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform rendering a second virtual environment view of the virtual object based on the second virtual environment mode,

wherein the first virtual environment view and the second virtual environment view are rendered concurrently by respective devices, and

wherein the virtual object is rendered as a first object in the first virtual environment view and the virtual object is rendered as a second object in the second virtual environment view different than the first object.

18. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 17,

wherein the first device is associated with a first input and a second input;

and

wherein the second device is associated with a first input and a second input.

19. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 18,

wherein receipt of the first input at the first device triggers the first function;

and

wherein receipt of the first input at the second device triggers the second function.

20. The system for providing different virtual environment perspectives based on the common virtual environment of claim 17, wherein the first function and second function have corresponding animations.