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Automatic placement of a virtual object in a three-dimensional space

  • US 10,627,625 B2
  • Filed: 08/09/2017
  • Issued: 04/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An augmented reality (AR) system for automatically repositioning a virtual object in a three-dimensional (3D) environment, the AR system comprising:

  • an AR display configured to present virtual content;

    a hardware processor in communication with the AR display, the hardware processor programmed to;

    determine a representation of a focus indicator comprising a graphical representation of a cursor, virtual cone, or ray;

    display the focus indicator at a location in the 3D environment of a user associated with a current pose of the user;

    identify a target virtual object in the 3D environment of the user, wherein the target virtual object is associated with at least one vector representing a first location and a first orientation;

    receive an indication to replicate the target virtual object;

    assign the focus indicator to the target virtual object in response to the indication to replicate the target virtual object;

    display the focus indicator at the location of the target virtual object in response to assigning the focus indicator to the target virtual object;

    receive an indication to attach a replica of the target virtual object to a destination object, wherein the destination object is associated with at least one vector representing a second location and a second orientation;

    calculate a trajectory between the target virtual object and the destination object based at least partly on the first location, the second location, and an affordance associated with at least one of the 3D environment, the target virtual object, or the destination object, wherein the affordance comprises an attribute used to simulate interactions of the target virtual object, the destination object, or the 3D environment using a law of physics;

    move the replica of the target virtual object and the assigned focus indicator along the trajectory towards the destination object;

    track a current location of the replica of the target virtual object;

    calculate a distance between the replica of the target virtual object and the destination object based at least partly on the current location of the target virtual object and the second location;

    determine whether the distance of the replica of the target virtual object and the destination virtual object is less than a threshold distance;

    automatically attach the replica of the target virtual object to the destination object and orient the replica of the target virtual object to the second orientation in response to a determination that the distance is less than or equal to the threshold distance; and

    render, by the AR display, the replica of the target virtual object at the second location with the second orientation where the replica of the target virtual object is overlaid on the destination object.

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