OVERLAYING GRAPHICAL ASSETS ONTO VIEWING PLANE OF 3D GLASSES PER METADATA ACCOMPANYING 3D IMAGE

• US 20120092327A1
• Filed: 10/14/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Adhikari, Suranjit
• Application Number:
  US12/904,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20120092327A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/183 On-screen display [OSD] information, e.g. subtitles or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays

Abstract

Responsive to metadata sent with 3D signals from an audio video display device, 3D glasses overlay graphical assets onto the 3D visual plane.

Claims

1. Three dimensional (3D) glasses comprising:

a user-wearable frame;

a processor supported on the frame;

left and right lenses supported by the frame for producing a simulated 3D image of video content presented on an audio video display device (AVDD) being viewed by a person wearing the glasses;

the processor, responsive to metadata received substantially simultaneously with the video content, overlaying onto simulated 3D images produced by the lenses at least one graphical object, the graphical object being identified by the metadata.

2. The 3D glasses of claim 1, wherein the processor presents the graphical object at a temporal location in a received video stream, the temporal location being defined by the metadata.

3. The 3D glasses of claim 1, wherein the processor presents the graphical object at a positional location in a received video stream, the positional location being defined by the metadata.

4. The 3D glasses of claim 1, wherein the processor causes the graphical object to interact with at least one object in the content in accordance with the metadata.

5. The 3D glasses of claim 1, wherein the AVDD correlates the metadata to graphical object overlay commands, the processor receiving the overlay commands.

6. The 3D glasses of claim 1, wherein the processor correlates the metadata to graphical object overlay commands

7. The 3D glasses of claim 1, wherein the metadata is visually represented in only some but not all frames of the video content to remain substantially imperceptible to a viewer of the video content.

8. The 3D glasses of claim 1, wherein the processor receives the metadata from the AVDD over a link that is out of band with visible presentation of the video content.

9. Method comprising:

receiving 3D video content from a display of an audio video display device (AVDD);

presenting the 3D content on a 3D visual plane established by user-wearable 3D glasses; and

responsive to metadata associated with the 3D content, overlaying graphical assets onto the 3D visual plane.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising presenting a graphical object at a temporal location in a video stream received at the glasses, the temporal location being defined by the metadata.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising presenting a graphical object at a positional location in a video stream received at the glasses, the positional location being defined by the metadata.

12. The method of claim 9, comprising causing a graphical object to interact with at least one object in the content in accordance with the metadata.

13. The method of claim 9, comprising using the AVDD to correlate the metadata to graphical object overlay commands and send the commands to the glasses.

14. The method of claim 9, comprising using the glasses to correlate the metadata to graphical object overlay commands.

15. The method of claim 9, comprising visually representing the metadata in only some but not all frames of video content to remain substantially imperceptible to a viewer of the video content.

16. The method of claim 9, comprising receiving, at the glasses, the metadata from the AVDD over a link that is out of band with visible presentation of video content.

17. System comprising:

audio video display device (AVDD) presenting video content; and

3D glasses wearable by a person to view the video content on the AVDD and present a simulated 3D image thereof, the glasses overlaying a graphical object onto the 3D image in accordance with metadata accompanying the video content.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the AVDD correlates the metadata to graphical object overlay commands, the glasses receiving the overlay commands.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the glasses correlates the metadata to graphical object overlay commands

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the metadata is visually represented in only some but not all frames of the video content to remain substantially imperceptible to a viewer of the video content.