AUGMENTED REALITY PRESENTATIONS

• US 20120218297A1
• Filed: 02/25/2011
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Ur, Shmuel
• Granted Patent: US 9,257,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4113 PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window

Abstract

Technology is generally disclosed for augmented-reality presentations. In some embodiments, the technology can receive an indication of a user'"'"'s sensitivity to an aspect of a presentation, receive general content relating to the presentation, receive overlay content relating to the presentation, combine the received general content and the received overlay content to create the presentation, render the presentation. The overlay content may respond to the user'"'"'s sensitivity.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computing system having a processor and a memory device, comprising:

receiving an indication of a user'"'"'s sensitivity to an aspect of a presentation;

receiving general content relating to the presentation;

receiving overlay content relating to the presentation, wherein the overlay content is adapted to respond to the user'"'"'s sensitivity;

combining the received general content and the received overlay content to create the presentation; and

rendering the presentation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication includes receiving a user'"'"'s age.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication includes receiving an indication of the user'"'"'s preference.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the preference is one or more of a language or a rating.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the language preference relates to a natural language.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the language preference relates to use of offensive language.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining includes replacing all visual and audible suggestions of an alcoholic beverage with a non-alcoholic beverage.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining includes replacing a subject'"'"'s face.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining includes replacing a subject'"'"'s voice.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining includes replacing a musical soundtrack.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation is a live presentation.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation is a prerecorded presentation.

26. The method of claim 2, wherein the overlay content includes audio for the presentation.

27. The method of claim 3, wherein the overlay content includes audio for the presentation.

28. The method of claim 4, wherein the overlay content includes audio for the presentation.

29. The method of claim 5, wherein the overlay content includes audio for the presentation.

30. The method of claim 6, wherein the overlay content includes audio for the presentation.

31. The method of claim 2, wherein the overlay content includes video for the presentation.

32. The method of claim 3, wherein the overlay content includes video for the presentation.

33. The method of claim 4, wherein the overlay content includes video for the presentation.

7. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the combining includes digitally overlaying clothing over a subject.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the combining includes digitally removing clothing to cause a subject to appear to be nude or semi-nude.

17. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions executable by a computing device, the instructions comprising:

receiving an indication of a user'"'"'s sensitivity to an aspect of a presentation;

retrieving general content relating to the presentation;

retrieving overlay content relating to the presentation, wherein the overlay content is adapted to respond to the user'"'"'s sensitivity; and

combining the received general content and the received overlay content to create the presentation; and

transmitting the presentation to a receiving computing device that is capable of rendering the presentation.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the indication is one or more of a rating, the user'"'"'s age, or the user'"'"'s preference.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein at least a portion the overlay content is combined with the general content by the receiving computing device.

20. A system for enabling augmented reality presentations, comprising:

a first computing device communicably coupled to one or more storage devices storing at least a first overlay content and a second overlay content, wherein the first overlay content and the second overlay content are adapted to respond to at least two different user sensitivities;

a second computing device communicably coupled with the first computing device for receiving and rendering content; and

a component configured to receive a user'"'"'s sensitivity, receive general content, determine that the first overlay content is adapted to respond to the user'"'"'s sensitivity, retrieve the first overlay content, and combine the first overlay content with the general content.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the component is configured to transmit the combined content to the second computing device.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the component is configured to receive the general content and the overlay content at the second computing device, and to combine the first overlay content with the general content at the second computing device.

23. The system of claim 20 further comprising a component configured to transform the overlay content based on a current orientation of a subject over which overlay content is to be overlaid.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the general content is a live presentation.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein the general content is a stored prerecorded presentation.