IMMERSIVE DISPLAY EXPERIENCE

• US 20120223885A1
• Filed: 03/02/2011
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Perez, Gritsko
• Application Number:
  US13/039,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20120223885A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• 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

Abstract

A data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by a logic subsystem is provided. The instructions are configured to output a primary image to a primary display for display by the primary display, and output a peripheral image to an environmental display for projection by the environmental display on an environmental surface of a display environment so that the peripheral image appears as an extension of the primary image.

Claims

1. An interactive computing system configured to provide an immersive display experience within a display environment, the system comprising:

a peripheral input configured to receive depth input from a depth camera;

a primary display output configured to output a primary image to a primary display device;

an environmental display output configured to output a peripheral image to an environmental display;

a logic subsystem operatively connectable to the depth camera via the peripheral input, to the primary display via the primary display output, and to the environmental display via the environmental display output; and

a data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to;

within the display environment, track a user position using the depth input received from the depth camera, and

output a peripheral image to the environmental display for projection onto an environmental surface of the display environment so that the peripheral image appears as an extension of the primary image and shields a portion of the user position from light projected from the environmental display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the depth camera is configured to detect depth information by measuring structured non-visible light reflected from the environmental surface.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising instructions to:

receive one or more of depth information and color information for the display environment from the depth camera; and

display the peripheral image on the environmental surface of the display environment so that the peripheral image appears as a distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising instructions to compensate for topography of the environmental surface described by the depth information so that the peripheral image appears as a geometrically distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein a camera is configured to detect color information by measuring color reflectivity from the environmental surface.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising instructions to compensate for a color of the environmental surface described by the color information so that the peripheral image appears as a color distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.

7. A data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by a logic subsystem, the instructions configured to provide an immersive display experience within a display environment, the instructions configured to:

output a primary image to a primary display for display by the primary display, and

output a peripheral image to an environmental display for projection by the environmental display on an environmental surface of a display environment so that the peripheral image appears as an extension of the primary image, the peripheral image having a lower resolution than the primary image.

8. The subsystem of claim 7, wherein the peripheral image is configured so that, to a user, the peripheral image appears to surround the user when projected by the environmental display.

9. The subsystem of claim 7, further comprising instructions to, within the display environment, track a user position using depth information received from a depth camera, wherein the output of the peripheral image is configured to shield a portion of the user position from light projected from the environmental display.

10. The subsystem of claim 9, wherein the depth camera is configured to detect depth information by measuring structured non-visible light reflected from the environmental surface.

11. The subsystem of claim 7, further comprising instructions to receive one or more of depth information and color information for the display environment from the depth camera, wherein the output of the peripheral image on the environmental surface of the display environment is configured so that the peripheral image appears as a distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.

12. The subsystem of claim 11, further comprising instructions to compensate for topography of the environmental surface described by the depth information so that the peripheral image appears as a geometrically distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.

13. The subsystem of claim 11, further comprising instructions to compensate for a difference between a perspective of the depth camera at a depth camera position and a user'"'"'s perspective at the user position.

14. The subsystem of claim 11, wherein the depth camera is configured to detect color information by measuring color reflectivity from the environmental surface.

15. The subsystem of claim 14, further comprising instructions to compensate for a color of the environmental surface described by the color information so that the peripheral image appears as a color distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.

16. An interactive computing system configured to provide an immersive display experience within a display environment, the system comprising:

a peripheral input configured to receive one or more of color and depth input for the display environment from a camera;

a primary display output configured to output a primary image to a primary display device;

an environmental display output configured to output a peripheral image to an environmental display;

a logic subsystem operatively connectable to the camera via the peripheral input, to the primary display via the primary display output, and to the environmental display via the environmental display output; and

a data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to;

output a peripheral image to the environmental display for projection onto an environmental surface of the display environment so that the peripheral image appears as a distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the camera is configured to detect depth information by measuring structured non-visible light reflected from the environmental surface.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising instructions to compensate for topography of the environmental surface described by the depth information so that the peripheral image appears as a geometrically distortion-corrected extension of the environmental surface.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the camera is configured to detect color information by measuring color reflectivity from the environmental surface.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising instructions to compensate for a color of the environmental surface described by the color information so that the peripheral image appears as a color distortion-corrected extension of the primary image.