Provision of an Image Element on a Display Worn by a User

• US 20140160170A1
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: LYONS, Kent M.
• Application Number:
  US13/706,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20140160170A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/676
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position

Abstract

An apparatus, method, and computer readable storage medium that is configured to cause the apparatus at least to cause provision of an image element at a first location on a display worn by a user; and in response to receiving sensor information indicating that the location of the display relative to a head of the user has changed, cause provision of the image element at a second, different, location on the display, wherein the first location and the second location relate to substantially the same position in a field of view of the user is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

cause provision of an image element at a first location on a display worn by a user; and

in response to receiving sensor information indicating that the location of the display relative to a head of the user has changed, cause provision of the image element at a second, different, location on the display, wherein the first location and the second location relate to substantially the same position in a field of view of the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to respond to determining from the sensor information that the location of the display has changed vertically relative to the head of the user by causing vertical translation of the image element on the display from the first location to the second.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to respond to determining from the sensor information that the location of the display has changed horizontally relative to the head of the user by causing horizontal translation of the image on the display from the first location to the second location.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to use the sensor information to determine the location of the display relative to the head of a user.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor information comprises information indicating a change in location of the display relative to the head of the user.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the change in location comprises a translation relative to a surface of the user.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor information comprises information indicating the location of the display relative to the head of the user.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display is translucent.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein first location and the second location are in substantially the same location with respect to an object in the field of view of the user.

10. A method comprising:

causing, by at least one processor, provision of an image element at a first location on a display of apparatus worn by a user; and

in response to receiving sensor information indicating that the location of the display relative to a head of the user has changed, causing by the at least one processor provision of the image element at a second, different location on the display, wherein the first location and the second location relate to substantially the same position in a field of view of the user.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to:

cause provision of an image element at a first location on a display of apparatus worn by a user; and

in response to receiving sensor information indicating that the location of the display relative to a head of the user has changed, cause provision of the image element at a second, different location on the display, wherein the first location and the second location relate to substantially the same position in a field of view of the user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to:

respond to determining from the sensor information that the location of the display has changed vertically relative to the head of the user by causing vertical translation of the image on the display from the first location to the second location without rotating the image.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to:

respond to determining from the sensor information that the location of the display has changed horizontally relative to the head of the user by causing horizontal translation of the image on the display from the first location to the second location.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to use the sensor information to determine the location of the display relative to the head of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the sensor information comprises information indicating a change in location of the display relative to the head of the user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the change in location comprises a translation relative to a surface of the user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the sensor information comprises information indicating the location of the display relative to the head of the user.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the display is translucent.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein first location and the second location are in substantially the same location with respect to an object in the field of view of the user.

20. An apparatus comprising:

means for causing provision of an image element at a first location on a display of apparatus worn by a user; and

means for, in response to receiving sensor information indicating that the location of the display relative to a head of the user has changed, causing provision of the image element at a second, different location on the display, wherein the first location and the second location relate to substantially the same position in a field of view of the user.

21-30. -30. (canceled)