DISPLAYING AN OBJECT WITH MODIFIED RENDER PARAMETERS

• US 20170169613A1
• Filed: 12/15/2015
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: VanBlon, Russell Speight, Dubs, Justin Tyler, Ramirez Flores, Axel, Kapinos, Robert James
• Application Number:
  US14/970,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20170169613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/10 Geometric effects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof

Abstract

For displaying an object with modified render parameters, a processor calculates render parameters from object parameters for the object rendered by a virtual-reality device. The render parameters include a render geometry. The processor further modifies the render parameters according to a user policy. The processor displays the object based on the render parameters with the virtual-reality device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a virtual-reality device;

a processor;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor to;

calculate render parameters from object parameters for an object rendered by the virtual-reality device, wherein the render parameters comprise a render location, a render orientation, and a render size of the object rendered in a physical environment;

determine whether the render parameters satisfy a user policy of conditions that if satisfied specifies modifications to the render parameters, wherein the user policy specifies a condition that the object appears to bleed into a physical object at the render location in the physical environment by occulting the physical object;

in response to the object appearing to bleed into the physical object, modify the render location so that the object at the modified render location does not appear to bleed into the physical object according to the user policy; and

display the object based on the render parameters with the virtual-reality device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user policy further comprises a size policy that the object does not appear to contact the physical object, and wherein in response to the object appearing to contact the physical object, the processor modifies the render size so that the object with the modified render size does not appear to contact the physical object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user policy further comprises a size policy that the object have a specified angular size on the virtual-reality device, and where in response to the object not having the specified size, the processor modifies the render size so that the object has the specified angular size on the virtual-reality device.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the size policy specifies the angular size as a function of user visual abilities.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the size policy specifies the angular size as a function of text characteristics so that all alphanumeric characters appear to be at least a specified font size.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user policy comprises a source policy that modifies the render geometry as a function of an object source.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user policy comprises a motion policy that modifies the render geometry as a function of object motion.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user policy comprises a color policy that modifies the render geometry based on color.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user policy comprises an orientation policy that modifies a render orientation as a function of a virtual-reality device location.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user policy comprises an audio policy, the render parameters comprises one or more of a render volume and a render audio directionality, and the audio policy modifies the render volume and/or render audio directionality as a function of a virtual-reality device location.

11. A method comprising:

calculating, by use of a processor, render parameters from object parameters for an object rendered by a virtual-reality device, wherein the render parameters comprise a render location, a render orientation, and a render size of the object rendered in a physical environment;

determining whether the render parameters satisfy a user policy of conditions that if satisfied specifies modifications to the render parameters, wherein the user policy specifies a condition that the object appears to bleed into a physical object at the render location in the physical environment by occulting the physical object;

in response to the object appearing to bleed into the physical object, modifying the render location so that the object at the modified render location does not appear to bleed into the physical object according to the user policy; and

displaying the object based on the render parameters with the virtual-reality device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user policy further comprises a size policy that the object does not appear to contact the physical object, and wherein in response to the object appearing to contact the physical object, the processor modifies the render size so that the object with the modified render size does not appear to contact the physical object.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user policy further comprises a size policy that the object have a specified angular size on the virtual-reality device, and where in response to the object not having the specified size, the processor modifies the render size so that the object has the specified angular size on the virtual-reality device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the size policy specifies the angular size as a function of user visual abilities.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the size policy specifies the angular size as a function of text characteristics so that all alphanumeric characters appear to be at least a specified font size.

16. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

calculating render parameters from object parameters for an object rendered by a virtual-reality device, wherein the render parameters comprise a render location, a render orientation, and a render size of the object rendered in a physical environment;

determining whether the render parameters satisfy a user policy of conditions that if satisfied specifies modifications to the render parameters, wherein the user policy specifies a condition that the object appears to bleed into a physical object at the render location in the physical environment by occulting the physical object;

in response to the object appearing to bleed into the physical object, modifying the render location so that the object at the modified render location does not appear to bleed into the physical object according to the user policy; and

displaying the object based on the render parameters with the virtual-reality device.

17. The program product of claim 16, wherein the user policy further comprises a size policy that the object does not appear to contact the physical object, and wherein in response to the object appearing to contact the physical object, the processor modifies the render size so that the object with the modified render size does not appear to contact the physical object.

18. The program product of claim 17, wherein the user policy further comprises a size policy that the object have a specified angular size on the virtual-reality device, and where in response to the object not having the specified size, the processor modifies the render size so that the object has the specified angular size on the virtual-reality device.

19. The program product of claim 17, wherein the size policy specifies the angular size as a function of user visual abilities.

20. The program product of claim 17, wherein the size policy specifies the angular size as a function of text characteristics so that all alphanumeric characters appear to be at least a specified font size.