SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENTS BASED ON BODY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM USER

• US 20170285731A1
• Filed: 08/30/2016
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung C&T Corporation (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung C&T Corporation (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KWAK, Dong Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 10,768,689 B2
• 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 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/04 Display device controller operating with a plurality of display units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092

Abstract

There is provided a virtual reality (VR) contents providing system. The system includes a storage unit, a VR contents playing device, a sensor and a control unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of VR contents. The VR contents playing device provides a VR content among the VR contents. The sensor measures biometric information of a user of the VR contents playing device. The control unit is configured to receive the biometric information from the sensor, calculate reaction value for the user based on the biometric information every predetermined time interval, determine property information for a VR content to be played based on the reaction value, and control the VR contents playing device to play its VR content having the determined property information.

Claims

1. A virtual reality (VR) contents providing system, comprising:

a storage unit for storing a plurality of VR contents, each of the VR contents having at least one property information thereof;

a VR contents playing device for providing a VR content among the VR contents;

a sensor for measuring biometric information of a user of the VR contents playing device; and

a control unit configured to receive the biometric information from the sensor, calculate reaction value for the user based on the biometric information every predetermined time interval, determine property information for VR content to be played based on the reaction value, and control the VR contents playing device to play its VR content having the determined property information.

2. The VR contents providing system of claim 1, further comprising:

a motion simulator, for generating a motion, in which the user is seated,

wherein, the control unit is configured to calculate a motion value based on the reaction value and control the motion simulator based on the motion value.

3. The VR contents providing system of claim 1, further comprising:

another VR contents playing device for providing VR content among the VR contents; and

another sensor for measuring biometric information of another user of said another VR contents playing device,

wherein the control unit is configured to receive the biometric information of the user and the biometric information of said another user, calculate respective reaction values for the user and said another user based on the received biometric information every predetermined time interval, determine property information for each VR content to be played based on the corresponding reaction value, and control each VR contents playing device to play its VR content having the determined property information.

4. The VR contents providing system of claim 2, further comprising:

another VR contents playing device for providing VR content among the VR contents; and

another sensor for measuring biometric information of another user of said another VR contents playing device,

wherein the control unit is configured to receive the biometric information of the user and the biometric information of said another user, calculate respective reaction values for the user and said another user based on the received biometric information every predetermined time interval, determine property information for each VR content to be played based on the corresponding reaction value, and control each VR contents playing device to play its VR content having the determined property information, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to calculate a motion value based on the reaction values.

5. The VR contents providing system of claim 1, wherein the control unit determines property information by:

checking if the reaction value is within a predetermined range, and

if the reaction value is within the predetermined range, maintaining the property information, and

if the reaction value is not within the predetermined range, adjusting the property information so that the reaction value is changed within the predetermined range.

6. The VR contents providing system of claim 1, wherein the biometric information comprises at least one of bio-reaction information and reaction gesture information obtained from the user'"'"'s body, respectively.

7. The VR contents providing system of claim 2, wherein the property information comprises at least one of playing speed of the VR contents, a size of an object in the VR contents, an amount of motions of an object in the VR contents, and amounts of the motions provided by the motion simulator.

8. The VR contents providing system of claim 1, wherein the VR contents playing device includes a head mounted display (HMD).

9. The VR contents providing system of claim 2, wherein the motion simulator is configured to provide the user with three-dimensional movement.

10. A virtual reality (VR) contents providing method performed by VR contents providing system having VR contents playing device and sensor, comprising:

providing a user with a VR content among a plurality of VR contents, each of the VR contents having at least one property information thereof;

measuring biometric information of the user;

calculating reaction value for the user based on the measured biometric information every predetermined time interval;

determining property information for VR content to be played based on the reaction value; and

controlling the VR contents playing device to play its VR content having the determined property information.

11. The VR contents providing method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing the user with a motion generated by a motion simulator in which the user is seated;

calculating a motion value based on the reaction value; and

controlling the motion simulator based on the motion value.

12. The VR contents providing method of claim 10, wherein the VR contents providing system further comprises another VR contents playing device and another sensor, the method further comprising:

providing, through said another VR contents playing device, another user with VR content among the VR contents;

measuring, through said another sensor, biometric information of said another user of said another VR contents playing device;

calculating respective reaction values for the user and said another user based on the measured biometric information every predetermined time interval;

determining property information for each VR content to be played based on the corresponding reaction value; and

controlling each VR contents playing device to play its VR content having the determined property information.

13. The VR contents providing method of claim 11, wherein the VR contents providing system further comprises another VR contents playing device and another sensor, the method further comprising:

providing, through said another VR contents playing device, another user with VR content among the VR contents;

measuring, through said another sensor, biometric information of said another user of said another VR contents playing device;

calculating respective reaction values for the user and said another user based on the measured biometric information every predetermined time interval, and motion value based on the reaction values;

determining property information for each VR content to be played based on the corresponding reaction value; and

controlling each VR contents playing device to play its VR content having the determined property information.

14. The VR contents providing method of claim 10, wherein the determining comprises:

checking if the reaction value is within a predetermined range;

if the reaction value is within the predetermined range, maintaining the property information; and

if the reaction value is not within the predetermined range, adjusting the property information so that the reaction value is changed within the predetermined range.

15. The VR contents providing method of claim 10, wherein the biometric information comprises at least one of bio-reaction information and reaction gesture information obtained from the user'"'"'s body, respectively.

16. The VR contents providing method of claim 11, wherein the property information comprises at least one of playing speed of the VR contents, a size of an object in the VR contents, an amount of motions of an object in the VR contents, and amounts of the motions provided by the motion simulator.

17. The VR contents providing method of claim 10, wherein the VR contents playing device includes a head mounted display (HMD).

18. The VR contents providing method of claim 11, wherein the motion simulator is configured to provide three-dimensional movement with the user.