SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF 3D VIRTUAL OBJECTS

• US 20170336951A1
• Filed: 05/23/2017
• Published: 11/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unity IPR ApS (Unity Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Unity IPR ApS (Unity Software, Inc.)
• Inventors: Palmaro, Gregory Lionel Xavier Jean
• Granted Patent: US 10,228,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/53 involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/66 for rendering three dimensional images
• 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: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/04 Architectural design, interior design
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2004 Aligning objects, relative positioning of parts

Abstract

A system includes one or more hardware processors, a memory storing vosset data for a virtual object, the vosset data including a first displacement threshold and a first component, and a vosset module executable by the one or more hardware processors. The vosset module is configured to display the first component of the virtual object to a user in a virtual environment, display a manipulator object adjacent to the virtual object in the virtual environment, the manipulator identifies a pre-determined direction of displacement, detect a displacement event associated with the manipulator object, the displacement event being initiated by the user performing a grab event on the manipulator object and extending the manipulator object a displacement distance in the direction of displacement, determine that the displacement distance exceeds a displacement threshold, and alter the virtual object based on detecting the determining that the displacement distance exceeds the displacement threshold.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors;

a memory storing vosset data for a virtual object, the vosset data including a first displacement threshold and a first component; and

a vosset module, executable by the one or more hardware processors, configured to perform operations comprising;

displaying the first component of the virtual object to a user in a virtual environment;

displaying a manipulator object adjacent to the virtual object in the virtual environment, the manipulator identifies a pre-determined direction of displacement;

detecting a displacement event associated with the manipulator object, the displacement event being initiated by the user performing a grab event on the manipulator object and extending the manipulator object a displacement distance in the direction of displacement;

determining that the displacement distance exceeds a displacement threshold; and

altering the virtual object based on detecting the determining that the displacement distance exceeds the displacement threshold.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein altering the virtual object includes adding a second component associated with the first virtual object adjacent to the first component.

3. The system of claim 2, the operations further comprising:

selecting the second component from a set of components pre-defined as associated with the virtual object.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein selecting the second component is based at least in part on placement constraints associated with adding the second component to the virtual environment.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein selecting the second component is based at least in part on an order associated with the first component and the second component.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein altering the virtual object includes changing the first component to a second component associated with the virtual object.

7. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

identifying one or more pre-configured manipulators associated with the virtual object, each of the one or more pre-configured manipulators includes an associated displacement direction; and

displaying the one or more manipulator objects in the virtual environment, each of the one or more manipulator objects are displayed in the virtual environment adjacent to the virtual object based on the associated displacement direction.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a first component of a virtual object to a user in a virtual environment, the virtual object identifies a first displacement threshold and the first component;

displaying a manipulator object adjacent to the virtual object in the virtual environment, the manipulator identifies a pre-determined direction of displacement;

detecting a displacement event associated with the manipulator object, the displacement event being initiated by the user performing a grab event on the manipulator object and extending the manipulator object a displacement distance in the direction of displacement;

determining that the displacement distance exceeds a displacement threshold; and

altering the virtual object based on detecting the determining that the displacement distance exceeds the displacement threshold.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein altering the virtual object includes adding a second component associated with the first virtual object adjacent to the first component.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

selecting the second component from a set of components pre-defined as associated with the virtual object.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein selecting the second component is based at least in part on placement constraints associated with adding the second component to the virtual environment.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein selecting the second component is based at least in part on an order associated with the first component and the second component.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein altering the virtual object includes changing the first component to a second component associated with the virtual object.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

identifying one or more pre-configured manipulators associated with the virtual object, each of the one or more pre-configured manipulators includes an associated displacement direction; and

displaying the one or more manipulator objects in the virtual environment, each of the one or more manipulator objects are displayed in the virtual environment adjacent to the virtual object based on the associated displacement direction.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying a first component of a virtual object to a user in a virtual environment, the virtual object identifies a first displacement threshold and the first component;

displaying a manipulator object adjacent to the virtual object in the virtual environment, the manipulator identifies a pre-determined direction of displacement;

detecting a displacement event associated with the manipulator object, the displacement event being initiated by the user performing a grab event on the manipulator object and extending the manipulator object a displacement distance in the direction of displacement;

determining that the displacement distance exceeds a displacement threshold; and

altering the virtual object based on detecting the determining that the displacement distance exceeds the displacement threshold.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein altering the virtual object includes adding a second component associated with the first virtual object adjacent to the first component.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, the operations further comprising:

selecting the second component from a set of components pre-defined as associated with the virtual object.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein selecting the second component is based at least in part on placement constraints associated with adding the second component to the virtual environment.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein altering the virtual object includes changing the first component to a second component associated with the virtual object.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

identifying one or more pre-configured manipulators associated with the virtual object, each of the one or more pre-configured manipulators includes an associated displacement direction; and

displaying the one or more manipulator objects in the virtual environment, each of the one or more manipulator objects are displayed in the virtual environment adjacent to the virtual object based on the associated displacement direction.