DISPLAYING LOCATION-SPECIFIC CONTENT VIA A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20180025522A1
• Filed: 07/18/2017
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Wirths, Wolfgang
• Application Number:
  US15/652,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20180025522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

A method for displaying location-specific content via a head-mounted display device includes: receiving, by the head-mounted display device, the location-specific content, wherein the location-specific content is related to a predetermined spatial position; determining, by the head-mounted display device, a distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position; and displaying, by the head-mounted display device, the location-specific content based on the determined distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position.

Claims

1. A method for displaying location-specific content via a head-mounted display device, comprising:

receiving, by the head-mounted display device, the location-specific content, wherein the location-specific content is related to a predetermined spatial position;

determining, by the head-mounted display device, a distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position; and

displaying, by the head-mounted display device, the location-specific content based on the determined distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a viewing surface is located at the predetermined spatial position and the location-specific content is displayed as an overlay to the viewing surface.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location-specific content is received by the head-mounted display device from a mobile user device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position is performed using an optical measurement device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position comprises receiving distance information from a mobile user device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location-specific content is transmitted via a cell broadcast from a base station of a mobile communication network to a plurality of mobile user devices.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a spatial position of the head-mounted display; and

wherein displaying the location-specific content is further based on the determined spatial position of the head-mounted display device.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining eye movement and/or a viewing angle of a user of the head-mounted display device; and

wherein displaying the location-specific content is further based on the determined eye movement and/or the determined viewing angle.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location-specific content to be displayed is rendered using a mobile user device prior to being displayed.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the mobile user device is identified by a server of a mobile communication network.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location-specific content is displayed on a transparent or semi-transparent display of the head-mounted display device.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location-specific content is displayed on a non-transparent display of the head-mounted display device.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein display of the location-specific content is controlled by a wearable device.

14. A system for displaying location-specific content, comprising:

a head-mounted display device, configured to receive the location-specific content, wherein the location-specific content is related to a predetermined spatial location; and

a distance measurement device, configured to determine a distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position;

wherein the head-mounted display device is further configured to display, via a display of the head-mounted display device, the location-specific content based on the determined distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon for displaying location-specific content via a head-mounted display device, the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitating performance of the following:

receiving the location-specific content, wherein the location-specific content is related to a predetermined spatial position;

determining a distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position; and

displaying the location-specific content based on the determined distance between the head-mounted display device and the predetermined spatial position.