Adjusting media display in a personal display system based on perspective

• US 8,832,557 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2008
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Fadell, Anthony, Tang, John
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
• Application Number:
  US12/072,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20080276178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,386 Days
• Field of Search: 715/747, 715/733
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• 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 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 3/04842 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

Abstract

A personal display system with which a user may adjust the configuration of displayed media is provided. The personal display system may include an electronic device operative to provide media to a personal display device operative to display the received media. Using one or more optical and digital components, the personal display device may adjust displayed media to overlay features of a theater, thus giving the user of the personal display device the impression of being in the theater. In some embodiments, the personal display device may receive a user selection of a seat in the theater from which to watch the media, and may adjust the media display accordingly. In some embodiments, the personal display device may detect the user'"'"'s movements using one or more sensors and may adjust the displayed image based on the user'"'"'s movements.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting media using a personal display device, comprising:

displaying the media on a display of the personal display device;

receiving a user instruction to change a position of the user in a virtual location for viewing the media;

adjusting the media, such that the adjusted media is skewed to reflect the change in the position of the user in the virtual location; and

displaying the adjusted media and peripheral content on the display, wherein the adjusted media has the same media content as the media displayed prior to the adjustment, and wherein the peripheral content is modified to present additional content representative of an actual location within a physical venue corresponding to the virtual location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a user instruction to change a position of the user in the virtual location further comprises receiving a user selection of a particular perspective from which to display the media.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying at least two selectable options representing different user perspectives of the media.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least two selectable options include at least two seats in a representation of a theater seating map.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a representation of a theater;

displaying at least two selectable sections in a representation of a seating map of the theater;

receiving a user selection of one of the at least two sections; and

wherein receiving a user instruction to change the position of the user in the virtual location further comprises receiving a user instruction to change the user'"'"'s perspective to the perspective from the selected section.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving a user selection of the theater for which to display a representation.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a plurality of known theaters are stored on the personal display device and available for selection by the user.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a user instruction to select a theater that is not stored on the personal display device;

receiving data defining the characteristics of the theater from a remote source; and

wherein displaying a representation of a theater further comprises displaying a representation of the received theater.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

extracting theater data associated with the theater, wherein the theater data comprises the theater architecture; and

displaying at least a portion of the extracted theater data as the peripheral content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the theater data further comprises at least one of data defining audio adjustments and graphical overlays for display over the adjusted media.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the peripheral content is independent of the adjusted media.

12. A method for selecting a perspective from which to display media using a personal media device, comprising:

receiving a user selection of the media;

displaying the selected media from a first user perspective on a display of the device, wherein the actual distance between the display and the user'"'"'s eyes is fixed, and wherein the first user perspective allows the user to view the selected media at a first virtual distance between the selected media and the user'"'"'s eyes;

displaying a plurality of selectable user perspective options on the display;

receiving a selection of a user perspective option from the displayed plurality of selectable user perspective options, wherein the selected user perspective option changes the first user perspective to a second user perspective;

adjusting the selected media to reflect the second user perspective, wherein the second user perspective allows the user to view the selected media at a different virtual distance between the selected media and the user'"'"'s eyes and wherein adjusting the selected media includes modifying peripheral content to present content representative of an actual location within a physical venue corresponding to the second user perspective;

displaying the adjusted media and the peripheral content on the display, such that the displayed media appears from the second user perspective, the adjusted media having the same media content as the selected media, and wherein the peripheral content is associated with the second user perspective.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying a plurality of selectable user perspective options further comprises:

receiving a user request to display a seating map; and

displaying the seating map, wherein the seating map comprises options for selecting a section of the seating map.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of a particular theater; and

displaying the seating map associated with the particular theater.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving a user selection of a particular theater further comprises extracting theater data associated with the particular theater, wherein the theater data comprises at least one of the theater architecture, graphical overlays for displaying over the adjusted media, and data defining audio adjustments.

16. A personal display device for adjusting a user'"'"'s perspective of media, the personal display device comprising a processor, a display screen, and a user interface, the processor operative to:

receive the media for display on the display screen;

direct the display screen to initially display the received media;

receive a user selection from the user interface of a position in a virtual location from which to view the received media;

adjust the received media to reflect the selected position in the virtual location;

direct the display screen to display the adjusted media, wherein the adjusted displayed media appears to be viewed from the selected position in the virtual location, wherein the adjusted displayed media comprises the same media content as the initially displayed media and occupies a different amount of space on the display screen than the initially displayed media; and

direct the display screen to display peripheral content with the adjusted media, wherein the peripheral content is modified to present additional content representative of an actual location within a physical venue corresponding to the virtual location.

17. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is operative to:

display a plurality of selectable options, wherein each option of the plurality of selectable options is associated with a particular one of a plurality of positions in the virtual location from which to view the media; and

receive a selection from the user interface of one of the displayed plurality of selectable options.

18. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is operative to direct the display screen to display a seating map comprising a plurality of selectable options, wherein each option of the plurality of selectable options is associated with a particular one of at least one of a seat and a section of the displayed seating map.

19. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is operative to:

receive a user selection of a theater; and

direct the display screen to overlay a representation of the selected theater as at least a portion of the peripheral content on the adjusted media.

20. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is operative to:

receive data defining the features of a theater;

receive a user selection of the theater; and

extract the received data associated with the selected theater.

21. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is operative to receive media for display from an electronic device coupled to the personal display device.

22. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is operative to overlay the peripheral content over at least a portion of the adjusted media.

23. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further operative to:

detect that the adjusted media only occupies a first portion of the display screen; and

direct the display screen to display the peripheral content on a second portion of the display screen.

24. The personal display device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further operative to adjust audio associated with the received media to reflect the selected position in the virtual location from which to view the received media.

25. A personal display device for viewing a particular one of a mosaic of a plurality of simultaneously displayed media items, the personal display device comprising a processor, a display, and a user interface, the processor operative to:

receive media for display, wherein the media comprises the mosaic of the plurality of simultaneously displayed media items, and wherein each displayed media item of the plurality of simultaneously displayed media items is playing back a particular media content;

receive a user selection from the user interface of a particular one of the plurality of simultaneously displayed media items;

adjust the received media to mask the media items other than the particular one of the plurality of simultaneously displayed media items; and

direct the display to display the adjusted media, wherein the adjusted media display comprises substantially only the particular one of the plurality of simultaneously displayed media items.

26. The personal display device of claim 25, wherein the processor is operative to zoom the display of the media such that the adjusted media display comprises only the particular one of the simultaneously displayed media items.

27. The personal display device of claim 25, wherein each of the plurality of simultaneously displayed media items of the media comprise substantially the same periphery length.

28. The personal display device of claim 25, wherein the processor is operative to display an overlay on top of the mask.

29. The personal display device of claim 28, wherein the overlay comprises at least one of a transparent overlay, a theater representation, a black border, and an outline of patrons.