System and method for constructing and displaying active virtual reality cyber malls, show rooms, galleries, stores, museums, and objects within

• US 9,135,654 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2014
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Catherine G. Lin-Hendel
• Original Assignee: Catherine G. Lin-Hendel
• Inventors: Lin-Hendel, Catherine G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pond, Rob
• Application Number:
  US14/284,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20150088687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/028 Multiple view windows (top-side-front-sagittal-orthogonal)

Abstract

A system and method for virtually displaying on-line a gallery, a showroom, a store, a mall or any other room or space and the objects contained in said room or space, wherein the data displayed is comprised of a virtual reality data packet. The system displays still photographs of virtual reality shots and textual materials, and plays virtual reality video clips and audio stores about the room and/or the objects contained therein. Links are associated with each object and are stored external to the virtual reality data packet can be retrieved on demand from an external database for presentation of the viewer. The system also provides on-line controls that enable the viewer to move around the space, and a feature that enables a viewer to view an object from 360° around the object.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

displaying a virtual reality scene corresponding to a physical scene at which art can be purchased, wherein the virtual reality scene exhibits a plurality of objects selectable by a user that correspond to digital representations of one or more pieces of art and is built from a plurality of images representing varied views of the physical scene and varied views of the plurality of objects;

linking the digital representation of the at least one object in the gallery to an actionable commerce application;

enabling a user to navigate within the virtual reality scene and observe the virtual reality scene from one or more perspectives;

receiving from a user a selection corresponding to at least one of the plurality of objects within the virtual reality scene; and

in response to receiving from the user the selection of the at least one object, activating the link to an actionable commerce application comprising a submission mechanism that allows the user to place an order for the selected object.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein each image has a unique image address.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein upon receiving from the user a selection of a selectable object within the virtual reality scene, additional information regarding the selected object is displayed.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the additional information includes information related to the creator of the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the additional information includes the price of the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5 wherein the additional information includes the present bid amount for the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6 wherein the additional information includes digital representations of one or more objects created by the same creator of the selected object.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selectable object is indexed by an area that the representation of the selectable object occupies in the virtual reality scene.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the user selects the selectable object by indicating the area that the selectable object occupies, using an input device.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the user selects the selectable object by activating an input mechanism indicative of the area that the representation of the selectable object occupies.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selectable object corresponds to a digital representation of at least one of a painting, sculpture, photograph, furniture, tapestry and rug.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by one or more computer processors, wherein the one or more processors are communicatively coupled to a display device configured to be controlled by the one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that cause the one or more processors to:

display on the display device a virtual reality scene corresponding to a physical scene at which art can be purchased, wherein the virtual reality scene exhibits a plurality of objects selectable by a user that correspond to digital representations of one or more pieces of art and is built from a plurality of images representing varied views of the physical scene and varied views of the plurality of objects;

enable a user to navigate within the virtual reality scene and observe the virtual reality scene from one or more perspectives;

receive from the user a selection of a selectable object within the virtual reality scene;

in response to receiving from the user the selection of the selectable object, activating a link to an actionable commerce application comprising a submission mechanism that allows the user to place an order for the selected object.

13. The medium of claim 12, wherein each image has a unique image address.

14. The medium of claim 12, wherein upon receiving from the user a selection of a selectable object within the virtual reality scene, additional information regarding the object is displayed.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the additional information includes information related to the creator of the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the additional information includes the price of the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the additional information includes the present bid amount for the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

18. The medium of claim 17 wherein the additional information includes digital representations of one or more objects created by the same creator of the selected object.

19. The medium of claim 12, wherein the selectable object is indexed by an area that the representation of the selectable object occupies in the virtual reality scene.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the user selects the selectable object by indicating the area that the selectable object occupies, using an input device.

21. The medium of claim 19, wherein the user selects the selectable object by activating an input mechanism indicative of the area that the representation of the selectable object occupies.

22. The medium of claim 19, wherein the selectable object corresponds to a digital representation of at least one of a painting, sculpture, photograph, furniture, tapestry and rug.

23. A computer implemented method, comprising:

displaying a virtual reality scene substantially corresponded to a physical scene in which art is available for purchase, wherein the virtual reality scene displays a plurality of objects comprising digital representations of one or more pieces of the art, the plurality of objects being selectable by a user and being built from a plurality of images representing varied views of the art in the physical scene;

linking the digital representations to an actionable commerce application;

enabling the user to navigate within the virtual reality scene to observe the virtual reality scene from at least two perspectives;

enabling the user to rotate at least one of the plurality of objects within the virtual reality scene about at least one axis;

receiving from the user a selection corresponding to at least one of the plurality of objects within the virtual reality scene and, in response to the selection, displaying additional information about the art digitally represented by the selected one of the plurality of objects, wherein the additional information includes at least one of a link to buy and a link to bid on the art digitally represented by the selected one of the plurality of objects.

24. The computer implemented method of claim 23, wherein each of the plurality of images has a unique image address.

25. The computer implemented method of claim 23, wherein the additional information includes information related to the creator of the selected one of the plurality of objects digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

26. The computer implemented method of claim 25, wherein the additional information includes the price of the selected one of the plurality of objects digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

27. The computer implemented method of claim 26, wherein the additional information includes the present bid amount for the selected one of the plurality of objects digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

28. The computer implemented method of claim 27, wherein the additional information includes digital representations of one or more objects created by the same creator of the selected one of the plurality of objects.

29. The computer implemented method of claim 23, wherein the selectable one of the plurality of objects is indexed by an area that the representation of the selectable one of the plurality of objects occupies in the virtual reality scene.

30. The computer implemented method of claim 23, wherein the user selects the selectable one of the plurality of objects by indicating the area that the selectable object occupies, using an input device.

31. The computer implemented method of claim 23, wherein the user selects the selectable one of the plurality of objects by activating an input mechanism indicative of the area that the representation of the selectable object occupies.

32. The computer implemented method of claim 23, wherein the selectable one of the plurality of objects corresponds to a digital representation of at least one of a painting, sculpture, photograph, furniture, tapestry and rug.

33. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by one or more computer processors, wherein the one or more processors are communicatively coupled to a display device configured to be controlled by the one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that cause the one or more processors to:

display on the display device a virtual reality scene corresponding to a physical scene at which art can be purchased, wherein the virtual reality scene exhibits a plurality of objects that are selectable by a user and that correspond to digital representations of one or more pieces of the art, and wherein the virtual scene is built from a plurality of images representing varied views of the physical scene and varied views of the plurality of objects.;

enable the user to navigate within the virtual reality scene and observe the virtual reality scene from one or more perspectives;

enable the user to rotate at least one object within the virtual reality scene about at least one axis;

receive from the user a selection corresponding to at least one of the plurality of objects within the virtual reality scene and;

display additional information about the piece of the art digitally represented by the object, wherein the additional information includes at least one of a link to buy and a link to bid on the piece of the art digitally represented by the object.

34. The medium of claim 33, wherein each image has a unique image address.

35. The medium of claim 33, wherein the additional information includes information related to the creator of the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

36. The medium of claim 35, wherein the additional information includes the price of the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

37. The medium of claim 36 wherein the additional information includes the present bid amount for the selected object digitally represented in the virtual reality scene.

38. The medium of claim 37 wherein the additional information includes digital representations of one or more objects created by the same creator of the selected object.

39. The medium of claim 33, wherein the selectable object is indexed by an area that the representation of the selectable object occupies in the virtual reality scene.

40. The medium of claim 33, wherein the user selects the selectable object by indicating the area that the selectable object occupies, using an input device.

41. The medium of claim 33, wherein the user selects the selectable object by activating an input mechanism indicative of the area that the representation of the selectable object occupies.

42. The medium of claim 33, wherein the selectable object corresponds to a digital representation of at least one of a painting, sculpture, photograph, furniture, tapestry and rug.