User controlled real object disappearance in a mixed reality display
First Claim
1. One or more processor-readable storage devices having instructions encoded thereon for causing one or more processors to execute a method for causing a real object to be obscured in a see-through display of a see-through, mixed reality display device system, the method comprising:
- receiving metadata identifying one or more real objects in a field of view of the see-through display;
determining whether any of the one or more real objects satisfies user disappearance criteria, the user disappearance criteria determinative of whether the one or more objects should be obscured and based on a current subject matter of interest, wherein the determining comprises;
identifying any real object type associated with the current subject matter of interest based on notification of the current subject matter of interest to a user, while the user is viewing the one or more real objects through the see-through display; and
responsive to determining a first real object of the one or more real objects satisfies the user disappearance criteria, tracking image data to the first real object in the see-through display for causing the first real object to be obscured in the field of view of the see-through display by selectively controlling natural light transmissivity of each pixel of a dense grid of pixels of an opacity filter of the see-through display.
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Abstract
The technology causes disappearance of a real object in a field of view of a see-through, mixed reality display device system based on user disappearance criteria. Image data is tracked to the real object in the field of view of the see-through display for implementing an alteration technique on the real object causing its disappearance from the display. A real object may satisfy user disappearance criteria by being associated with subject matter that the user does not wish to see or by not satisfying relevance criteria for a current subject matter of interest to the user. In some embodiments, based on a 3D model of a location of the display device system, an alteration technique may be selected for a real object based on a visibility level associated with the position within the location. Image data for alteration may be prefetched based on a location of the display device system.
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20 Claims
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1. One or more processor-readable storage devices having instructions encoded thereon for causing one or more processors to execute a method for causing a real object to be obscured in a see-through display of a see-through, mixed reality display device system, the method comprising:
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receiving metadata identifying one or more real objects in a field of view of the see-through display; determining whether any of the one or more real objects satisfies user disappearance criteria, the user disappearance criteria determinative of whether the one or more objects should be obscured and based on a current subject matter of interest, wherein the determining comprises; identifying any real object type associated with the current subject matter of interest based on notification of the current subject matter of interest to a user, while the user is viewing the one or more real objects through the see-through display; and responsive to determining a first real object of the one or more real objects satisfies the user disappearance criteria, tracking image data to the first real object in the see-through display for causing the first real object to be obscured in the field of view of the see-through display by selectively controlling natural light transmissivity of each pixel of a dense grid of pixels of an opacity filter of the see-through display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A see-through, head mounted, mixed reality display device system for causing a real object to be obscured in a field of view of a see-through display of the display device system comprising:
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an opacity filter selectively controlling natural light transmissivity of each pixel of a dense grid of pixels and blocking natural light from passing through a light guide optical element to obscure elements in the field of view; one or more location detection sensors; a memory for storing user disappearance criteria including at least one subject matter item to be selectively obscured from view through the see-through display; one or more processors having access to the memory and configured to receive a notification of the at least one subject matter item while a user is viewing the real object through the see-through display, the one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more location detection sensors for receiving location identifier data for the display device system and for identifying one or more real objects in the field of view of the see-through display which are related to the at least one subject matter item and within a predetermined visibility distance for a location determined from the location identifier data; and at least one image generation unit communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and optically coupled to the see-through display for tracking image data to the identified one or more real objects in the field of view of the see-through display for causing the one or more real objects to be selectively obscured from view through the see-through display by utilizing the opacity filter. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for causing a real object to be obscured in a field of view of a see-through display of a see-through mixed reality display device system comprising:
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receiving user input of a physical action identifying subject matter to be selectively obscured, while a user is viewing a real object through the see-through display, the subject matter including the real object currently in the field of view of the see-through display; storing the subject matter to be selectively obscured as user disappearance criteria; tracking image data to the real object to be selectively obscured in accordance with an alteration technique; and responsive to identifying a user designated alteration technique to be applied to the real object, selecting the user designated alteration technique as the alteration technique and causing the real object to be selectively obscured from the current field of view through the see-through display by selectively controlling natural light transmissivity of each pixel of a dense grid of pixels of an opacity filter of the see-through display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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