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Portals: registered objects as virtualized, personalized displays

  • US 9,342,610 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2011
  • Issued: 05/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A head-mounted display device, comprising:

  • a microdisplay;

    a forward-facing camera having a field of view of an environment of a user;

    a location detection device, the location detection device is configured to determine a location of a user; and

    a control circuit associated with the microdisplay, the forward-facing camera and the location detection device, the control circuit is configured to;

    process images from the forward-facing camera to make an identification of a real-world object at the location,in response to the identification, control the microdisplay to concurrently project to an eye of the user at a first time;

    an augmented reality image which highlights and overlaps the real-world object and which is registered to the real-world object,a first data stream of augmented reality images which do not overlap the real-world object, anda second data stream of augmented reality images which do not overlap the real-world object,receive a selection of the first data stream and the second data stream from the user, andin response to the selection, control the microdisplay to concurrently project to the eye of the user, at a second time after the first time, in place of the augmented reality image which highlights the real-world object, and registered to the real-world object;

    a formatted version of the first data stream of augmented reality images, formatted to a size of the real-world object and comprising fewer lines of text than the first augmented reality image which is displayed at the first time, andthe second data stream of augmented reality images formatted to the size of the real-world object.

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