Wearable electronic glasses that move a virtual object in response to movement of a field of view

• US 9,569,899 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2016
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced AR Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Philip Scott Lyren
• Inventors: Lyren, Philip Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao, Lun-Yi
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEADERICK, ELLIOTT J
• Application Number:
  US15/017,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20160155273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 374 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/51 Translation evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

A method detects a real object with a wearable electronic device and displays a virtual image of the real object with the real object on a display of the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device displays movement of the virtual image of the real object to show a task to be completed and detects a completion of the task. The wearable electronic device moves, in response to the virtual image of the real object no longer being within a field of view of the wearable electronic device, the virtual image of the real object to an opposite side of the real object such that the virtual image of the real object is within the field of view.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying, on a display of wearable electronic glasses, a virtual image of a real object next to the real object that is in a field of view of the wearable electronic glasses;

displaying, on the display of the wearable electronic glasses and while the virtual image of the real object is next to the real object, movement of the virtual image of the real object to show a task to be completed on the real object;

detecting, with the wearable electronic glasses and while the virtual image of the real object is next to the real object, completion of the task on the real object such that the movement of the real object emulates the movement of the virtual image of the real object; and

switching the virtual image of the real object from being located on one side of the real object to being located on an opposite side of the real object when the wearable electronic glasses move to have the field of view that obstructs a view of the virtual image of the real object on the one side.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

maintaining a consistent distance between the real object and the virtual image of the real object being displayed on the display while the wearable electronic glasses move and change a location of where the real object exists in a field of view of the wearable electronic glasses.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

translating text of a first language that is located on a surface of the real object into a second language; and

displaying the text in the second language on a surface of the virtual image of the real object such that the virtual image of the real object emulates an appearance of the real object but has text the being displayed in the second language.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, on a display of a handheld portable electronic device, controls that provide a wearer of the wearable electronic glasses with instructions regarding which direction to move and how fast to move in the direction; and

displaying, on the display of the wearable electronic glasses, the controls that provide the wearer of the wearable electronic glasses with the instructions regarding which direction to move and how fast to move in the direction.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, on a display of other wearable electronic glasses that are remote from the wearable electronic glasses, video of the real object;

detecting, at the other wearable electronic glasses, movements of a hand of a wearer of the other wearable electronic glasses toward the real object; and

displaying, on the display of the wearable electronic glasses, a virtual hand that emulates the movements of the hand toward the real object.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying the virtual image of the real object superimposed over the real object; and

moving, while the virtual image of the real object is superimposed over the real object, a portion of the virtual image of the real object to show the task to be completed on the real object.

7. Wearable electronic glasses, comprising:

a display;

a memory that stores instructions;

a position sensor; and

a processor in communication with the display, with the position sensor, and with the memory to execute the instructions to;

detect a real object that is visible through the wearable electronic glasses;

display, on the display and concurrently with the real object, a virtual object that emulates the real object;

display, on the display and while the virtual object is concurrently displayed with the real object, movement of the virtual object that shows an action to be performed on the real object;

detect, with the position sensor and while the virtual object is concurrently displayed with the real object, movement of the real object such that the movement of the real object copies the movement of the virtual object;

display, on the display, the virtual object adjacent to one side of the real object in a field of view of the wearable electronic glasses;

detect movement of the wearable electronic glasses in which the virtual object is no longer within the field of view of the wearable electronic glasses; and

move, in response to the virtual object no longer being within the field of view, the virtual object to an opposite side of the real object such that the virtual object is within the field of view of the wearable electronic glasses.

8. The wearable electronic glasses of claim 7, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

track movement of eyes of a wearer of the wearable electronic glasses; and

activate the virtual content to display on the display of the wearable electronic glasses when the eyes of the wearer focus on the real object.

9. The wearable electronic glasses of claim 7, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

receive, from a remote pair of wearable electronic glasses, images of the virtual object that instruct a wearer of the wearable electronic glasses the action to be performed on the real object.

10. The wearable electronic glasses of claim 7, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

maintain a constant distance between the virtual object being displayed on the display and the real object in a field of view of a wearer of the wearable electronic glasses while the wearable electronic glasses and the field of view moves and changes.

11. The wearable electronic glasses of claim 7, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

receive, from a remote handheld portable electronic device, instructions; and

display, on the display and to a wearer of the wearable electronic glasses, the instructions that simultaneously instruct which direction to move a head of the wearer along with which direction to move a body of the wearer along with what speed the wearer should proceed in the direction to move the body.

12. The wearable electronic glasses of claim 7, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

receive, from a remote pair of wearable electronic glasses, the virtual object that shows the action to be performed on the real object, wherein the virtual object is a virtual hand of a wearer of the remote pair of the wearable electronic glasses.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a computer system to execute a method, comprising:

display, through wearable electronic glasses and concurrently with a real object, a virtual object that emulates the real object in a field of view of the wearable electronic glasses;

display, through the wearable electronic glasses and while the virtual object is concurrently displayed with the real object, a change to the virtual object that shows an action to be performed on the real object;

capture, with the wearable electronic glasses and while the virtual object is concurrently displayed with the real object, performance of the action on the real object such that the performance of the action on the real action copies the action of the virtual object;

detect when the virtual object begins to move outside a field of view of the wearable electronic glasses; and

move, in response to detecting the virtual object moving outside the field of view, the virtual object to a different location on an opposite side of the real object such that the different location on the opposite side situates the virtual object in the field of view of the wearable electronic glasses.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 13 further to cause the computer system to execute the method comprising:

display, through the wearable electronic glasses, a visual notification that signifies the action on the real objected captured by the wearable electronic glasses did copy the action of the virtual object displayed through the wearable electronic glasses.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 13 further to cause the computer system to execute the method comprising:

display, through the wearable electronic glasses, the virtual object at a distance from the real object while the real object is visible through the lens and within a field of view of the wearable electronic glasses;

maintain the distance between the virtual object and the real object as constant while the wearable electronic glasses move and change the field of view; and

maintain the distance between the virtual object and the real object as constant while the real object moves within the field of view.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 13, wherein the virtual object emulates the real object such that the virtual object has a size, shape, and color that matches a size, shape, and color of the real object.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 13 further to cause the computer system to execute the method comprising:

control, from a handheld portable electronic device that is remote from the wearable electronic glasses, movements of the virtual object in real-time as the virtual object moves and is displayed through the wearable electronic glasses.