Content presentation in head worn computing

• US 9,575,321 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Osterhout, Ralph F., Shams, Nima L., Border, John N., Lohse, Robert Michael, Haddick, John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): AMIN, JWALANT B
• Application Number:
  US14/300,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0181 Adaptation to the pilot/driver
• 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: G02B 27/0179 Display position adjusting means not related to the information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• 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 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A method includes receiving a personally selected geo-spatial location from a sender of digital content for the presentation of the digital content in a recipient'"'"'s head-worn see-through display, and presenting, based on data indicative that the user is near the geospatial location, the digital content in the head-worn see-through display such that the digital content is perceived by the recipient to be associated with a physical attribute proximate the geo-spatial location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a personally selected geo-spatial location from a sender of digital content for the presentation of the digital content in a recipient'"'"'s head-worn see-through display, wherein the sender selected the recipient from a personal contacts list and wherein the sender selected the geo-spatial location from a list of frequented geo-spatial locations of the recipient; and

presenting, based on data indicative that the user is near the geo-spatial location, the digital content in the head-worn see-through display such that the digital content is perceived by the recipient to be associated with a physical attribute proximate the geo-spatial location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content relates to the selected geo-spatial location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content does not relate to the selected geo-spatial location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting further includes presenting the digital content when the head-worn computer is aligned in a pre-selected direction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting further includes presenting the digital content when an eye of the user is predicted to be aligned in a pre-selected direction.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the digital content with an external user interface to re-position the digital content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting further includes identifying a potentially obstructive view object and altering the digital content to indicate the potentially obstructive view.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting further includes altering a position of the presentation based on sensor feedback.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor feedback is indicative of the user moving forward.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting further includes presenting based on the recipient'"'"'s personal information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient'"'"'s frequented geo-spatial location is categorized as a work location.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient'"'"'s frequented geo-spatial location is categorized as a home location.