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Methods and systems for social sharing head mounted display (HMD) content with a second screen

  • US 9,691,181 B2
  • Filed: 05/05/2014
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for processing video frames generated for a head mounted display (HMD) for sharing to a second screen, comprising,a client system having a processor for generating video frames in response to interactive game play of a video game using the HMD, the generated video frames including in-band regions that include the video game content (VGC) to be displayed on the HMD and out-of-band (OOB) regions that include second screen content (SSC);

  • anda system-on-a-chip (SOC) processor having an input interface for receiving the generated video frames, the SOC processor including extract logic for extracting the SSC from the out-of-band regions and a graphics processor unit (GPU) for selecting a portion of the generated video frames and formatting for display on the second screen, the extracted SSC and the portion of the generated video frames being provided to a first output interface of the SOC processor, the generated video frames received via the input interface being provided as a pass-through to a second output interface of the SOC processor;

    wherein the first output interface of the SOC processor is connectable to the second screen;

    wherein the second output interface of the SOC processor is connectable to the HMD;

    wherein the portion of the generated video frames, selected by the GPU includes video game content (VGC) that is predefined for display to one eye in a display of the HMD, the portion further excluding the OOB regions, and wherein the formatting by the GPU includes performing an un-distortion function to the VGC in the portion, the un-distortion function removes graphic effects that are native for display in the HMD.

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