Content presentation in head worn computing

• US 9,720,241 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2014
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Border, John N., Lohse, Robert Michael, Haddick, John D., Osterhout, Ralph F., Shams, Nima L.
• Primary Examiner(s): AMIN, JWALANT B
• Application Number:
  US14/309,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356778A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 pre-setting a geo-spatial location where content will be displayed to a user of a see-through head-worn display, establishing a region proximate the geo-spatial location; and causing a marker recognition system of the head-worn see-through display to activate when data indicates that the see-through head-worn display is within the region, wherein the marker recognition system monitors a surrounding environment to identify a marker that will act as a virtual anchor for the presentation of the content.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

pre-setting a geo-spatial location where content will be displayed to a user of a see-through head-worn display;

establishing a region proximate the geo-spatial location;

causing a marker recognition system of the head-worn see-through display to activate when data indicates that the see-through head-worn display is within the region, wherein the marker recognition system monitors a surrounding environment to identify a marker that will act as a virtual anchor for the presentation of the content; and

causing the marker recognition system to de-activate when data indicates that the see-through head-worn display is no longer within the region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker is a pre-established physical attribute.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker is a priority marker selected from a plurality of markers, wherein the priority marker was identified by scanning the surrounding environment in a search for the plurality of markers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the geo-spatial location was selected based on personal information known about the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the geo-spatial location was selected based on a presentation preference setting established by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the geo-spatial location was selected based on a preference of a sender of the content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the geo-spatial location was selected based on a preference setting of the content.

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

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

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is sent by another user characterized as a friend of the user through an known affiliation.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the content is a text message.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the content is a video.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein informational content is presented to the user in the see-through head-worn display to indicate to the user that the content is queued for presentation.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the informational content is presented outside of the region.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the informational content further includes an indication of a direction in which the user will be presented with the content.

16. A system, comprising:

a see-through head-worn display; and

a marker recognition system of the head-worn see-through display that activates when data indicates that the see-through head-worn display is within a region proximate to a geo-spatial location, wherein the marker recognition system monitors a surrounding environment to identify a marker that will act as a virtual anchor for the presentation of content, wherein the marker recognition system de-activates when data indicates that the see-through head-worn display is no longer within the region.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the marker is a pre-established physical attribute.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the marker is a priority marker selected from a plurality of markers, wherein the priority marker was identified by scanning the surrounding environment in a search for the plurality of markers.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the geo-spatial location was selected based on personal information known about the user.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the geo-spatial location was selected based on a presentation preference setting established by the user.