Dynamic environment for object and attribute display and interaction

• US 9,971,492 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2015
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quantum Interface LLC
• Original Assignee: Quantum Interface LLC
• Inventors: Chandler, Damon, Josephson, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Toan
• Application Number:
  US14/731,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20150355805A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,076 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Systems, interfaces, and methods for implementing the systems and interfaces include a dynamic environment generation subsystem that changes objects and subobjects based on locations of the motion sensors and/or the nature, time and/or location of sensed motion and include selection attractive movement as the selection protocol, where a selection object is used to discriminate between selectable objects and attract a target object toward the selection objects, where the direction and speed of the motion controls, discriminates, attracts, and activates the selected objects.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a motion sensing device,

a display device,

a processor, coupled to the motion sensing device and the display device, configured to;

cause the display device to display a virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) environment including a plurality of VR/AR objects, and in response to a first input indicating a first motion sensed by the motion sensing device having at least one first motion property exceeding at least one motion threshold criterion,

cause the display device to indicate one or more VR/AR objects that are aligned or substantially aligned with a direction of the first motion, and

cause the display device to indicate a selection of a single VR/AR object of the VR/AR objects, but no other VR/AR object of the plurality of one or more VR/AR objects, in response to a second input indicating a further motion sensed by the motion sensing device,

wherein the first motion is from a first location in the virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) environment to a second location in the virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) environment, and

wherein the further motion is determined to be substantially towards the single VR/AR object based on a determination that a direction of the further motion intersects with the single VR/AR object.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication comprises moving the one or more VR/AR objects in the direction of the first motion or in an opposite direction to the first motion and moving the one or more VR/AR objects away from each other so that the further motion will permit discrimination of the single VR/AR object from the one or more VR/AR objects.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein a speed of the first motion controls a rate of moving the one or more VR/AR objects in the opposite direction to the first motion and controls a rate of moving the one or more VR/AR objects away from each other so that the further motion permits discrimination of the single VR/AR object from the one or more VR/AR objects.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication further comprises fading at least one of VR/AR object not aligned with or substantially aligned with the direction of the first motion.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the indication further comprises moving the at least one faded VR/AR object away from the one or more VR/AR objects.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication further comprises fading all VR/AR objects not aligned with or substantially aligned with the direction of the first motion.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the indication further comprises moving the faded VR/AR objects away from the one or more VR/AR objects.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

confirm the selection of the single VR/AR object in response to a third input from the same motion sensing device or from a different device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the third input is received after the output of the indication that the single VR/AR object is selected.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the motion sensing device and the different device comprises an eye tracking sensor, gloves, a body sensor, a camera, an optical sensor, a motion sensor, or a combination thereof.