Visualized re-physicalization of captured physical signals and/or physical states

• US 10,332,283 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2014
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia of America Corporation (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia of America Corporation (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: McCord, Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Jin Cheng
• Application Number:
  US14/487,944
• Publication Number:
  US 20160078657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,743 Days
• Field of Search: 345633, 345419, 345420, 345156, 702188, 340600, 340525, 34087001
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• 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 3/017 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/21 Collision detection, intersection

Abstract

Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to re-physicalization of captured physical signals and/or sensor measurements and to generation of user-perceivable output content from a computing device based at least in part on the re-physicalization.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, via least one computing device, one or more content objects comprising physical signals or physical states, or a combination thereof, representative of one or more physical attributes obtained from one or more physical objects or events, or a combination thereof;

generating one or more virtual physical objects at least in part via transformation, in accordance with one or more virtual physical laws, of the one or more identified content objects to reflect one or more virtual physical attributes that do not exist in a physical world in addition to or as replacement for, or a combination thereof, the one or more physical attributes of the identified content objects, wherein the one or more virtual physical objects comprise binary digital representations of content perceivable by a user;

evolving the one or more virtual physical objects over time substantially according to a set of principles specified for a particular virtual environment; and

generating user-perceivable output content comprising decreasing levels of detail for the one or more virtual physical objects for a corresponding plurality of sequential periods of time via the at least one computing device, wherein the plurality of sequential periods of time comprises a time compression zone for a particular period of time of the plurality of sequential periods of time depicting a discontinuous decrease in velocity for at least one of the one or more virtual physical objects entering the time compression zone.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical signals or physical states, or the combination thereof, comprise sensor measurements, wherein the generating the one or more virtual physical objects comprises generating the one or more virtual physical objects based at least in part on the sensor measurements.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating the user-perceivable output content comprising the decreasing levels of detail for the one or more virtual physical objects for the corresponding plurality of sequential periods of time includes reducing an amount of detail for less-recently generated and/or inactive virtual physical objects while maintaining a greater amount of detail for more recently generated and/or active virtual physical objects or coalescing a subset of non-active virtual physical objects after a specified period of time, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the generating the one or more virtual physical objects comprises:

obtaining the one or more identified content objects from one or more sensors; and

injecting the one or more virtual physical objects into the virtual environment.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

evolving the particular virtual environment based at least in part on the set of principles specified for the particular virtual environment and on obtaining further identified content objects;

generating graphics content representative of the evolving virtual environment; and

displaying the graphics content representative of the evolving virtual environment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the one or more virtual physical objects comprises assigning the one or more virtual physical attributes to the one or more virtual physical objects substantially in accordance with the one or more virtual physical laws or in accordance with one or more assignment rules, or a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the physical signals or physical states, or the combination thereof, comprise sensor measurements, and wherein the assigning the one or more virtual physical attributes to the one or more virtual physical objects comprises assigning the one or more virtual physical attributes based at least in part on the sensor measurements.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the user-perceivable output content comprises generating graphics content, the method further comprising:

displaying the generated graphics content; and

recognizing a user interaction with the particular virtual environment via one or more interfaces.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising re-physicalizing the user interaction such that the user interaction results in an alteration of one or more aspects of the particular virtual environment.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a computing device to;

identify one or more content objects to comprise physical signals or physical states, or a combination thereof, representative of one or more physical attributes to be obtained from one or more physical objects or events, or a combination thereof;

generate one or more virtual physical objects based at least in part via transformation, in accordance with one or more virtual physical laws, of the one or more content objects to be identified to reflect one or more virtual physical attributes that do not exist in a physical world in addition to or as replacement for, or a combination thereof, the one or more physical attributes of the content objects to be identified, wherein the one or more virtual physical objects to comprise binary digital representations of content perceivable by a user;

evolve the one or more virtual physical objects over time substantially in accordance with a set of principles to be specified for a particular virtual environment; and

generate user-perceivable output content to comprise decreasing levels of detail for the one or more virtual physical objects for a corresponding plurality of sequential periods of time, wherein the plurality of sequential periods of time to comprise a time compression zone for a particular period of time of the plurality of sequential periods of time depicting a discontinuous decrease in velocity for at least one of the one or more virtual physical objects to enter the time compression zone.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the physical signals or physical states, or the combination thereof, to comprise sensor measurements, wherein the computing device to generate the one or more virtual physical objects based at least in part on the sensor measurements.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, the user-perceivable output content to comprise the decreasing levels of detail for the one or more virtual physical objects for the corresponding plurality of sequential periods of time, reduce an amount of detail for less-recently generated and/or inactive virtual physical objects while maintaining a greater amount of detail for more recently generated and/or active virtual physical objects, or coalesce a subset of non-active virtual physical objects after a specified period of time, or a combination thereof.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the computing device further to endow the one or more virtual physical objects with the one or more virtual physical attributes based at least in part on the sensor measurements.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein to generate the one or more virtual physical objects, the computing device further to:

obtain the one or more content objects to be identified from one or more sensors; and

inject the one or more virtual physical objects into the particular virtual environment.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the computing device further to:

evolve the particular virtual environment based at least in part on the set of principles to be specified for the particular virtual environment and on obtaining further content objects;

generate graphics content representative of the particular virtual environment to be evolved; and

display the graphics content representative of the particular virtual environment to be evolved.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computing device further to endow the one or more virtual physical objects with the one or more virtual physical attributes substantially in accordance with the one or more virtual physical laws or in accordance with one or more assignment rules, or a combination thereof.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computing device to generate the graphics content, the computing device further to:

display the generated graphics content; and

recognize a user interaction with the particular virtual environment via one or more interfaces.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the computing device to re-physicalize the user interaction such that the user interaction to result in an alteration of one or more aspects of the particular virtual environment.

19. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computing device to comprise a game console.

20. An article comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to;

identify one or more content objects to comprise physical signals or physical states, or a combination thereof, representative of one or more physical attributes to be obtained from one or more physical objects or events, or a combination thereof;

generate one or more virtual physical objects based at least in part via transformation, in accordance with one or more virtual physical laws, of the one or more content objects to be identified to reflect one or more virtual physical attributes that do not exist in a physical world in addition to or as replacement for, or a combination thereof, the one or more physical attributes of the content objects to be identified, wherein the one or more virtual physical objects to comprise binary digital representations of content perceivable by a user;

evolve the one or more virtual physical objects over time substantially in accordance with a set of principles to be specified for a particular virtual environment; and

generate user-perceivable output content to comprise decreasing levels of detail for the one or more virtual physical objects for a corresponding plurality of sequential periods of time, wherein the plurality of sequential periods of time to comprise a time compression zone for a particular period of time of the plurality of sequential periods of time depicting a discontinuous decrease in velocity for at least one of the one or more virtual physical objects to enter the time compression zone.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein the physical signals or physical states, or the combination thereof, comprise sensor measurements, wherein the computing device to generate the one or more virtual physical objects based at least in part on the sensor measurements.

22. The article of claim 20, wherein, to generate the user-perceivable output content to comprise the decreasing levels of detail for the one or more virtual physical objects for the corresponding plurality of sequential periods of time, the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to reduce an amount of detail for less-recently generated and/or inactive virtual physical objects and to maintain a greater amount of detail for more recently generated and/or active virtual physical objects, or to coalesce a subset of non-active virtual physical objects after a specified period of time, or a combination thereof.

23. The article of claim 22, wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to endow the one or more virtual physical objects with the one or more virtual physical attributes based at least in part on the sensor measurements.

24. The article of claim 22, wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to:

obtain the one or more identified content objects to be identified from one or more sensors; and

inject the one or more virtual physical objects into the particular virtual environment.

25. The article of claim 24, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to:

evolve the particular virtual environment based at least in part on the set of principles to be specified for the particular virtual environment and on obtaining further content objects;

generate graphics content representative of the particular virtual environment to be evolved; and

display the graphics content representative of the particular virtual environment to be evolved.

26. The article of claim 20, wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to endow the one or more virtual physical objects with the one or more virtual physical attributes substantially in accordance with the one or more virtual physic laws or in accordance with one or more assignment rules, or a combination thereof.

27. The article of claim 20, wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to generate graphics content, the computing device further to:

display the generated graphics content; and

recognize a user interaction with the particular virtual environment via one or more interfaces.

28. The article of claim 27, wherein the storage medium having stored thereon further instructions executable by the computing device to re-physicalize the user interaction such that the user interaction to result in an alteration of one or more aspects of the particular virtual environment.