Content presentation in head worn computing

• US 10,649,220 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Inventors: Osterhout, Ralph F., Haddick, John D., Lohse, Robert Michael, Border, John N., Shams, Nima L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Jwalant
• Application Number:
  US14/299,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,164 Days
• 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 27/0172 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 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• 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 51/10 Multimedia information
• 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 4/021 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 retrieving personal information relating to a user of a head-worn computer, wherein the personal information provides an indication of a type of physical structure in the environment that interests the user, selecting a geo-spatial location for digital content to be presented to the user based at least in part on the indication of the type of physical structure in the environment that interests the user, selecting a physical attribute proximate the geo-spatial location based at least in part on the personal information and presenting, based on data indicative that the user is near the geo-spatial location, the digital content in a see-through display of the head-worn computer such that the digital content is perceived by the user to be associated with the physical attribute.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

retrieving personal information relating to a user of a wearable head device, wherein the personal information is associated with

a physical structure type and

a display attribute defining a preferred manner of displaying content, the display attribute associated with the physical structure type;

detecting, via the wearable head device, a physical structure matching the physical structure type at a geo-spatial location;

associating a digital content with the geo-spatial location based on at least the detected physical structure;

determining, via the wearable head device, whether the user is near the geo-spatial location; and

in accordance with a determination that the user is near the geo-spatial location, presenting the digital content on a see-through display of the wearable head device, wherein;

presenting the digital content on the see-through display comprises indicating a spatial relationship between the digital content and the physical structure, and

the digital content is presented on the see-through display based on the display attribute associated with the personal information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information comprises demographic information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information comprises behavioral information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information comprises travel information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content is presented further in accordance with a determination that the wearable head device is oriented in a pre-selected direction.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content is presented further in accordance with a prediction that a field of view of the user is oriented in a pre-selected direction.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the digital content with an external user interface; and

in response to the selection of the digital content, repositioning the digital content presented on the see-through display.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying an object obstructing a view of the user; and

updating presentation of the digital content to indicate obstruction of the view.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving sensor information from the wearable head device; and

updating a position of the presentation based on the sensor information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical structure type comprises a sports complex.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical structure type comprises a home of the user.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical structure type comprises a place of work of the user.