System And Method For Role Negotiation In Multi-Reality Environments

• US 20150002541A1
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Help Lightning, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vipaar, LLC
• Inventors: Dillavou, Marcus W., May, Matthew Benton
• Granted Patent: US 9,940,750 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8082 Virtual reality
• 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: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/024 Multi-user, collaborative environment

Abstract

Provided herein are methods and systems for role negotiation with multiple sources. A method for role negotiation can comprise rendering a common field of interest that reflects a presence of a plurality of elements, wherein at least one of the elements is a remote element located remotely from another of the elements. A plurality of role designations can be received, each role designation associated with one of a plurality of devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is a remote device located remotely from another of the plurality of devices. The common field of interest can be updated based upon the plurality of role designations, wherein each of the plurality of role designations defines an interactive functionality associated with the respective device of the plurality of devices.

Claims

1. A method for role negotiation comprising:

rendering a common field of interest that reflects a presence of a plurality of elements, wherein at least one of the elements is a remote element located remotely from another of the elements;

receiving a plurality of role designations, each role designation associated with one of a plurality of devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is a remote device located remotely from another of the plurality of devices; and

updating the common field of interest based upon the plurality of role designations, wherein each of the plurality of role designations defines an interactive functionality associated with the respective device of the plurality of devices.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering the presence of each of the elements in real time, wherein each of the elements is registered relative to another of the elements.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of rendering interaction between the elements in the common field of interest.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of role designations comprises one or more of an operator role, a helper role, a heads up role, a subscriber role, an administrator role, an active viewer role, and a sender role.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein interactive functionality comprises one or more of sending and receiving image data and wherein one or more of the plurality of role designations define a different interactive functionality compared to another of the role designations.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the elements in the common field of interest is rendered to a remote viewer and a local viewer with a substantially similar alignment and orientation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of calibrating the common field of interest by aligning a calibration feature of a remote field and a calibration feature of a local field.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the common field of interest comprises modifying a display characteristic of one or more of the remote element and the local element.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the remote element and the local element is a representation of the physical presence of one or more of a remote user and a local user.

10. A method for role negotiation comprising:

rendering a common field of interest that reflects a presence of a plurality of elements, wherein at least one of the elements is a remote element located remotely from another of the elements;

receiving a plurality of role designations, each role designation associated with one of a plurality of devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is a remote device located remotely from another of the plurality of devices; and

managing one or more of the ingress and egress of information to one or more of the plurality of devices based upon one or more of the plurality of role designations, wherein each of the plurality of role designations defines a transmission rule for managing ingress and egress of information associated with the respective device of the plurality of devices.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of role designations comprises one or more of an operator role, a helper role, a heads up role, a subscriber role, an administrator role, an active viewer role, and a sender role.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein one or more of the plurality of role designations define a different transmission rule compared to another of the role designations.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the elements in the common field of interest is rendered to a remote viewer and a local viewer with a substantially similar alignment and orientation.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the information comprises one or more of audio information and image information.

15. A system for role negotiation comprising:

a display configured for displaying a common field of interest;

a sensor configured for obtaining image data; and

a processor in signal communication with the display and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to;

render a common field of interest that reflects a presence of a plurality of elements, wherein at least one of the elements is a remote element located remotely from another of the elements;

receive a role designation;

manage one or more of the ingress and egress of information based upon the role designation;

update the common field of interest based upon the one or more of the ingress and egress of information; and

output the updated common field of interest to the display.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the sensor is at least one of a camera, an infrared sensor, a light sensor, a RADAR device, a SONAR device, a computed tomography device, a magnetic resonance imaging device, and a depth scan sensor.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to continuously update the common field of interest such that the presence of the remote element is rendered in real time to a local viewer.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the information comprises one or more of audio information and image information.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the role designation comprises one or more of an operator role, a helper role, a heads up role, a subscriber role, an administrator role, an active viewer role, and a sender role.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein receiving a role designation comprises determining a network characteristic and selecting a role designation based on the determined network characteristic.