IP Library Patent Application 15393255
Patent Application
App. No. 15/393,255

AUGMENTED REALITY USER INTERFACE VISIBILITY

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15/393,255
Abstract

A device includes a display, an optical sensor, and an augmented reality (AR) application. The optical sensor captures an image. The AR application determines visual properties of a region of the image, the region being adjacent to a portion of the AR content. The AR application determines visual properties of the AR content, determines a contrast between the region in the image and the AR content based on the visual properties of the region in the image and the AR content, and modifies an appearance of the AR content based on the contrast.

Claims (57)

1 . A device comprising:

a display configured to display an augmented reality (AR) content;

an optical sensor configured to capture an image;

one or more hardware processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, configure the device to perform operations comprising:

determining visual properties of a region in the image, the region being adjacent to a portion of the AR content;

determining visual properties of the AR content;

determining a contrast between the region in the image and the AR content based on the visual properties of the region in the image and the visual properties of AR content; and

causing the display to modify an appearance of the AR content based on the contrast.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the region includes an area larger than an area of the AR content, the area including the AR content.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the visual properties of the region include a color of the region, a brightness of the region, and a visual pattern of content in the region,

wherein the visual properties of the AR content include a color of the AR content, a brightness of the AR content, and a visual pattern of the AR content.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the contrast includes a color difference level, a brightness difference level, and a visual pattern difference level.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein modifying the appearance of the AR content further comprises:

changing a shape, a color, and a brightness of the AR content in response to the contrast being below a predefined threshold contrast.

6 . The device of claim 5 , further comprising:

changing a font of a text in the AR content;

increasing a font size of the text in the AR content; and

changing a color of the text in the AR content.

7 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

measuring an ambient light outside the device; and

adjusting a font and a color of the AR content in response to the measured ambient light.

8 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

changing a location of the AR content within the display in response to the contrast being below a predefined threshold contrast.

9 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

adjusting the appearance of the AR based on output data from neuro sensors or biological sensors connected to a user of the device.

10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying an object in the image;

retrieving the AR content corresponding to the identified object; and

rendering the AR content in the display, the AR content displayed as an overlay on the identified object, the display including a transparent display.

11 . A method comprising:

determining, using one or more hardware processors, visual properties of a region of an image generated with an optical sensor of an augmented reality (AR) device, the region being adjacent to a portion of an AR content displayed in a display of the AR device;

determining, using the one or more hardware processors, visual properties of the AR content;

determining using the one or more hardware processors, a contrast between the region in the image and the AR content based on the visual properties of the region in the image and the AR content; and

causing a display to modify an appearance of the AR content based on the contrast.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the region includes an area larger than an area occupied by the AR content, the area including the AR content.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the visual properties of the region include a color of the region, a brightness of the region, and a visual pattern of content in the region,

wherein the visual properties of the AR content include a color of the AR content, a brightness of the AR content, and a visual pattern of the AR content.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the contrast includes a color difference level, a brightness difference level, and a visual pattern difference level.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein modifying the appearance of the AR content further comprises:

changing a shape, a color, and a brightness of the AR content in response to the contrast being below a predefined threshold contrast, the AR content including a graphical user interface.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

changing a font of a text in the AR content;

increasing a font size of the text in the AR content; and

changing a color of the text in the AR content.

17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

measuring an ambient light outside the AR device; and

adjusting a font and a color of the AR content in response to the measured ambient light.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

changing a location of the AR content within the display in response to the contrast being below a predefined threshold contrast.

19 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

adjusting the appearance of the AR based on output data from neuro sensors or biological sensors connected to a user of the device.

20 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining visual properties of a region of an image generated with an optical sensor of an augmented reality (AR) device, the region being adjacent to a portion of an AR content displayed in a display of the AR device;

determining visual properties of the AR content;

determining a contrast between the region in the image and the AR content based on the visual properties of the region in the image and the AR content; and

modifying an appearance of the AR content based on the contrast.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054486/0422 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: RPX CORPORATION
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 053498/0095 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: AR HOLDINGS I, LLC
To: DAQRI, LLC
Reel/Frame 053498/0580 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2020
From: DAQRI, LLC
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053413/0642 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2019
From: DAQRI, LLC
To: AR HOLDINGS I LLC
Reel/Frame 049596/0965 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2017
From: GLYNN, RORY; KAZANSKY, LUCAS; GARCIA, CHRISTOPHER MICHAELS; HUTKA, STEFANIE A
To: DAQRI, LLC
Reel/Frame 043057/0129 →