IP Library Granted Patent US 10,747,307
Granted Patent B2
US 10,747,307 · App. 15/800,221 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Selection of an object in an augmented or virtual reality environment

Inventors: Vincent Alleaume (Pace, FR); Pierrick Jouet (Rennes, FR); Matthieu Fradet (Chanteloup, FR)
Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings
G06F3/013G02B27/017G06F3/017G06F3/04842G06K9/00355G06K9/00671G06T19/006G06F2203/0381G06T2219/024G09G3/003G09G2320/0693
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Patent No.
US 10,747,307
App. No.
15/800,221
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of selection of an object in an environment including a plurality of real and/or virtual objects is described. The environment being displayed to a user through a display device includes an assignment of a gesture path to each object of the plurality of objects and the gesture path includes a series of gestures to be performed by the user to select the object.

Claims (20)

1. A method of selection of an object in an environment including a plurality of real and/or virtual objects, the environment being displayed to a user through a display device, wherein the method includes an assignment of a gesture path to each object of the plurality of objects, the gesture path including a series of gestures to be performed by the user to select the object, the method further including:

detecting the objects for which a detected gesture of the user does not correspond to a first gesture of the remaining gestures to be accomplished; and

changing the remaining gestures of the detected objects, wherein the remaining gestures of each object of the environment are different from the remaining gestures of any other object of the environment.

2. The method of claim 1 , including displaying the gesture path of each object as a tag superimposed on the object or near the object.

3. The method of claim 1 , including:

detecting a gesture performed by the user;

displaying the remaining gestures of the gesture path still to be performed to select the object.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gestures are hand gestures.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assignment of the gesture path takes into account the user's comfort.

6. A selection device for selecting an object in an environment including a plurality of real and/or virtual objects, the environment being displayed to a user through a display, the selection device including at least one processor, wherein the selection device includes an assignment module configured to assign a gesture path to each object of the plurality of objects, the gesture path including a series of gestures to be performed by the user to select the object, wherein the assignment module is configured to:

detect the objects for which a detected gesture of the user does not correspond to a first gesture of the remaining gestures to be accomplished; and

change the remaining gestures of the detected objects, wherein the remaining gestures of each object of the environment are different from the remaining gestures of any other object of the environment.

7. The selection device of claim 6 , including an environment analysis module configured to analyze the environment and to detect the plurality of objects of the environment.

8. The selection device of claim 6 , wherein the environment analysis module is configured to detect partially or totally occulted objects from the user's viewpoint.

9. The selection device of claim 6 , including a gesture analysis module configured to analyze a gesture accomplished by the user.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions to enable a computer to perform a method of selection of an object in an environment including a plurality of real and/or virtual objects, the environment being displayed to a user through a display device, wherein the method includes an assignment of a gesture path to each object of the plurality of objects, the gesture path including a series of gestures to be performed by the user to select the object, the method further including:

detecting the objects for which a detected gesture of the user does not correspond to a first gesture of the remaining gestures to be accomplished; and

changing the remaining gestures of the detected objects, wherein the remaining gestures of each object of the environment are different from the remaining gestures of any other object of the environment.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein each gesture of the gesture path is displayed in the form of an arrow directed according to the gesture direction.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is selected when the gesture path assigned to the object has been completely accomplished.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2021
From: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
To: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 055744/0666 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2020
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS
Reel/Frame 052154/0245 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2019
From: FRADET, MATTHIEU; ALLEAUME, VINCENT; JOUET, PIERRICK
To: THOMSON LICENSING
Reel/Frame 050916/0154 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 16306497 · Nov 16, 2016 · regional
Continuity (1)
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