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Granted Patent B2
US 12,277,258 · App. 17/404,833 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Virtual reality system with posture control

Inventor: Andrew R. Basile, Jr. (Troy, MI)
G06F3/011A61B5/0077A61B5/4561G02B27/017G06F3/017G06F3/0346
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Patent No.
US 12,277,258
App. No.
17/404,833
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes rendering a first field of view of a scene in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to good posture, and rendering a second field of view of a scene in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to bad posture.

Claims (17)

1. A method, comprising: detecting a posture of a user; determining whether the posture of the user corresponds to good posture or bad posture; in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to good posture, rendering a first field of view of a scene; in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to bad posture, rendering a second field of view of the scene; and outputting at least one of the first field of view or the second field of view to a display of a virtual reality system, wherein the first field of view is rendered in accordance with a tracked motion of the virtual reality system and the second field of view is rendered according to a moved field of view that differs from the tracked motion of the virtual reality system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second field of view is moved relative to the first field of view.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second field of view differs from the first field of view according to the posture of the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering the second field of view of the scene includes altering the second field of view relative to the first field of view so that the second field of view is consistent with a location and attitude of the posture of the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first field of view is determined independent of the posture of the user and the second field of view is determined according to the posture of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering the second field of view includes repositioning an object in the second field of view relative to an original position of the object in the first field of view.

7. A system, comprising: a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to: detect a posture of a user, determine whether the posture of the user corresponds to good posture or bad posture, in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to good posture, render a first field of view of a scene, in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to bad posture, render a second field of view of the scene, and output at least one of the first field of view or the second field of view to a display of a virtual reality system, wherein the first field of view is rendered in accordance with a tracked motion of the virtual reality system and the second field of view is rendered according to a moved field of view that differs from the tracked motion of the virtual reality system.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second field of view is moved relative to the first field of view.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second field of view differs from the first field of view according to the posture of the user.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second field of view of the scene is rendered by altering the second field of view relative to the first field of view so that the second field of view is consistent with a location and attitude of the posture of the user.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first field of view is determined independent of the posture of the user and the second field of view is determined according to the posture of the user.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second field of view is rendered by repositioning an object in the second field of view relative to an original position of the object in the first field of view.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device including computer interpretable program instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising: detecting a posture of a user; determining whether the posture of the user corresponds to good posture or bad posture; in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to good posture, rendering a first field of view of a scene; in accordance with a determination that the posture of the user corresponds to bad posture, rendering a second field of view of the scene; and outputting at least one of the first field of view or the second field of view to a display of a virtual reality system, wherein the first field of view is rendered in accordance with a tracked motion of the virtual reality system and the second field of view is rendered according to a moved field of view that differs from the tracked motion of the virtual reality system.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the second field of view differs from the first field of view according to the posture of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein rendering the second field of view of the scene includes altering the second field of view relative to the first field of view so that the second field of view is consistent with a location and attitude of the posture of the user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the first field of view is determined independent of the posture of the user and the second field of view is determined according to the posture of the user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein rendering the second field of view includes repositioning an object in the second field of view relative to an original position of the object in the first field of view.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 15349153 · Nov 11, 2016
Provisional Application 62254868 · Nov 13, 2015
Related Publication 20220066541A1 · Mar 3, 2022
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