IP Library Granted Patent US 11,517,821
Granted Patent B2
US 11,517,821 · App. 16/958,524 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Virtual reality control system

Inventors: Who Jung Lee (Seoul, KR); Jae Young Kim (Namyangju-si, KR)
Assignee: SKONEC ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,517,821
App. No.
16/958,524
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a virtual environment control system for providing a virtual image related to at least part of virtual environment to a player who plays in a plurality of divided spaces through a wearable display device which the player is wearing, including: at least one first detecting device getting first detecting data related to a first play space; at least one second detecting device getting second detecting data related to a second play space; at least one auxiliary computing device generating a first virtual image and a second virtual image; a first wearable display device displaying the first virtual image to a first player located in the first play space; a second wearable display device displaying the second virtual image to a second player located in the second play space.

Claims (59)

1. A virtual reality control system for providing a virtual image related to at least part of virtual environment to a player who plays in a plurality of divided spaces through a wearable display device which the player is wearing, comprising:

at least one first detecting device getting first detecting data related to a first play space;

at least one second detecting device getting second detecting data related to a second play space;

at least one auxiliary computing device generating a first virtual image and a second virtual image;

a first wearable display device displaying the first virtual image to a first player located in the first play space, wherein the first wearable display device includes a speaker outputting a sound; and

a second wearable display device displaying the second virtual image to a second player located in the second play space;

wherein the auxiliary computing device is,

getting a first reality position data related to the first player based on the first detecting data,

getting a first virtual position data, which is position data in virtual environment corresponding to the first player, based on reality position data of the first player,

getting a second reality position data related to the second player based on the second detecting data, and

getting a second virtual position data, which is position data in virtual environment corresponding to the second player, based on reality position data of the second player,

wherein the speaker is,

outputting the sound acquired by the second player to the first player in a direction of the first virtual position data based on the second virtual position data, and

wherein the direction of the first virtual position data based on the second virtual position data is different from a direction of the first reality position data based on the second reality position data,

wherein the first virtual image is related to an area corresponding to a field of view of a location determined based on the first virtual position data in the virtual environment, and

wherein the second virtual image is related to an area corresponding to a field of view of a location determined based on the second virtual position data in the virtual environment,

wherein the first play space and the second play space are provided on a same floor, and when the first character is located on a first floor and the second character is located on a second floor different from the first floor in the virtual environment, the sound acquired by the second player is outputted to the first player so that a type of the sound indicates a floor different from the first floor.

2. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein a distance between the first player and the second player, determined based on the first reality position data and the second reality position data, and a distance between the first character and the second character in the virtual environment, determined based on the first virtual position data and the second virtual position data, are different each other.

3. The system of claim 2 ,

wherein the first reality position data, the second reality position data, the first virtual position data and the second virtual position data include a coordinate value,

wherein a difference between coordinate values of the first reality position data and the second reality position data differs from a difference between coordinate values of the first virtual position data and the second virtual position data.

4. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first play space and the second play space are provided by being arranged with a first direction, and

wherein a first virtual area corresponding to the first play space and a second virtual area corresponding to the second play space are provided with a second direction in the virtual environment.

5. The system of claim 4 ,

wherein the first virtual image includes the second character corresponding to the second player when the first wearable display device is oriented to the second direction which differs from the first direction where the second player is located.

6. The system of claim 4 ,

wherein the system further includes an input device provided to the first player,

wherein when a command about a predetermined event is obtained as the input device is oriented to the second direction which differs from the first direction where the second player is located, the first virtual image is an image of a first character, corresponding to the first player, performing the predetermined event, and

wherein the second virtual image is an image of an effect given to the second character corresponding to the second player according to the predetermined event.

7. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the first play space and the second play space are provided by being arranged with a first direction, and

wherein the virtual environment includes a virtual area corresponding to the first play space and the second play space.

8. The system of claim 7 ,

wherein the first reality position data and the second reality position data include a coordinate value about a plurality of axes, and

wherein a second character corresponding to the second player provided to the first virtual image is provided within a same axis of a first character corresponding to the first player when the first reality position data and the second reality position data have a same coordinate value about a same axis.

9. The system of claim 8 ,

wherein the system further includes an object which the first player possesses,

wherein the second virtual image includes an image of the first character possessing a virtual object corresponding to the object, and

wherein the second virtual image is provided as an image of the second character touching the virtual object corresponding to the object when a hand of the second player moves to a position corresponding to a position of the object.

10. A wearable display device for providing a virtual image related to at least part of virtual environment to a player who plays in a plurality of divided spaces, comprising;

a communicator getting data about an other player;

a display displaying a virtual image to the player;

a speaker outputting a sound to the player; and

a controller controlling an output of the virtual image of the display;

wherein the virtual image displayed through the display includes an image related to a first virtual area corresponding to a first play space where the player wearing the wearable display device plays and an image related to a second virtual area corresponding to a second play space where at least one other player except the player plays,

wherein the virtual image is obtained from an auxiliary computing device connected to the communicator,

wherein the auxiliary computing device is,

getting a first reality position data related to the player,

getting a first virtual position data, which is position data in virtual environment of a first character corresponding to the player, based on the first reality position data related to the player,

getting a second reality position data related to the other player, and

getting a second virtual position data, which is position data in virtual environment of a second character corresponding to the other player, based on the second reality position data related to the other player,

wherein the speaker is,

outputting the sound acquired by the other player to the player in a direction of the first virtual position data based on the second virtual position data, and

wherein the direction of the first virtual position data based on the second virtual position data is different from a direction of the first reality position data based on the second reality position data, and

wherein the first play space and the second play space are provided on a same floor, and when the first character is located on a first floor and the second character is located on a second floor different from the first floor in the virtual environment, the sound acquired by the other player is outputted to the player so that a type of the sound indicates a floor different from the first floor.

11. The wearable display device of claim 10 ,

wherein a distance between the second character corresponding to the other player and the first character corresponding to the player provided to the virtual image is differently provided compared to a distance between the player and the other player.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 5, 2025
From: SKONEC ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
To: SKONEC ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073896/0295 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: LEE, WHO JUNG; KIM, JAE YOUNG
To: SKONEC ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053061/0517 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2018-0097682 · Aug 21, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0097686 · Aug 21, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0097687 · Aug 21, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0167749 · Dec 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62610455 · Dec 26, 2017
Related Publication 20210065460A1 · Mar 4, 2021
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