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US 12,493,442 · App. 18/821,831 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Multi-user extended-reality content

Inventors: Varun Amar Reddy (San Diego, CA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
G06F3/1454G06T19/00G06T2219/024
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Patent No.
US 12,493,442
App. No.
18/821,831
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems and techniques are described herein for extended reality. For instance, a method for extended reality is provided. The method may include providing common virtual content for display at a first device, the common virtual content viewable at a second device; receiving, at the first device, a radio-frequency (RF) signal from the second device; making one or more measurements of the RF signal; determining relative-position information associated with the first device and the second device based on the one or more measurements; determining that a relative-position condition is satisfied based on the relative-position information; and modifying the common virtual content for display by at least the first device based on the relative-position condition being satisfied.

Claims (51)

1 . An apparatus for extended reality, the apparatus comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to:

provide common virtual content to a display of a first device, wherein the common virtual content is viewable at a second device;

determine a range between the first device and the second device based on one or more measurements of a radio frequency (RF) signal received at the first device from the second device;

determine that a relative-position condition is satisfied based on the range; and

modify the common virtual content based on the relative-position condition being satisfied.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the common virtual content is based on virtual content of the first device and virtual content of the second device.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the common virtual content is based on merging virtual content of the first device and virtual content of the second device.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a degree of merging between the virtual content of the first device and the virtual content of the second device is based on the range.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive a message from the second device, the message indicative of virtual content of the second device; and

merge the virtual content of the second device with virtual content of the first device to generate the common virtual content.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause at least one transmitter to transmit a message to the second device, the message indicative of virtual content of the first device to enable the second device to merge the virtual content of the first device with virtual content of the second device to generate the common virtual content.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause at least one transmitter to transmit a message to the second device, the message indicative of a modification to common virtual content.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the relative-position condition is satisfied based on the range being greater than or less than a range threshold.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to modify the common virtual content based on the range.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the common virtual content is based on merging virtual content of the first device and virtual content of the second device and wherein a degree of merging between the virtual content of the first device and the virtual content of the second device is based on the range.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine an angle of arrival of the RF signal at the first device; and

determine that the relative-position condition is satisfied further based on the angle of arrival,

wherein the relative-position condition is satisfied further based on the angle of arrival meeting an angle-of-arrival threshold.

12 . An apparatus for extended reality, the apparatus comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to:

provide common virtual content to a display of a first device, wherein the common virtual content is viewable at a second device;

determine angle of arrival of a radio frequency (RF) signal received at the first device from the second device based on one or more measurements of the RF signal;

determine that a relative-position condition is satisfied based on the angle of arrival;

modify the common virtual content based on the relative-position condition being satisfied and

modify the common virtual content based on the angle of arrival.

13 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the common virtual content is based on merging virtual content of the first device and virtual content of the second device and wherein a degree of merging between the virtual content of the first device and the virtual content of the second device is based on the angle of arrival.

14 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a position of the second device relative to the first device; and

determine that the relative-position condition is satisfied further based on the position of the second device relative to the first device,

wherein the relative-position condition is satisfied further based on the position of the second device relative to the first device satisfying a position criteria.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to modify the common virtual content based on the position of the second device relative to the first device.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the common virtual content is based on merging virtual content of the first device and virtual content of the second device and wherein a degree of merging between the virtual content of the first device and the virtual content of the second device is based on the position of the second device relative to the first device.

17 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the RF signal comprises a first RF signal, the one or more measurements comprise first one or more measurements, and the range comprises first range, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, at the first device, a second RF signal from a third device;

make second one or more measurements of the second RF signal; and

determine a second range between the first device and the third device based on the second one or more measurements;

wherein the relative-position condition is satisfied further based on the second range.

18 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising the display for displaying the common virtual content.

19 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless-communication unit for receiving the RF signal from the second device.

20 . A method for extended reality, the method comprising:

providing common virtual content for display at a first device, the common virtual content viewable at a second device;

receiving, at the first device, a radio-frequency (RF) signal from the second device;

making one or more measurements of the RF signal;

determining an angle of arrival of the RF signal at the first device based on the one or more measurements;

determining that a relative-position condition is satisfied based on the angle of arrival; and

modifying the common virtual content for display by at least the first device based on the relative-position condition being satisfied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2024
From: REDDY, VARUN AMAR; AKKARAKARAN, SONY
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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