IP Library Granted Patent US 12,592,049
Granted Patent B2
US 12,592,049 · App. 18/443,961 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Electronic device and method for displaying image in virtual environment

Inventors: Jihyeok Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Sungoh Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jihyun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jongpil Park (Suwon-si, KR); Donghyun Yeom (Suwon-si, KR); Donghoon Han (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06T19/20G06T19/006G06T2219/2008G06T2219/2016
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Patent No.
US 12,592,049
App. No.
18/443,961
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes memory storing instructions, a display and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: obtain, from an external electronic device providing a virtual environment, information on a space of the virtual environment in which an avatar is to be located, information on a situation related to the space, and information on body proportion of avatars located in the space; identify, first proportion information of an avatar defined in the space, second proportion information of an avatar defined in the situation, and third proportion information used by the avatars; identify a priority with respect to proportions for the avatars, and display the avatar having a second proportion changed from a first proportion in the space, based on the priority.

Claims (93)

1 . An electronic device comprising,

memory storing instructions;

a display; and

at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

obtain, from an external electronic device providing a virtual environment, information on a space of the virtual environment in which an avatar corresponding to a user of the electronic device is to be positioned, information on a situation related to the space, and information on body proportions of avatars positioned in the space;

identify, first proportion information of an avatar defined by the space, second proportion information of an avatar defined in by the situation, and third proportion information used by the avatars;

identify a priority with respect to proportions for the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device, based on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, and the third proportion information; and

display, through the display, the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with a second proportion changed from a first proportion in the space, based on the priority.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify a count for each of the proportions, based on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, and the third proportion information; and

identify the priority, based on the count for each of the proportions,

wherein a priority of the second proportion is higher than a priority of the first proportion, based on a count of the second proportion being more than a count of the first proportion from among the proportions.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify the priority using an artificial intelligence model, based on an input including the first proportion information, the second proportion information, and the third proportion information,

wherein the priority is included in an output of the artificial intelligence model.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify candidate proportions having the priority being higher than or equal to a reference priority from among the proportions;

display, through the display, visual objects having a body proportion determined according to the candidate proportions; and

identify the second proportion, based on obtaining an input for the visual objects.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify an event for identifying the candidate proportions; and

identify the candidate proportions in response to the event,

wherein the event includes a change of the space, or a change of the situation.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the third proportion information includes a proportion corresponding to a value of a body proportion most frequently used body proportion from among a body proportion for each of the avatars, and

wherein the avatars are located within a designated distance from a location of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device in the space.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the proportions include the first proportion in which a proportion of a body to a face of an avatar is higher than or equal to a first value, the second proportion in which a proportion of a body to a face of an avatar is lower than a second value, the third proportion in which a proportion of a body to a face of an avatar is lower than the first value and higher than or equal to the second value.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the information on the space includes at least one of a name of the space provided in the virtual environment, a role of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device in the space, or a style of the space, and

wherein the information on the situation includes contents taking place in the space.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

obtain information on a virtual object located in the space;

identify fourth proportion information of an avatar required with respect to the virtual object; and

identify a priority for each of the proportions based on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, the third proportion information, and the fourth proportion information.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

obtain information on a user of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device;

identify fifth proportion information of an avatar preferred by the user, based on the information on the user; and

identify a priority for each of the proportions, based on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, the third proportion information, and the fifth proportion information,

wherein the information on the user includes at least one of a proportion of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device preferred by the user, a record for a proportion of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device used by the user, or appearance of the user.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify the first proportion of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device, in response to identifying the second proportion;

identify whether information on the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device adjusted as the second proportion is stored in the memory;

obtain the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with the second proportion generated by the information on the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device, based on the information on the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device being stored in the memory; and

obtain the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with the second proportion changed from the first proportion by applying a weight for changing from the first proportion to the second proportion to the first proportion, based on identifying that the information on the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device is not stored in the memory.

12 . The electronic device of claim 11 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify whether an item for the second proportion exists; and

obtain the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device wearing the item in response to identifying that the item exists.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

identify first mesh coordinates of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with the first proportion and second mesh coordinates of the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with the second proportion, in response to identifying the item does not exist,

identify relative coordinates between the first mesh coordinates and another item worn by the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with the first proportion,

change a size of the another item, based on the relative coordinates, and

obtain the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with the second proportion wearing the another item having the changed size.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

store the information on the space, the information on the situation, and the information on the body proportions of the avatars obtained within a designated time interval in the memory; and

delete information obtained within a time interval before the designated time interval from the memory,

wherein a length of the designated time interval is changeable, based on a capacity of the memory.

15 . A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising,

obtaining, from an external electronic device providing a virtual environment, information on a space of the virtual environment in which an avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device is to be positioned, information on a situation related to the space, and information on body proportions of avatars positioned in the space;

identifying, first proportion information of an avatar defined by the space, second proportion information of an avatar defined by the situation, and third proportion information used by the avatars;

identifying a priority with respect to proportions for the avatars corresponding to the user of the electronic device, based on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, and the third proportion information; and

displaying, through the display, the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with a second proportion changed from a first proportion in the space, based on the priority.

16 . The method of claim 15 , the method comprising:

identifying a count for each of the proportions, based on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, and the third proportion information; and

identifying the priority, based on the count for each of the proportions,

wherein a priority of the first proportion is higher than a priority of the second proportion, based on a count of the first proportion being more than a count of the second proportion from among the proportions.

17 . The method of claim 15 , the method comprising:

identifying the priority using an artificial intelligence model, based on an input including the information on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, and the third proportion information,

wherein the priority is included in an output of the artificial intelligence model.

18 . The method of claim 15 , the method comprising:

identifying candidate proportions having the priority higher than or equal to a reference priority from among the proportions;

displaying, through the display, visual objects having a body proportion determined according to the candidate proportions; and

identifying the second proportion, based on obtaining an input for the visual objects.

19 . The method of claim 18 , the method comprising:

identifying an event for identifying the candidate proportions; and

identifying the candidate proportions in response to the event,

wherein the event includes a change of the space, or a change of the situation.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing one or more programs including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, the at least one processor comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

obtain, from an external electronic device providing a virtual environment, information on a space of the virtual environment in which an avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device is to be positioned, information on a situation related to the space, and information on body proportions of avatars positioned in the space;

identify, first proportion information of an avatar defined by the space, second proportion information of an avatar defined by the situation, and third proportion information used by the avatars;

identify a priority with respect to proportions for the avatars corresponding to the user of the electronic device, based on the first proportion information, the second proportion information, and the third proportion information; and

display, through the display, the avatar corresponding to the user of the electronic device with a second proportion changed from a first proportion in the space, based on the priority.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2024
From: YOON, JIHYEOK; KIM, SUNGOH; KIM, JIHYUN; PARK, JONGPIL; YEOM, DONGHYUN; HAN, DONGHOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2023-0054868 · Apr 26, 2023 · national
KR 10-2023-0068947 · May 30, 2023 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2024095073 · Feb 5, 2024
Related Publication 20240362876A1 · Oct 31, 2024
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