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Application (pre-grant publication)

Systems and Methods for Providing Input to a Computer-Mediated Reality Device Using a Viewing Device

Number
20170256197
Published
2017-09-07
Filed
2017-01-09
Assignee
DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC.
Inventors
Goslin; Michael P., Olson; Joseph Logan
CPC
G02B27/022; G06F3/0346; G06F1/163; G02B27/017; G06F3/0488; G06F3/013; G06F3/011
Verdict
Medium Hardware
Source
Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

The keeper's note

A viewing device that holds a users mobile device behind a control element and viewing portal, providing computer-mediated reality input via the phone display.

Abstract

There is provided system including a user device and a viewing device configured to receive the user device, the viewing device including a control element and a viewing portal, the user device including a display, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, a hardware processor executing the executable code to display, on the display, a computer-mediated reality content visible by a user through the viewing portal of the viewing device, receive a first input from the viewing device, in response to a second input provided by the user using the control element of the viewing device, modify an operational element of the user device, in response to the first input.

Background

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram of an exemplary system including a computer-mediated reality device and a viewing device, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a viewing side of a headset including an exemplary viewing device of the system of FIG. 1 with an exemplary computer-mediated reality device of the system of FIG. 1 plugged into the headset, according to one implementationof the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates a side view of the viewing device of FIG. 2 with the computer-mediated reality device plugged therein, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates a front view of the viewing device of FIG. 2, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5a illustrates an exemplary real-world scene presented by the viewing device of FIG. 2, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5b illustrates an exemplary augmented-reality scene presented by the viewing device of FIG. 2 using the computer-mediated reality device, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 illustrates a flowchart illustrating an exemplary method of providing input to the computer-mediated reality device via the viewing device of FIG. 2, according to one implementation of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Claims

1. A computer-mediated reality system comprising: a user device; and a viewing device configured to receive the user device, the viewing device including a control element and a viewing portal; the user device including: a display; a non-transitory memory storing an executable code; a hardwareprocessor executing the executable code to: display, on the display, a computer-mediated reality content visible by a user through the viewing portal of the viewing device; receive a first input from the viewing device, in response to a second input provided by the user using the control element of the viewing device; modify an operational element of the user device, in response to the first input. 11. A method for user with a computer-mediated reality system including a viewing device and a user device, the user device including a display, a non-transitory memory and a hardware processor, the method comprising: displaying, using the display, a computer-mediated reality content visible by a user through a viewing portal of the viewing device; receiving, using the hardware processor, a first input from the viewing device, in response to a second input provided by the user using the control element of the viewing device; modifying, using the hardware processor, an operational element of the user device, in response to the first input.