US Patent Application 18219627. Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Displaying and Manipulating Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Environments simplified abstract
Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Displaying and Manipulating Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Environments
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Inventor(s)
Nicolas V. Scapel of London (GB)
Patrick W. O'keefe of Lafayette CO (US)
Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Displaying and Manipulating Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Environments - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18219627 titled 'Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Displaying and Manipulating Virtual Objects in Augmented Reality Environments
Simplified Explanation
- The patent application describes a computer system with cameras that display a representation of the camera's field of view in an augmented reality user interface. - The system allows users to place or move virtual objects in the representation of the field of view based on user inputs. - The virtual objects are placed at or moved to locations that correspond to physical locations on or near a surface of a physical object. - If the virtual object is positioned on a surface that does not have other physical objects or has a physical object that extends from the surface by less than a certain amount, it is displayed in the representation of the field of view with a predefined spatial relationship to the representation of the surface.
Original Abstract Submitted
A computer system having one or more cameras displays in an augmented reality user interface a representation of a field of view of the one or more cameras, including a plurality of objects in a physical environment. In response to one or more first user inputs, the system places or moves a virtual object at or to a location in the representation of the field of view that corresponds to a physical location on or near a first surface of a first physical object. If the virtual object is positioned at a portion of the first surface that does not include other physical objects, or that includes a physical object that extends from the first surface by less than a threshold amount, the first virtual object is in the representation of the field of view with a predefined spatial relationship to a representation of the first surface.
