Title:
DYNAMIC INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER GENERATED AND REAL WORLD IMAGES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002033688
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system integrates virtual information with real world images presented on a display, such as a head-mounted display of a wearable computer. The system modifies how the virtual information is presented to alter whether the virtual information is more or less visible relative to the real world images. The modification may be made dynamically, such as in response to a change in the user's context, or user's eye focus on the display, or a user command. The virtual information may be modified in a number of ways, such as adjusting the transparency of the information, modifying the color of the virtual information, enclosing the information in borders, and changing the location of the virtual information on the display. Through these techniques, the system provides the information to the user in a way that minimizes distraction of the user's view of the real world images.
Inventors:
ABBOTT KENNETH H III (US)
NEWELL DAN (US)
ROBARTS JAMES O (US)
NEWELL DAN (US)
ROBARTS JAMES O (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/031986
Publication Date:
March 27, 2003
Filing Date:
October 15, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TANGIS CORP (US)
ABBOTT KENNETH H III (US)
NEWELL DAN (US)
ROBARTS JAMES O (US)
ABBOTT KENNETH H III (US)
NEWELL DAN (US)
ROBARTS JAMES O (US)
International Classes:
G02B27/01; G06T11/00; G02B27/00; (IPC1-7): G06F3/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000052539A1 | 2000-09-08 |
Foreign References:
| EP1182541A2 | 2002-02-27 | |||
| US5742263A | 1998-04-21 |
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