Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, systems and methods for shared viewing experience using head mounted displays
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Application No.: US15009198Application Date: 2016-01-28
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Publication No.: US09602859B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Stephen Strong
- Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N21/43
- IPC: H04N21/43 ; H04N13/04 ; G01C21/16 ; H04N21/218 ; H04N21/422 ; H04N21/4788 ; G06T15/20 ; H04L29/08 ; G01C19/38 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N13/00 ; H04N19/597 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/6587 ; H04N21/414 ; H04N21/4363 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
Systems and methods are operable to share a viewing experience of a free viewpoint format media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives the free viewpoint format media content event, receives unique geometric orientation information from each one of a plurality of head mounted displays (HMDs), determines a unique viewpoint location for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the geometric orientation information received from each one of the plurality of HMDs, determines a unique viewpoint area for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the determined unique viewpoint location, and communicates each one of the unique viewpoint areas to the associated one of the plurality of HMDs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160150267A1 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARED VIEWING EXPERIENCE USING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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