- Patent Title: Camera based safety mechanisms for users of head mounted displays
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Application No.: US14170470Application Date: 2014-01-31
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Publication No.: US09729864B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Jeffrey Roger Stafford
- Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Martine Penilla Group, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N13/04
- IPC: H04N13/04 ; H04N13/02 ; G02B27/01 ; A63F13/213 ; A63F13/5255 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
The disclosure provides methods and systems for warning a user of a head mounted display that the user approaches an edge of field of view of a camera or one or more tangible obstacles. The warning includes presenting audio and/or displayable messages to the user, or moving the display(s) of the head mounted displays away of the user's eyes. The determination that the user approaches the edge of scene or a tangible obstacle is made by dynamically tracking motions of the users through analysis of images and/or depth data obtained from image sensor(s) and/or depth sensor(s) secured to either the head mounted display, arranged outside of the scene and not secured to the head mounted display, or a combination of both.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150092015A1 CAMERA BASED SAFETY MECHANISMS FOR USERS OF HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS Public/Granted day:2015-04-02
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