Communication system and method for providing a virtual meeting space

    公开(公告)号:US12243147B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US18132209

    申请日:2023-04-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Eberhard Schmidt

    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication system and a method for providing a virtual meeting of a first user (U1, U2, U3, U4) and a second user (U1, U2, U3, U4), comprising a first communication device (12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34) with a first display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a) associated with the first user (U1, U2, U3, U4), and a second communication device (12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34) with a second display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a) associated with the second user (U1, U2, U3, U4). Moreover a virtual meeting space (22) is displayed on the second display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a), user related data (B1, B2, B3, D1, D2, D3) related to the first user (U1, U2, U3, 114) are provided and a first displaying characteristic (B1′, B2′, B3′) of a first object (U1′, U2′, U3′, U4′, 30) is determined in dependency of the provided user related data (B1, B2, B3, D1, D2, D3) according to a set degree of variance (R1, R2, R3) of the user related data (B1, B2, B3, D1, D2, D3). Further the first object (U1′, U2′, U3′, U4′, 30) is displayed with the determined first displaying characteristic (B1′, B2′, B3′) according to the set degree of variance (R1, R2, R3) within the virtual meeting space (22) displayed on the second display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a) to the second user (U1, U2, U3, U4).

    COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A BIONIC VIRTUAL MEETING ROOM

    公开(公告)号:US20220076478A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17529561

    申请日:2021-11-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Eberhard Schmidt

    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication system and a method for providing a virtual meeting of a first user (U1, U2, U3, U4) and a second user (U1, U2, U3, U4), comprising a first communication device (12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34) with a first display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a) associated with the first user (U1, U2, U3, U4), and a second communication device (12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34) with a second display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a) associated with the second user (U1, U2, U3, U4). Moreover a virtual meeting space (22) is displayed on the second display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a), user related data (B1, B2, B3, D1, D2, D3) related to the first user (U1, U2, U3, U4) are provided and a first displaying characteristic (B1′, B2′, B3′) of a first object (U1′, U2′, U3′, U4′, 30) is determined in dependency of the provided user related data (B1, B2, B3, D1, D2, D3) according to a set degree of variance (R1, R2, R3) of the user related data (B1, B2, B3, D1, D2, D3). Further the first object (U1′, U2′, U3′, U4′, 30) is displayed with the determined first displaying characteristic (B1′, B2′, B3′) according to the set degree of variance (R1, R2, R3) within the virtual meeting space (22) displayed on the second display device (12a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 24a, 26a, 28a, 32a) to the second user (U1, U2, U3, U4).

    Method and system for operating a display apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10824227B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US16536269

    申请日:2019-08-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Eberhard Schmidt

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a display apparatus (12), comprising the following steps: capture of image data from at least one part of the head of a user (14) (step 110), ascertainment of at least one parameter, which the user (14) can alter by moving at least one part of the head, from the image data captured in step a) (step 120), control of a visual representation on a display apparatus (12) on the basis of the ascertained at least one parameter (step 130), wherein the capture in step a) is taken as a basis for ascertaining at least one quality parameter (step 140) and the at least one quality parameter is taken as a basis for varying at least one resolution of at least one part of the visual representation (step 150). Moreover, the invention relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding system for operating a display apparatus.

    Method and system for operating a display apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10444832B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US15795962

    申请日:2017-10-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Eberhard Schmidt

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a display apparatus (12), comprising the following steps: capture of image data from at least one part of the head of a user (14) (step 110), ascertainment of at least one parameter, which the user (14) can alter by moving at least one part of the head, from the image data captured in step a) (step 120), control of a visual representation on a display apparatus (12) on the basis of the ascertained at least one parameter (step 130), wherein the capture in step a) is taken as a basis for ascertaining at least one quality parameter (step 140) and the at least one quality parameter is taken as a basis for varying at least one resolution of at least one part of the visual representation (step 150). Moreover, the invention relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding system for operating a display apparatus.

    Method for Determining at Least One Parameter of Two Eyes by Setting Data Rates and Optical Measuring Device

    公开(公告)号:US20220061660A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17470789

    申请日:2021-09-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining at least one parameter of two eyes (10l, 10r) of a test person (31), the method comprising the following steps: optically capturing of a first eye (10l; 10r) of the two eyes (10l, 10r) by means of a first capturing unit (3l; 3r); optically capturing the second eye (10r; 10l) of the two eyes (10l, 10r) by means of a second capturing unit (3r; 3l); transmitting first signals concerning the captured first eye (10l; 10r) from the first capturing unit (3l; 3r) to an analysis unit (27) and transmitting second sig-nals concerning the captured second eye (10r; 10l) from the second capturing unit (3r; 3l) to the analysis unit (27); determining the at least one parameter of the two eyes (10l, 10r) on the basis of the transmitted first and second signals in the analysis unit (27), characterized by the following step: setting a first data rate for the first signals and a second data rate for the sec-ond signals, wherein the first and the second data rate differ from each other, and wherein the transmitting of the first signals is effected at a first data rate and the transmitting of the second signals is effected at a second data rate.

    System and method for displaying a stream of images

    公开(公告)号:US20220035451A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17497435

    申请日:2021-10-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Method for subsequently displaying a stream of images in a display area of a display device, wherein a first area within the display area is determined around a point of regard. A first image of the stream of images is displayed in the display area such that a first part of the first image, which is displayed in the first area, is displayed according to a first parameter value of at least one parameter and a second part of the first image, which is displayed in at least one second area outside the first area, is displayed according to a second parameter value of the at least one parameter. Moreover, the determining of the point of regard is performed as predicting the point of regard for a certain future point of time, at which the first image is displayed.

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