Augmented virtual display

US10482669B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark B. Rober · Sunnyvale, US
• Sawyer I. Cohen · Sunnyvale, US
• Daniel Kurz · Munich, DE
• Tobias Holl · Sunnyvale, US
• Benjamin B. Lyon · Saratoga, US
• Peter Meier · Sunnyvale, US
• Jeffrey M. Riepling · Clayton, US
• Holly Gerhard · Cupertino, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V40/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A VR system for vehicles that may implement methods that address problems with vehicles in motion that may result in motion sickness for passengers. The VR system may provide augmented or virtual views that match visual cues with the physical motions that a passenger experiences. The VR system may project virtual content so that the content appears as a distant object stabilized or fixed in the external environment. The VR system may aid in productivity, as passengers may perform work while riding in the vehicle without experiencing motion sickness. In addition, the VR system may provide enhanced virtual experiences to passengers in moving vehicles by matching accelerations and motions of the vehicle to accelerations and motions in the virtual experiences.