Smart augmented reality selector

US10990251B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Christian Grail · Zuzenhausen, DE
• Gisbert Loff · Hockenheim, DE
• Guido Wagner · Wiesloch, DE
• Ingo Rues · Wiesloch, DE
• Hanswerner Dreissigacker · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Malin Wittkopf · Heidelberg, DE
• Johanna Wittig · Darmstadt, DE
• Denise Nepraunig · Walldorf, DE
• Joachim Fiess · Karlsruhe, DE
• Manfred Johann Pauli · Schwetzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 27, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04808
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for determining an object of interest in an augmented reality environment, displaying an augmented reality selector containing pertinent actions in a reachable area, and causing a selected action to be executed. The augmented reality application may determine an augmented reality object of interest in an augmented reality experience and determine a reachable area of screen from the determined object to a reachable area. The augmented reality application may then display an augmented reality selector in the reachable area that includes interaction options determined based on the augmented reality object being focused on. In a mobile embodiment, this enhancement allows users to interact with the object without repositioning their hands or losing site of the object in the augmented reality experience. For an AR headset, by displaying the augmented reality selector in a reachable area, a user's field of vision remains unimpeded, and the user may interact with the object via simple gestures such as clicks.