Contextual-based rendering of virtual avatars

US11699255B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Magic Leap, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Marshall Miller, IV · Los Angeles, US
• Josh Anon · Los Angeles, US
• Frank Alexander Hamilton, IV · Martinsburg, US
• Cole Parker Heiner · Fort Lauderdale, US
• Victor Ng-Thow-Hing · Sunnyvale, US
• Rodrigo Cano · Plantation Gardens, US
• Karen Stolzenberg · Fort Lauderdale, US
• Lorena Pazmino · San Francisco, US
• Gregory Minh Tran · Miami, US
• Stephane Antoine Joseph Imbert · Cary, US
• Anthony Marinello · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T13/40
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Examples of systems and methods for rendering an avatar in a mixed reality environment are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured to automatically scale an avatar or to render an avatar based on a determined intention of a user, an interesting impulse, environmental stimuli, or user saccade points. The disclosed systems and methods may apply discomfort curves when rendering an avatar. The disclosed systems and methods may provide a more realistic interaction between a human user and an avatar.