Interactions of virtual objects with surfaces

US9245388B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Adam G. Poulos · Redmond, US
• Evan Michael Keibler · Bellevue, US
• Arthur Tomlin · Bellevue, US
• Cameron Brown · Redmond, US
• Daniel McCulloch · Kirkland, US
• Brian Mount · Seattle, US
• Dan Kroymann · Seattle, US
• Gregory Alt · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2340/0464
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed that relate to operating a user interface on an augmented reality computing device comprising a display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes displaying a virtual object via the display system as free-floating, detecting a trigger to display the object as attached to a surface, and, in response to the trigger, displaying the virtual object as attached to the surface via the display system. The method may further include detecting a trigger to detach the virtual object from the surface and, in response to the trigger to detach the virtual object from the surface, detaching the virtual object from the surface and displaying the virtual object as free-floating.