Mixed reality spotlight

US9652892B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Arthur Tomlin · Bellevue, US
• Tony Ambrus · Seattle, US
• Ron Amador-Leon · Duvall, US
• Nicholas Gervase Fajt · Seattle, US
• Ryan Hastings · Seattle, US
• Matthew Kaplan · Seattle, US
• Michael Scavezze · Bellevue, US
• Daniel McCulloch · Kirkland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2013
• Grant date: May 16, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2027/0178
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various embodiments relating to creating a virtual shadow of an object in an image displayed with a see-through display are provided. In one embodiment, an image of a virtual object may be displayed with the see-through display. The virtual object may appear in front of a real-world background when viewed through the see-through display. A relative brightness of the real-world background around a virtual shadow of the virtual object may be increased when viewed through the see-through display. The virtual shadow may appear to result from a spotlight that is fixed relative to a vantage point of the see-through display.