Patent Grant
9519640
Augmented reality is a technology that allows virtual imagery to be mixed with a real world physical environment. For example, an augmented reality system can be used to insert virtual images before the eyes of a user. In many cases, augmented reality systems present a limited view of the real world with superimposed virtual images, but do not interpret items in the real world in presenting the virtual objects.
There are many existing types of automated translations, including Web-based language translation engines and mobile applications that translate text in data retrieved by a camera.
Technology is described which provides various embodiments for implementing an augmented reality system that can provide linguistic, knowledge or context translations to a user. A see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display apparatus is used to provide translations of real world data for the wearer. A wearer's location and orientation with the apparatus is determined and input data for translation is selected using sensors of the apparatus. Input data can be audio or visual in nature, and selected by reference to the gaze of a wearer. Three-dimensional locations of objects within a field of view of the wearer at the location are determined and may provide input data for translation. The input data is translated for the user by retrieving user profile information bearing on accuracy of a translation and determining from the input data whether a linguistic translation, knowledge addition translation or context translation is useful. The linguistic translation, knowledge addition translation or context translation is provided to the user by rendering the translation in an audio or visual format in the see through head mounted display.
This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
The technology described herein includes a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display device for providing customized experiences including translations of real world data for a user. A wearer's location and orientation with the apparatus is determined and input data for translation is selected using sensors of the apparatus. Input data can be audio or visual in nature, and selected by reference to the gaze of a wearer. Three-dimensional locations of objects within a field of view of the wearer at the location are determined and may provide input data for translation. The input data is translated for the user by retrieving user profile information bearing on accuracy of a translation and determining from the input data whether a linguistic translation, knowledge addition translation or context translation is useful. The linguistic translation, knowledge addition translation or context translation is provided to the user by rendering the translation in an audio or visual format in the see through head mounted display.
A context translation includes translation of expressions from users in a room based on shared verbal or written information. Emotional states and/or truthfulness of others can be derived from facial movements, expressions and user actions, and provide feedback to the wearer. User-specific information in a profile can be used for context and knowledge determinations to understand the level of information a user requires. The technology can be trained to recognize wearer handwriting and speech to increase accuracy. Multisensory information from the apparatus can be used for context translations of the emotions of other persons in the field of view of the wearer. Translation of complex information in the input data into more basic ideas, including the annotation of information with links, text or other information explaining difficult concepts to the user, is provided. Annotation types include audio information for visual objects, links to tutorial or advanced articles and other information available from third party sources. Annotations can be basic, such as an alternative word definition or a synonym. Annotations can also be more complex, such as a full background article on the subject being discussed.
It should be understood that linguistic translations may include transliterations. For example, translations may including converting Arabic or Russian text to Roman lettering so that a user can read the text in the language it was written, but with their own alphabet.
See through head mounted display device 2, which in one embodiment is in the shape of eyeglasses in a frame 115, is worn on the head of a user so that the user can see through a display, embodied in this example as a display optical system 14 for each eye, and thereby have an actual direct view of the space in front of the user. The use of the term “actual direct view” refers to the ability to see real world objects directly with the human eye, rather than seeing created image representations of the objects. For example, looking through glass at a room allows a user to have an actual direct view of the room, while viewing a video of a room on a television is not an actual direct view of the room. Based on the context of executing software, for example, a gaming application, the system can project images of virtual objects, sometimes referred to as virtual images, on the display that are viewable by the person wearing the see-through display device while that person is also viewing real world objects through the display.
Frame 115 provides a support for holding elements of the system in place as well as a conduit for electrical connections. In this embodiment, frame 115 provides a convenient eyeglass frame as support for the elements of the system discussed further below. In other embodiments, other support structures can be used. An example of such a structure is a visor, hat, helmet or goggles. The frame 115 includes a temple or side arm for resting on each of a user's ears. Temple 102 is representative of an embodiment of the right temple and includes control circuitry 136 for the display device 2. Nose bridge 104 of the frame includes a microphone 110 for recording sounds and transmitting audio data to processing unit 4.
Hub computing system 12 may be a computer, a gaming system or console, or the like. According to an example embodiment, the hub computing system 12 may include hardware components and/or software components such that hub computing system 12 may be used to execute applications such as gaming applications, non-gaming applications, or the like. An application may be executing on hub computing system 12, the display device 2, as discussed below on a mobile device 5 or a combination of these.
In one embodiment, the hub computing system 12 further includes one or more capture devices, such as capture devices 20A and 20B. The two capture devices can be used to capture the room or other physical environment of the user but are not necessary for use with see through head mounted display device 2 in all embodiments.
Capture devices 20A and 20B may be, for example, cameras that visually monitor one or more users and the surrounding space such that gestures and/or movements performed by the one or more users, as well as the structure of the surrounding space, may be captured, analyzed, and tracked to perform one or more controls or actions within an application and/or animate an avatar or on-screen character.
Hub computing system 12 may be connected to an audiovisual device 16 such as a television, a monitor, a high-definition television (HDTV), or the like that may provide game or application visuals. In some instances, the audiovisual device 16 may be a three-dimensional display device. In one example, audiovisual device 16 includes internal speakers. In other embodiments, audiovisual device 16, a separate stereo or hub computing system 12 is connected to external speakers 22.
Note that display device 2 and processing unit 4 can be used without Hub computing system 12, in which case processing unit 4 will communicate with a WiFi network, a cellular network or other communication means.
Furthermore, as in the hub computing system 12, gaming and non-gaming applications may execute on a processor of the mobile device 5 which user actions control or which user actions animate an avatar as may be displayed on a display 7 of the device 5. The mobile device 5 also provides a network interface for communicating with other computing devices like hub computing system 12 over the Internet or via another communication network via a wired or wireless communication medium using a wired or wireless communication protocol. A remote network accessible computer system like hub computing system 12 may be leveraged for processing power and remote data access by a processing unit 4 like mobile device 5. Examples of hardware and software components of a mobile device 5 such as may be embodied in a smartphone or tablet computing device are described in
In some embodiments, gaze detection of each of a user's eyes is based on a three dimensional coordinate system of gaze detection elements on a near-eye, mixed reality display device like the eyeglasses 2 in relation to one or more human eye elements such as a cornea center, a center of eyeball rotation and a pupil center. Examples of gaze detection elements which may be part of the coordinate system including glint generating illuminators and at least one sensor for capturing data representing the generated glints. As discussed below (see
In the illustrated embodiment of
The axis 178 (178l, 178r) formed from the center of rotation 166 through the cornea center 164 to the pupil 162 is the optical axis of the eye. A gaze vector 180 is sometimes referred to as the line of sight or visual axis which extends from the fovea through the center of the pupil 162. The fovea is a small area of about 1.2 degrees located in the retina. The angular offset between the optical axis computed and the visual axis has horizontal and vertical components. The horizontal component is up to 5 degrees from the optical axis, and the vertical component is between 2 and 3 degrees. In many embodiments, the optical axis is determined and a small correction is determined through user calibration to obtain the visual axis which is selected as the gaze vector.
For each user, a virtual object may be displayed by the display device at each of a number of predetermined positions at different horizontal and vertical positions. An optical axis may be computed for each eye during display of the object at each position, and a ray modeled as extending from the position into the user eye. A gaze offset angle with horizontal and vertical components may be determined based on how the optical axis must be moved to align with the modeled ray. From the different positions, an average gaze offset angle with horizontal or vertical components can be selected as the small correction to be applied to each computed optical axis. In some embodiments, only a horizontal component is used for the gaze offset angle correction.
The visual axes 180l and 180r illustrate that the gaze vectors are not perfectly parallel as the vectors become closer together as they extend from the eyeball into the field of view at a point of gaze which is effectively at infinity as indicated by the symbols 181l and 181r. At each display optical system 14, the gaze vector 180 appears to intersect the optical axis upon which the sensor detection area 139 is centered. In this configuration, the optical axes are aligned with the inter-pupillary distance (IPD). When a user is looking straight ahead, the IPD measured is also referred to as the far IPD.
When identifying an object for a user to focus on for aligning IPD at a distance, the object may be aligned in a direction along each optical axis of each display optical system. Initially, the alignment between the optical axis and user's pupil is not known. For a far IPD, the direction may be straight ahead through the optical axis. When aligning near IPD, the identified object may be in a direction through the optical axis, however due to vergence of the eyes necessary for close distances, the direction is not straight ahead although it may be centered between the optical axes of the display optical systems.
Techniques for automatically determining a user's IPD and automatically adjusting the STHMD to set the IPD for optimal user viewing, are discussed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/221,739 entitled Gaze Detection In A See-Through, Near-Eye, Mixed Reality Display; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/221,707 entitled Adjustment Of A Mixed Reality Display For Inter-Pupillary Distance Alignment; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/221,662 entitled Aligning Inter-Pupillary Distance In A Near-Eye Display System, all of which are hereby incorporated specifically by reference.
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Some examples of electronically provided instructions are instructions displayed by the microdisplay 120, the mobile device 5 or on a display 16 by the hub computing system 12 or audio instructions through speakers 130 of the display device 2. There may be device configurations with an automatic adjustment and a mechanical mechanism depending on user preference or for allowing a user some additional control.
In an exemplary device 2, a detection area of at least one sensor is aligned with the optical axis of its respective display optical system so that the center of the detection area is capturing light along the optical axis. If the display optical system is aligned with the user's pupil, each detection area of the respective sensor is aligned with the user's pupil. Reflected light of the detection area is transferred via one or more optical elements to the actual image sensor of the camera in this example illustrated by dashed line as being inside the frame 115.
In one example, a visible light camera (also commonly referred to as an RGB camera) may be the sensor. An example of an optical element or light directing element is a visible light reflecting mirror which is partially transmissive and partially reflective. The visible light camera provides image data of the pupil of the user's eye, while IR photodetectors 152 capture glints which are reflections in the IR portion of the spectrum. If a visible light camera is used, reflections of virtual images may appear in the eye data captured by the camera. An image filtering technique may be used to remove the virtual image reflections if desired. An IR camera is not sensitive to the virtual image reflections on the eye.
In other examples, the at least one sensor is an IR camera or a position sensitive detector (PSD) to which the IR radiation may be directed. For example, a hot reflecting surface may transmit visible light but reflect IR radiation. The IR radiation reflected from the eye may be from incident radiation of illuminators, other IR illuminators (not shown) or from ambient IR radiation reflected off the eye. In some examples, sensor may be a combination of an RGB and an IR camera, and the light directing elements may include a visible light reflecting or diverting element and an IR radiation reflecting or diverting element. In some examples, a camera may be small, e.g. 2 millimeters (mm) by 2 mm.
Various types of gaze detection systems are suitable for use in the present system. In some embodiments which calculate a cornea center as part of determining a gaze vector, two glints, and therefore two illuminators will suffice. However, other embodiments may use additional glints in determining a pupil position and hence a gaze vector. As eye data representing the glints is repeatedly captured, for example at 30 frames a second or greater, data for one glint may be blocked by an eyelid or even an eyelash, but data may be gathered by a glint generated by another illuminator.
Control circuits 136 provide various electronics that support the other components of head mounted display device 2. More details of control circuits 136 are provided below with respect to
The display device 2 provides an image generation unit which can create one or more images including one or more virtual objects. In some embodiments a microdisplay may be used as the image generation unit. A microdisplay assembly 173 in this example comprises light processing elements and a variable focus adjuster 135. An example of a light processing element is a microdisplay unit 120. Other examples include one or more optical elements such as one or more lenses of a lens system 122 and one or more reflecting elements such as surfaces 124a and 124b in
Mounted to or inside temple 102, the microdisplay unit 120 includes an image source and generates an image of a virtual object. The microdisplay unit 120 is optically aligned with the lens system 122 and the reflecting surface 124 or reflecting surfaces 124a and 124b as illustrated in the following Figures. The optical alignment may be along an optical axis 133 or an optical path 133 including one or more optical axes. The microdisplay unit 120 projects the image of the virtual object through lens system 122, which may direct the image light, onto reflecting element 124 which directs the light into lightguide optical element 112 as in
The variable focus adjuster 135 changes the displacement between one or more light processing elements in the optical path of the microdisplay assembly or an optical power of an element in the microdisplay assembly. The optical power of a lens is defined as the reciprocal of its focal length, e.g. 1/focal length, so a change in one effects the other. The change in focal length results in a change in the region of the field of view, e.g. a region at a certain distance, which is in focus for an image generated by the microdisplay assembly 173.
In one example of the microdisplay assembly 173 making displacement changes, the displacement changes are guided within an armature 137 supporting at least one light processing element such as the lens system 122 and the microdisplay 120 in this example. The armature 137 helps stabilize the alignment along the optical path 133 during physical movement of the elements to achieve a selected displacement or optical power. In some examples, the adjuster 135 may move one or more optical elements such as a lens in lens system 122 within the armature 137. In other examples, the armature may have grooves or space in the area around a light processing element so it slides over the element, for example, microdisplay 120, without moving the light processing element. Another element in the armature such as the lens system 122 is attached so that the system 122 or a lens within slides or moves with the moving armature 137. The displacement range is typically on the order of a few millimeters (mm). In one example, the range is 1-2 mm. In other examples, the armature 137 may provide support to the lens system 122 for focal adjustment techniques involving adjustment of other physical parameters than displacement. An example of such a parameter is polarization.
For more information on adjusting a focal distance of a microdisplay assembly, see U.S. patent Ser. No. 12/941,825 entitled “Automatic Variable Virtual Focus for Augmented Reality Displays,” filed Nov. 8, 2010, having inventors Avi Bar-Zeev and John Lewis and which is hereby incorporated by reference.
In one example, the adjuster 135 may be an actuator such as a piezoelectric motor. Other technologies for the actuator may also be used and some examples of such technologies are a voice coil formed of a coil and a permanent magnet, a magnetostriction element, and an electrostriction element.
There are different image generation technologies that can be used to implement microdisplay 120. For example, microdisplay 120 can be implemented using a transmissive projection technology where the light source is modulated by optically active material, backlit with white light. These technologies are usually implemented using LCD type displays with powerful backlights and high optical energy densities. Microdisplay 120 can also be implemented using a reflective technology for which external light is reflected and modulated by an optically active material. The illumination is forward lit by either a white source or RGB source, depending on the technology. Digital light processing (DLP), liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) and MIRASOL® display technology from Qualcomm, Inc. are all examples of reflective technologies which are efficient as most energy is reflected away from the modulated structure and may be used in the system described herein. Additionally, microdisplay 120 can be implemented using an emissive technology where light is generated by the display. For example, a PICOP™ engine from Microvision, Inc. emits a laser signal with a micro mirror steering either onto a tiny screen that acts as a transmissive element or beamed directly into the eye (e.g., laser).
The display optical system 14 in this embodiment has an optical axis 142 and includes a see-through lens 118 allowing the user an actual direct view of the real world. In this example, the see-through lens 118 is a standard lens used in eye glasses and can be made to any prescription (including no prescription). In another embodiment, see-through lens 118 can be replaced by a variable prescription lens. In some embodiments, see-through, near-eye display device 2 will include additional lenses.
The display optical system 14 further comprises reflecting surfaces 124a and 124b. In this embodiment, light from the microdisplay 120 is directed along optical path 133 via a reflecting element 124a to a partially reflective element 124b embedded in lens 118 which combines the virtual object image view traveling along optical path 133 with the natural or actual direct view along the optical axis 142 so that the combined views are directed into a user's eye, right one in this example, at the optical axis, the position with the most collimated light for a clearest view.
A detection area of a light sensor is also part of the display optical system 14r. An optical element 125 embodies the detection area by capturing reflected light from the user's eye received along the optical axis 142 and directs the captured light to the sensor 134r, in this example positioned in the lens 118 within the inner frame 117r. As shown, the arrangement allows the detection area 139 of the sensor 134r to have its center aligned with the center of the display optical system 14. For example, if sensor 134r is an image sensor, sensor 134r captures the detection area 139, so an image captured at the image sensor is centered on the optical axis because the detection area 139 is. In one example, sensor 134r is a visible light camera or a combination of RGB/IR camera, and the optical element 125 includes an optical element which reflects visible light reflected from the user's eye, for example a partially reflective mirror.
In other embodiments, the sensor 134r is an IR sensitive device such as an IR camera, and the element 125 includes a hot reflecting surface which lets visible light pass through it and reflects IR radiation to the sensor 134r. An IR camera may capture not only glints, but also an infra-red or near infra-red image of the user's eye including the pupil.
In other embodiments, the IR sensor device 134r is a position sensitive device (PSD), sometimes referred to as an optical position sensor. The depiction of the light directing elements, in this case reflecting elements, 125, 124, 124a and 124b in
As discussed in
In one embodiment, if the data captured by the sensor 134 indicates the pupil is not aligned with the optical axis, one or more processors in the processing unit 4, 5 or the control circuitry 136 or both use a mapping criteria which correlates a distance or length measurement unit to a pixel or other discrete unit or area of the image for determining how far off the center of the pupil is from the optical axis 142. Based on the distance determined, the one or more processors determine adjustments of how much distance and in which direction the display optical system 14r is to be moved to align the optical axis 142 with the pupil. Control signals are applied by one or more display adjustment mechanism drivers 245 to each of the components, e.g. motors 203, making up one or more display adjustment mechanisms 203. In the case of motors in this example, the motors move their shafts 205 to move the inner frame 117r in at least one direction indicated by the control signals. On the temple side of the inner frame 117r are flexible sections 215a, 215b of the frame 115 which are attached to the inner frame 117r at one end and slide within grooves 217a and 217b within the interior of the temple frame 115 to anchor the inner frame 117 to the frame 115 as the display optical system 14 is move in any of three directions for width, height or depth changes with respect to the respective pupil.
In addition to the sensor, the display optical system 14 includes other gaze detection elements. In this embodiment, attached to frame 117r on the sides of lens 118, are at least two (2) but may be more, infra-red (IR) illuminating devices 153 which direct narrow infra-red light beams within a particular wavelength range or about a predetermined wavelength at the user's eye to each generate a respective glint on a surface of the respective cornea. In other embodiments, the illuminators and any photodiodes may be on the lenses, for example at the corners or edges. In this embodiment, in addition to the at least 2 infra-red (IR) illuminating devices 153 are IR photodetectors 152. Each photodetector 152 is sensitive to IR radiation within the particular wavelength range of its corresponding IR illuminator 153 across the lens 118 and is positioned to detect a respective glint. As shown in
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In this example, the motor 203 in bridge 104 moves the display optical system 14r in a horizontal direction with respect to the user's eye as indicated by directional symbol 145. The flexible frame portions 215a and 215b slide within grooves 217a and 217b as the system 14 is moved. In this example, reflecting element 124a of an microdisplay assembly 173 embodiment is stationery. As the IPD is typically determined once and stored, any adjustment of the focal length between the microdisplay 120 and the reflecting element 124a that may be done may be accomplished by the microdisplay assembly, for example via adjustment of the microdisplay elements within the armature 137.
Lightguide optical element 112 transmits light from microdisplay 120 to the eye of the user wearing head mounted display device 2. Lightguide optical element 112 also allows light from in front of the head mounted display device 2 to be transmitted through lightguide optical element 112 to the user's eye thereby allowing the user to have an actual direct view of the space in front of head mounted display device 2 in addition to receiving a virtual image from microdisplay 120. Thus, the walls of lightguide optical element 112 are see-through. Lightguide optical element 112 includes a first reflecting surface 124 (e.g., a mirror or other surface). Light from microdisplay 120 passes through lens 122 and becomes incident on reflecting surface 124. The reflecting surface 124 reflects the incident light from the microdisplay 120 such that light is trapped inside a planar, substrate comprising lightguide optical element 112 by internal reflection.
After several reflections off the surfaces of the substrate, the trapped light waves reach an array of selectively reflecting surfaces 126. Note that only one of the five surfaces is labeled 126 to prevent over-crowding of the drawing. Reflecting surfaces 126 couple the light waves incident upon those reflecting surfaces out of the substrate into the eye of the user. More details of a lightguide optical element can be found in United States Patent Application Publication 2008/0285140, Ser. No. 12/214,366, published on Nov. 20, 2008, “Substrate-Guided Optical Devices” incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In one embodiment, each eye will have its own lightguide optical element 112.
In the embodiments of
In the embodiments above, the specific number of lenses shown are just examples. Other numbers and configurations of lenses operating on the same principles may be used. Additionally, in the examples above, only the right side of the see-through, near-eye display 2 are shown. A full near-eye, mixed reality display device would include as examples another set of lenses 116 and/or 118, another lightguide optical element 112 for the embodiments of
Note that some of the components of
Camera interface 216 provides an interface to the two physical environment facing cameras 113 and each eye camera 134 and stores respective images received from the cameras 113, 134 in camera buffer 218. Display driver 220 will drive microdisplay 120. Display formatter 222 may provide information, about the virtual image being displayed on microdisplay 120 to one or more processors of one or more computer systems, e.g. 4, 5, 12, 210 performing processing for the augmented reality system. Timing generator 226 is used to provide timing data for the system. Display out 228 is a buffer for providing images from physical environment facing cameras 113 and the eye cameras 134 to the processing unit 4, 5. Display in 230 is a buffer for receiving images such as a virtual image to be displayed on microdisplay 120. Display out 228 and display in 230 communicate with band interface 232 which is an interface to processing unit 4, 5.
Power management circuit 202 includes voltage regulator 234, eye tracking illumination driver 236, variable adjuster driver 237, photodetector interface 239, audio DAC and amplifier 238, microphone preamplifier and audio ADC 240, temperature sensor interface 242, display adjustment mechanism driver(s) 245 and clock generator 244. Voltage regulator 234 receives power from processing unit 4, 5 via band interface 232 and provides that power to the other components of head mounted display device 2. Illumination driver 236 controls, for example via a drive current or voltage, the illumination devices 153 to operate about a predetermined wavelength or within a wavelength range. Audio DAC and amplifier 238 receives the audio information from earphones 130. Microphone preamplifier and audio ADC 240 provides an interface for microphone 110. Temperature sensor interface 242 is an interface for temperature sensor 138. One or more display adjustment drivers 245 provide control signals to one or more motors or other devices making up each display adjustment mechanism 203 which represent adjustment amounts of movement in at least one of three directions. Power management unit 202 also provides power and receives data back from three axis magnetometer 132A, three axis gyro 132B and three axis accelerometer 132C. Power management unit 202 also provides power and receives data back from and sends data to GPS transceiver 144.
The variable adjuster driver 237 provides a control signal, for example a drive current or a drive voltage, to the adjuster 135 to move one or more elements of the microdisplay assembly 173 to achieve a displacement for a focal region calculated by software executing in a processor 210 of the control circuitry 13, or the processing unit 4,5 or the hub computer 12 or both. In embodiments of sweeping through a range of displacements and, hence, a range of focal regions, the variable adjuster driver 237 receives timing signals from the timing generator 226, or alternatively, the clock generator 244 to operate at a programmed rate or frequency.
The photodetector interface 239 performs any analog to digital conversion needed for voltage or current readings from each photodetector, stores the readings in a processor readable format in memory via the memory controller 212, and monitors the operation parameters of the photodetectors 152 such as temperature and wavelength accuracy.
In one embodiment, wireless communication component 346 can include a Wi-Fi enabled communication device, Bluetooth communication device, infrared communication device, etc. The USB port can be used to dock the processing unit 4, 5 to hub computing device 12 in order to load data or software onto processing unit 4, 5, as well as charge processing unit 4, 5. In one embodiment, CPU 320 and GPU 322 are the main workhorses for determining where, when and how to insert images into the view of the user.
Power management circuit 306 includes clock generator 360, analog to digital converter 362, battery charger 364, voltage regulator 366, see-through, near-eye display power source 376, and temperature sensor interface 372 in communication with temperature sensor 374 (located on the wrist band of processing unit 4). An alternating current to direct current converter 362 is connected to a charging jack 370 for receiving an AC supply and creating a DC supply for the system. Voltage regulator 366 is in communication with battery 368 for supplying power to the system. Battery charger 364 is used to charge battery 368 (via voltage regulator 366) upon receiving power from charging jack 370. Device power interface 376 provides power to the display device 2.
The Figures above provide examples of geometries of elements for a display optical system which provide a basis for different methods of aligning an IPD as discussed in the following Figures. The method embodiments may refer to elements of the systems and structures above for illustrative context; however, the method embodiments may operate in system or structural embodiments other than those described above.
The method embodiments below identify or provide one or more objects of focus for aligning an IPD.
The GPS image tracking application 454 identifies images of the user's location in one or more image database(s) 470 based on GPS data received from the processing unit 4,5 or other GPS units identified as being within a vicinity of the user, or both. Additionally, the image database(s) may provide accessible images of a location with metadata like GPS data and identifying data uploaded by users who wish to share their images. The GPS image tracking application provides distances between objects in an image based on GPS data to the depth image processing application 450. Additionally, the application 456 may perform processing for mapping and locating objects in a 3D user space locally and may interact with the GPS image tracking application 454 for receiving distances between objects. Many combinations of shared processing are possible between the applications by leveraging network connectivity.
In some examples for identifying one or more real objects in the front facing image data, GPS data via a GPS unit, e.g. GPS unit 965 in the mobile device 5 or GPS transceiver 144 on the display device 2 may identify the location of the user. This location may be communicated over a network from the device 2 or via the processing unit 4,5 to a computer system 12 having access to a database of images 470 which may be accessed based on the GPS data. Based on pattern recognition of objects in the front facing image data and images of the location, the one or more processors determines a relative position of one or more objects in the front facing image data to one or more GPS tracked objects in the location. A position of the user from the one or more real objects is determined based on the one or more relative positions.
In other examples, each front facing camera is a depth camera providing depth image data or has a depth sensor for providing depth data which can be combined with image data to provide depth image data. The one or more processors of the control circuitry, e.g. 210, and the processing unit 4,5 identify one or more real objects including their three-dimensional positions in a user field of view based on the depth image data from the front facing cameras. Additionally, orientation sensor 132 data may also be used to refine which image data currently represents the user field of view. Additionally, a remote computer system 12 may also provide additional processing power to the other processors for identifying the objects and mapping the user field of view based on depth image data from the front facing image data.
In other examples, a user wearing the display device may be in an environment in which a computer system with depth cameras, like the example of the hub computing system 12 with depth cameras 20A and 20B in system 10 in
Translation server 903 includes a controller 904 comprising a series of applications and functional components implementing translations in accordance with the teachings herein. Event and/or location data can include event and location data 910 about one or more events and locations for which a user may require translation service. For known events (such as conferences or pre-scheduled presentations), translation processing can occur prior to the event for items that will be presented. Likewise, for known locations, such as countries a user will be visiting, translation data can be acquired prior to the time the translation is needed. Events and locations known to occur within specific periods and/or about one or more locations can be used to enhance the translation experience. User location and tracking module 912 keeps track of various users which may be utilizing the system. Users can be identified by unique user identifiers, location and other elements. An information display application 914 allows customization of both the type of display information to be provided to users and the manner in which it is displayed. The information display application 914 can be utilized in conjunction with an information display application on the personal A/V apparatus 902. In one embodiment, the display processing occurs at the translation server 903. In alternative embodiments, information is provided to personal A/V apparatus 902 so that personal A/V apparatus 902 determines which information should be displayed and where, within the display, the information should be located. Third party supplemental information providers 940 can provide various types of data for various types of events, as discussed herein.
Various types of information display applications can be utilized in accordance with the present technology. Different applications can be provided for different events and locations. Different providers may provide different applications for the same live event. Applications may be segregated based on the amount of information provided, the amount of interaction allowed or other feature. Applications can provide different types of experiences within the event or location, and different applications can compete for the ability to provide information to users during the same event or at the same location. Application processing can be split between the application on the controller supplemental information providers 904 and on the personal A/V apparatus 902.
The applications can present translations in audio, visual and a combination of audio visual formats. Visual translations can include animations as well as controls allowing the user to obtain additional information about the translation.
User profile data 922 contains information allowing the translation server to provide accurate translations for the user. This can include not only what languages the user can understand, but also whether the user is sight or sound impaired, the level of education of the user, the type of education of the user, the user's work background and experience, and any other data bearing on the user's ability to understand data input received by a personal AV device 902 which may require translation for the user.
Authorization control 916 ensures that only users authorized to receive translation information actually receive that information. This can be important where the translation server is part of a service provided for a fee, or where the translation server is used as part of a presentation that includes information for which the presenter wishes to limit the dissemination.
Translation engine 918 performs the various translations described herein. For language translation, one or more forms of statistical machine translation may be used to generate translations based on patterns found in large amounts of text. This includes vocabulary and a set of rules as well as exceptions to the rules. For context translations, the inputs may be images and user characteristics which are correlated to knowledge about the user the translation is provided to, as described below.
It should be understood that the translation server 903 may comprise any one or more of the processing devices described herein, or a plurality of processing devices coupled via one or more public and private networks 906 to users having person audio/visual apparatuses 902, 902a which may include one or more see through head mounted displays 2.
At step 1004, the user profile is accessed and personal information is obtained to determine whether translation is desired by the user given the user's location orientation and gaze. Alternatively, the user can manually request the data input to the see-through head-mounted display 2 be translated. At step 1006, audio and gaze data is filtered based on the user profile, location, and information in the data input to determine the translation type and context which is needed. The technology provided herein is capable of not merely linguistic translations, translating from one language input to a second language output, but also informative translations. If, for example, a presenter is discussing Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the system can note the type of input provided, and provide a wearer with links to additional information explaining concepts of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Where, for example, where the wearer is a high school student, links to more rudimentary articles discussing the subject of relativity can be provided. Where the wearer is an educated physicist, more advanced links can be provided. It should be understood that steps 1002, 1004, and 1006 may be performed simultaneously or in alternative orders. That is, as briefly alluded to above, the user profile may be accessed at 1004 and a determination made at 1006 that a user will be traveling to a different country. In advance of the user traveling to a different country where the user might not understand the language, language data for that country can be retrieved and cached for use by the translation engine 916 based on access to the schedule. In this example, profile access occurs before determination of location, orientation and gaze.
Similarly, if the user's schedule is accessed at 1004 and it is noted that the user is about to attend a conference on special relativity, advanced data concerning the most recent articles analyzing relativity, or specific articles or presentations which are being provided by the conference presenter can be downloaded and made available to the translation engine prior to the time it may be required at the conference. Advanced translation and materials can then occur by the translation engine and be presented more rapidly by any information display application 914.
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In addition to user profile information being provided at step 1006, user training information can be provided. For example, if the user is a teacher and wishes to ensure that his students are able to read his writing on a whiteboard, the user can train the system as discussed below, to understand and translate the writing on the user's board. As such, the translation may not merely be from one language to another, but from the handwriting which may for some be illegible, to legibly provided written text.
In another example, where a wearer is creating the input data—such as composing a document in a word processing application in one language with that applications correction features enabled—corrections can be suggested to supplement the application. For example, where the above Latin phrase is inserted into a document composed in English, the system can recognized the different language and check the correctness of the insertion relative to the new language. If an error occurs in the inserted language, the system can highlight the error and suggested fix in the display rather than in the application.
Similarly, as shown in
To determine user location orientation and gaze 1002, at 1402, user location can be retrieved from GPS and other location-based data. For example, the system may make a coarse determination by determining that a user's processing device is connected to the user's own Wi-Fi network, placing the user at a particular geographic location of their home. The system can then use depth data from the depth cameras discussed above with respect to
At steps 1404 through 1412, a method of determining gaze and identifying objects within a user's profile is provided. The method provides an overall view of how a near-eye display device can leverage its geometry of optical components to determine gaze and depth change between the eyeball and the display optical system. One or more processors of the mixed reality system such as processor 210 of the control circuitry in mobile processing unit 4, mobile device 5, or the hub computing system 12 can determine at step 1404 boundaries for a gaze detection coordinate system. In 1406, a gaze vector for each eye is determined based on reflected eye data, including glints, and in step 1408, a point of gaze e.g. what the user is looking at, is determined for the two eyes in a three-dimensional user field of view. As positions and identity of objects in the user's field of view are tracked, any object at a point of gaze in the 3-D user field of view is identified. In many embodiments, the user three-dimensional field of view includes displayed virtual objects in actual direct views of real objects. The term object, as used herein, includes a person. At 1410, objects at the point of gaze in the 3-D's field of view are identified. At 1412, data on the user's gaze is retrieved. Objects which are the subject of the user's point of gaze are determined at 1412 and used to identify the objects in the user's field of view.
Once the user's gaze and objects are determined, and returning to
At 1006, the user profile may be parsed for the user's schedule, native languages, known languages, education level, occupation, employment history, and any other data bearing on whether a translation would be needed. Using this information, the system can determine whether or not translation data should be prepared or the subsequent steps 1008 and 1010 should be implemented to begin translation of data in the user's field of view. And again, it should be recognized that the sequence of steps outlined at 1002, 1004, and 1006 can be performed simultaneously and continuously to determine whether a user's translation is needed at any particular time.
In order to translate inputs to the user's field of view based a user profile and context, at step 1428 for each data focus, the input type is determined at step 1430 based on the data in the user focus. Note that the input type can be audio or visual input and can be a determination of whether or not the input is to be linguistic, informational, or contextual. Linguistic determinations are translations requiring a change from one language to another. Knowledge addition translations are those requiring a provision of additional information regarding a particular subject or scene. Contextual translations, discussed below, are determinations of factors bearing on another user's context, mood or emotion. As discussed below, through the use of visual clues, a particular emotional state or feeling of a second user can be suggested through the user in the form of a “translation” of these factors to the current user's view.
At 1432, a determination is made as to whether or not the input (verbal, written or other) needs translation. Not all items within a user's field of view will require translation. For example, if the user is at a presentation in a foreign country, and the speaker speaks in a foreign language, this may require translation. However if the speaker utters some phrases in the user's native language, these phrases would not need translation. Similarly, if the user profile indicates the wearer knows the speaker's language, no translation would be necessary. At 1434, for each input needing translation, translation information is queried at 1436 and for each input in the user's field of view at 1438 translation is made based on the user profile settings. At 1440, the best output format for the translated information is determined. Audio format, for example, can be translated into alternative audio formats or written format for display in the user's display 2. Likewise written information can be translated into audio form. At 1442, any conflicts with other translated information will be resolved. For example, in the example shown in
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A context translation can account for nuances in the same language. For example, differences between British English and American English, where different words might be used for some items (such as “boot” for a car “trunk”). This can include indications of cultural nuances such as the acceptability of the use of where use of colorful or profane language. By accessing our user profile data the system could alert the listener of the conversation as to how much emphasis was really meant on a phrase based on the background data of the speaker. In another example, the use of sporting or cultural icons as illustration points can be translated. In a conversation about “Football”, a user profile of a person from Europe would allow recognition that the speaker is likely referring to soccer, while that of an American would recognize the speaker is referring to American Football. Likewise, the system could recognize the reference between style approaches comparing Ichiro Suzuki's playing style to that of Barry Bonds (U.S. Baseball Players) and translate that to a soccer analogy of “Michel Platini” and “Vinny Jones”.
At 1760, if no context translation is necessary or if a knowledge augmentation is also needed, a knowledge translation or informational translation may be performed. Knowledge augmentation can include adding information to the context of an event, such as that shown above with respect to
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Mobile device 700 may include, for example, processors 712, memory 1050 including applications and non-volatile storage. The processor 712 can implement communications, as well as any number of applications, including the interaction applications discussed herein. Memory 1010 can be any variety of memory storage media types, including non-volatile and volatile memory. A device operating system handles the different operations of the mobile device 700 and may contain user interfaces for operations, such as placing and receiving phone calls, text messaging, checking voicemail, and the like. The applications 1030 can be any assortment of programs, such as a camera application for photos and/or videos, an address book, a calendar application, a media player, an Internet browser, games, other multimedia applications, an alarm application, other third party applications, the interaction application discussed herein, and the like. The non-volatile storage component 1040 in memory 1010 contains data such as web caches, music, photos, contact data, scheduling data, and other files.
The processor 712 also communicates with RF transmit/receive circuitry 706 which in turn is coupled to an antenna 702, with an infrared transmitted/receiver 708, with any additional communication channels 1060 like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and with a movement/orientation sensor 714 such as an accelerometer. Accelerometers have been incorporated into mobile devices to enable such applications as intelligent user interfaces that let users input commands through gestures, indoor GPS functionality which calculates the movement and direction of the device after contact is broken with a GPS satellite, and to detect the orientation of the device and automatically change the display from portrait to landscape when the phone is rotated. An accelerometer can be provided, e.g., by a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) which is a tiny mechanical device (of micrometer dimensions) built onto a semiconductor chip. Acceleration direction, as well as orientation, vibration and shock can be sensed. The processor 712 further communicates with a ringer/vibrator 716, a user interface keypad/screen, biometric sensor system 718, a speaker 1020, a microphone 722, a camera 724, a light sensor 726 and a temperature sensor 728.
The processor 712 controls transmission and reception of wireless signals. During a transmission mode, the processor 712 provides a voice signal from microphone 722, or other data signal, to the RF transmit/receive circuitry 706. The transmit/receive circuitry 706 transmits the signal to a remote station (e.g., a fixed station, operator, other cellular phones, etc.) for communication through the antenna 702. The ringer/vibrator 716 is used to signal an incoming call, text message, calendar reminder, alarm clock reminder, or other notification to the user. During a receiving mode, the transmit/receive circuitry 706 receives a voice or other data signal from a remote station through the antenna 702. A received voice signal is provided to the speaker 1020 while other received data signals are also processed appropriately.
Additionally, a physical connector 788 can be used to connect the mobile device 700 to an external power source, such as an AC adapter or powered docking station. The physical connector 788 can also be used as a data connection to a computing device. The data connection allows for operations such as synchronizing mobile device data with the computing data on another device.
A GPS transceiver 765 utilizing satellite-based radio navigation to relay the position of the user applications is enabled for such service.
The example computer systems illustrated in the Figures include examples of computer readable storage media. Computer readable storage media are also processor readable storage media. Such media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, cache, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, memory sticks or cards, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, a media drive, a hard disk, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can accessed by a computer.
CPU 801, memory controller 802, and various memory devices are interconnected via one or more buses (not shown). The details of the bus that is used in this implementation are not particularly relevant to understanding the subject matter of interest being discussed herein. However, it will be understood that such a bus might include one or more of serial and parallel buses, a memory bus, a peripheral bus, and a processor or local bus, using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, such architectures can include an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, an Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and a Peripheral Component Interconnects (PCI) bus also known as a Mezzanine bus.
In one implementation, CPU 801, memory controller 802, ROM 803, and RAM 806 are integrated onto a common module 814. In this implementation, ROM 803 is configured as a flash ROM that is connected to memory controller 802 via a PCI bus and a ROM bus (neither of which are shown). RAM 806 is configured as multiple Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM (DDR SDRAM) modules that are independently controlled by memory controller 802 via separate buses (not shown). Hard disk drive 808 and portable media drive 805 are shown connected to the memory controller 802 via the PCI bus and an AT Attachment (ATA) bus 816. However, in other implementations, dedicated data bus structures of different types can also be applied in the alternative.
A graphics processing unit 820 and a video encoder 822 form a video processing pipeline for high speed and high resolution (e.g., High Definition) graphics processing. Data are carried from graphics processing unit (GPU) 820 to video encoder 822 via a digital video bus (not shown). Lightweight messages generated by the system applications (e.g., pop ups) are displayed by using a GPU 820 interrupt to schedule code to render popup into an overlay. The amount of memory used for an overlay depends on the overlay area size and the overlay preferably scales with screen resolution. Where a full user interface is used by the concurrent system application, it is preferable to use a resolution independent of application resolution. A scaler may be used to set this resolution such that the need to change frequency and cause a TV resync is eliminated.
An audio processing unit 824 and an audio codec (coder/decoder) 826 form a corresponding audio processing pipeline for multi-channel audio processing of various digital audio formats. Audio data are carried between audio processing unit 824 and audio codec 826 via a communication link (not shown). The video and audio processing pipelines output data to an A/V (audio/video) port 828 for transmission to a television or other display. In the illustrated implementation, video and audio processing components 820-828 are mounted on module 214.
In the implementation depicted in
Memory Units (MUs) 840(1) and 840(2) are illustrated as being connectable to Memory Unit (MU) ports “A” 830(1) and “B” 830(2) respectively. Additional MUs (e.g., MUs 840(3)-840(6)) are illustrated as being connectable to controllers 804(1) and 804(3), i.e., two MUs for each controller. Controllers 804(2) and 804(4) can also be configured to receive MUs (not shown). Each MU 840 offers additional storage on which games, game parameters, and other data may be stored. In some implementations, the other data can include any of a digital game component, an executable gaming application, an instruction set for expanding a gaming application, and a media file. When inserted into console 800 or a controller, MU 840 can be accessed by memory controller 802. A system power supply module 850 provides power to the components of gaming system 800. A fan 852 cools the circuitry within console 800. A microcontroller unit 854 is also provided.
An application 860 comprising machine instructions is stored on hard disk drive 808. When console 800 is powered on, various portions of application 860 are loaded into RAM 806, and/or caches 810 and 812, for execution on CPU 801, wherein application 860 is one such example. Various applications can be stored on hard disk drive 808 for execution on CPU 801.
Gaming and media system 800 may be operated as a standalone system by simply connecting the system to monitor 16 (
The system described above can be used to add virtual images to a user's view such that the virtual images are mixed with real images that the user see. In one example, the virtual images are added in a manner such that they appear to be part of the original scene. Examples of adding the virtual images can be found U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/112,919, “Event Augmentation With Real-Time Information,” filed on May 20, 2011; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/905,952, “Fusing Virtual Content Into Real Content,” filed on Oct. 15, 2010; both applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Technology is presented below for augmenting a user experience at various situations. In one embodiment, an information provider prepares supplemental information regarding actions and objects occurring within an event. A user wearing an at least partially see-through, head mounted display can register (passively or actively) their presence at an event or location and a desire to receive information about the event or location.
In one embodiment, the personal A/V apparatus 902 can be head mounted display device 2 (or other A/V apparatus) in communication with a local processing apparatus (e.g., processing unit 4 of
In one embodiment, the personal A/V apparatus 902 can be head mounted display device 2 (or other A/V apparatus) in communication with a local processing apparatus (e.g., processing unit 4 of
Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
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