Samsung patents VR display that reacts to your gestures near objects
Samsung describes a virtual reality display device that uses sensors to track the position of the user and nearby external devices. The system recognizes gestures made toward these devices and sends that data to a server, which selects a specific virtual scenario to display on the screen.
In the filing’s own words
An example image display device may include a display; a sensor unit; a communication unit; a memory; and a processor. The processor may control the sensor unit to obtain a first position of at least one external device, and a second position of a user, control the sensor unit to recognize a gesture of the user with respect to the at least one external device, control the communication unit to transmit, to a server, sensing data associated with the first position, the second position, and the gesture of the user with respect to the at least one external device, control the communication unit to receive, from the server, a first virtual scenario that is selected, based on the sensing data, from among a plurality of virtual scenarios associated with the at least one external device, and control the display to display a virtual reality image that reflects the first virtual scenario.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An image display device comprising: a display; a sensor; a communication circuit; and memory storing one or more instructions; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the image display device to: obtain, via the sensor, a first position of at least one external device, and a second position of a user, recognize a gesture of the user directed to the at least one external device, transmit, to a server, via the communication circuit, sensing data associated with the first position, the second position, and the gesture of the user, receive, from the server, via the communication circuit, a first virtual scenario selected, based on the sensing data, from among a plurality of virtual scenarios associated with the at least one external device, and display, via the display, a virtual reality image that reflects the first virtual scenario.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Image display device for displaying virtual reality image, and display method therefor
- Patent number
- US12748500B2
- Application number
- 19090172
- Filed
- Mar 25, 2025
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
G06F 3/017 Physics & computingG06F 3/011 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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