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Samsung patents VR system that overlays real-world objects based on user actions

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method for virtual reality devices that detects real-world objects and events near a user. The system predicts how the user will interact with these objects and creates a digital overlay of them within a virtual session based on their relative positions.

Why it mattersThis technology could make virtual reality experiences feel more connected to the physical world by dynamically integrating real items into digital environments.

In the filing’s own words

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the method may include detecting the at least one real-world object, detecting an occurrence of an event associated with the at least one real-world object in proximity of an user in a real world, predicting at least one user action in the real world subsequent to the occurrence of the event based on a movement of an user in the real world for interacting with the at least one real world object and generating an overlay of the at least one real-world object within the ongoing virtual session based on a position of at least one real world object and a position of the user.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method of a virtual reality device, the method comprising: detecting at least one real-world object; detecting an occurrence of an event associated with the at least one real-world object in proximity of a user in a real world; determining a correlation between the detected event and the at least one real-world object associated with the event; based on the determined correlation, determining an action parameter including at least one of a duration of at least one user action indicating an amount of time that the user spends on interacting with the at least one real-world object or a classification of the at least one user action indicating an interest level and an importance of the at least one real-world object; predicting the at least one user action in the real world subsequent to the occurrence of the event based on a movement of the user in the real world for interacting with the at least one real-world object and the determined action parameter; and generating an overlay of the at least one real-world object within an ongoing virtual session based on a position of at least one real-world object and a position of the user.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
System and method for providing an interaction with real-world object via virtual session
Patent number
US12776107B2
Application number
18422872
Filed
Jan 25, 2024
Granted
Oct 27, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
18

Classified under

G06T 19/006 Physics & computingG06T 19/20 Physics & computingG06V 10/44 Physics & computingG06V 10/764 Physics & computingG06V 20/44 Physics & computingG06V 40/20 Physics & computing
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