Samsung patents AR glasses that hide real-world objects on demand
Samsung has been granted a patent for a head-wearable display device that can digitally cover up real-world objects visible through its camera. When a user triggers a specific setting, the device displays a visual overlay that hides the background, leaving only the intended digital content visible. The system can then reveal the real-world object again if a specific condition is met.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise a camera, a display, a memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to, when the instructions are executed, cause the electronic device to receive a first input for enabling a designated setting. The at least one processor may be configured to, when the instructions are executed, cause the electronic device to, in response to the input, recognize, from a screen being displayed through the display, a first area occupied by a first external object and a second area occupied by a second external object, based on an image being obtained via the camera.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A head-wearable display device comprising: at least one camera; displays that are configured to be viewed as a screen by a user wearing the head-wearable display device; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the head-wearable display device to: display, through the displays, the screen comprising a first object and a background including an external object, the background corresponding to at least a portion of a field of view (FOV) of the at least one camera; receive an input from the user; based on the input and while maintaining the displaying of the first object on the screen, display a visual object corresponding to an imaginary image to cover the external object, wherein the visual object is displayed instead of the background, wherein the visual object is displayed on an entire area of the screen excluding the first object, and wherein the external object is invisible in accordance with the visual object being displayed; determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied while the visual object is displayed; and in accordance with a determination that the predetermined condition is satisfied, display, on the screen, the external object on an area corresponding to the external object.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Electronic device and method for controlling display of at least one external object among one or more external objects
- Patent number
- US12783195B2
- Application number
- 19066521
- Filed
- Feb 28, 2025
- Granted
- Nov 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 14
Classified under
G06F 3/14 Physics & computingG02B 27/0172 Physics & computingG06F 3/04842 Physics & computingG09G 5/377 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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