Selectively alerting users of real objects in a virtual environment

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United States of America

PATENT NO 10607083
APP PUB NO 20200026922A1
SERIAL NO

16040518

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A computer-implemented technique is described herein for discriminatively apprising the user of the existence of some, but not necessarily all, physical objects in a physical environment in the course of the user's interaction with a virtual environment. In operation, the technique allows the user to selectively identify one or more objects-of-interest, such as people, walls, computing devices, etc. The technique then uses a scene analysis component to automatically detect the presence of the selected objects-of-interest in the physical environment, while the user interacts with the virtual environment. The technique provides alert information which notifies the user of the existence of any objects-of-interest that it detects. By virtue of the above-summarized strategy, the technique can apprise the user of objects-of-interest in the user's vicinity without cluttering the user's virtual experience with extraneous information pertaining to the physical environment.

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  • MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bleyer, Michael Seattle, US 188 816
Brook, Michelle Lynn Redmond, US 3 32
Pekelny, Yuri Seattle, US 43 273

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