US 11,682,181 B2
Dynamic adjustments in mixed-reality environment based on positional assumptions and configurations
Erik Alexander Hill, Redmond, WA (US); Kathleen Carol Heasley, Redmond, WA (US); Jonathan Gustav Paulovich, Redmond, WA (US); Jake Thomas Shields, Bellevue, WA (US); and Constantin Dulu, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,872.
Application 17/831,872 is a division of application No. 16/932,014, filed on Jul. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,354,866.
Prior Publication US 2022/0301271 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); A63F 13/26 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [A63F 13/26 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01); G06T 2210/21 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for dynamically updating an understanding of a user's body in a mixed-reality environment and modifying an occluder for the user associated with an assumed positioned of the user's body within the mixed-reality environment, the method comprising:
determining an initial understanding of a user's body within a mixed-reality environment, the initial understanding of the user's body including at least an assumed position of the user's body;
presenting an occluder within the mixed-reality environment corresponding with the initial understanding of the user's body and based on the assumed position of the user's body within the mixed-reality environment;
identifying a relative position of a tracked device that is worn or carried by the user, the tracked device comprising a physical device;
detecting a change in a position or state of use of the tracked device;
updating the initial understanding of the user's body and corresponding assumption of the user's body position within the mixed-reality environment based on the detected change in position or state of use of the tracked device and irrespective of any camera imaging of the user's body; and
modifying the occluder within the mixed-reality environment based on the updating to the initial understanding of the user's body position.