US 12,266,063 B2
Orientation of augmented content in interaction systems
Luke Cartwright, Seattle, WA (US); and Ilteris Kaan Canberk, Marina Del Rey, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,594.
Prior Publication US 2024/0320927 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of orienting content in an augmented reality display in a head-wearable apparatus, the method comprising:
determining an imaginary reference plane intersecting a head of a user when wearing the head-wearable apparatus to view a virtual object of augmented content visible in a viewing pane having vertical and lateral dimensions when viewed in a display of the head-wearable apparatus, the imaginary reference plane coinciding with a first viewing direction of the head of the user;
determining or defining a range of detectable vertical rotations of the head of the user;
detecting, within the range of detectable vertical rotations, a rotational movement of the head of the user in a vertical direction while viewing the augmented content;
in response to the detected rotational movement, determining a second viewing direction of the head of the user when viewing the augmented content in the second viewing direction; and
determining a reference angle between the imaginary reference plane and the second viewing direction and, based on the reference angle, assigning one of, or a combination of, a billboard display mode and a headlock display mode to the augmented content presented in the display of the head-wearable apparatus when viewed in the second viewing direction.