US 11,960,091 B2
Method and device for controlling display of content
Tommy Arngren, Södra Sunderbyn (SE); Andreas Kristensson, Södra Sandby (SE); Peter Ökvist, Luleå (SE); and Jonas Pettersson, Luleå (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/927,667
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/064728
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/239223, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0213764 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling display of content, presented to a user, the method being performed in a wearable device, the wearable device comprising a head mounted display having a display region, wherein the method comprises:
causing to display a first visual content on a first portion of the display region, corresponding to an eye gaze direction of the user;
determining to transmit a second visual content to one or more external display devices based on presence of the one or more external display devices in the field of view (FoV) of the wearable device;
sending a request to at least one of the one or more external display devices to display the second visual content on the one or more external display devices, simultaneously with displaying the first visual content on the first portion of the display region, and
displaying the first visual content on the first portion of the display region simultaneously with displaying the second visual content outside the first portion on the one or more external display devices.