US 12,079,441 B2
Method for mapping an object to a location in virtual space
Nigel Stuart Moore, Berkshire (GB)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,121.
Application 18/315,121 is a continuation of application No. 17/262,896, granted, now 11,656,734, previously published as PCT/GB2019/052158, filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1813112 (GB), filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315249 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/04815 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method of mapping an object to a location in a virtual space, the method comprising:
acquiring information relating to eyesight characteristics, wherein the information relates to far or short sightedness;
acquiring a plurality of objects which are to be mapped to respective locations in a virtual space;
assigning each respective location in the virtual space a prominence value representing the prominence of an object at the location when the virtual space is viewed by a user, the prominence value being assigned according to a distance of each location from a reference location corresponding to a location of the user in the virtual space and at least one physiological characteristic of a user, the at least one physiological characteristic being eyesight characteristics of the user;
mapping each object to a respective location in the virtual space in a non-isotropic manner for a user according to a priority level associated with at least some of the objects and the prominence value based on the information relating to eyesight characteristics, the prominence value being assigned to each respective location in the virtual space.