US 11,852,812 B1
Incorporating camera through or augmented reality vision into a headset
Hee Gyung Sun, San Francisco, CA (US); and Benjamin Andrew Rottler, San Franciso, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,293.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G02B 27/017 (2013.01) [G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device for providing a virtual reality environment to a head mount display (HMD) device during a virtual reality (VR) session presented to the HMD device, the computing device comprising:
at least one camera coupled to the HMD device, the at least one camera to capture first image during the VR session;
a processor to: receive the first image captured by the at least one camera; analyze the first image to determine whether at least one input device is included in the first image; and provide a second image to be displayed on a display of the HMD device,
wherein the second image includes the at least one input device highlighted when the at least one input device is found in the first image,
wherein the processor highlights the at least one input device by applying effects on an image of the at least one input device,
wherein the processor applies the effects by adding an object on or near the image of the at least one input device in the second image.