US 9977495

The patent US9977495, titled "Immersive displays," was issued on May 22, 2018, from an application filed on April 2, 2015. [cite: The full patent text confirms this information.] The inventors are Brian Shuster and Gary Stephen Shuster. [cite: The full patent text confirms this information.] The current assignee is Utherverse Digital Inc. [cite: The full patent text confirms this information.]

Abstract:
The patent describes a method for providing information for display on an immersive display. This method involves obtaining information for displaying separate images to each eye of a user. A key step is removing or replacing parts of this information corresponding to specific areas in each image (e.g., areas where the user's nose would typically obstruct vision) to create adjusted information. This adjusted information is then used to display the images, with the specified areas either removed or replaced, for instance, with static images of a nose. [cite: The full patent text confirms this information.]

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Independent Claim 1 (Method): This claim describes a method for presenting virtual or augmented reality content to a user of an immersive display. It involves:

  1. Getting the visual data needed to show a distinct image to each of the user's eyes.
  2. Modifying this visual data by taking out or substituting specific sections within each eye's image. These sections correspond to areas that would naturally be blocked by the user's physical features, like their nose, in real-world viewing.
  3. Crucially, this modification includes displaying a static image resembling a nose in those removed or replaced areas for both eyes.
  4. Finally, this adjusted visual data is sent to the immersive display, resulting in images where the "nose areas" are either blank or filled with the static nose images. [cite: The full patent text confirms this information.]

• Independent Claim 4 (Apparatus): This claim describes the immersive display hardware itself that performs the method of Claim 1. The immersive display includes:

  1. A physical housing ("body").
  2. At least one display screen inside the body, designed to show a first image to a user's first eye and a second image to a user's second eye.
  3. A processor connected to the display, configured to:
     • Obtain the visual data for both images.
     • Modify this data by removing or replacing information from specific areas within each image.
     • Display the images with these areas removed or replaced.
     • Specifically, the processor is set up to display a static image resembling a nose in the removed or replaced areas for both eyes. [cite: The full patent text confirms this information.]

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