Htc Corporation

Kuan-Wei Li

Shih-Lung Lin

Pei-Chun Tsai

Yen-Hung Lin

Chia-Chu Ho

Yi-Hsin Chang

Yu-Hung Chen

Yu-Cheng Hung

Hsuan-Yi Lee

Chia-Yao Lin

Jian-Shuen Chen

Chun-Hung Hsieh

Pin-Yu Huang

Shuo-Fang Jeng

Sheng-Cherng Lin

Sheng-Chieh Lin

Po-Hung Chen

Hsueh-Chun Chen

Yu-Chu Lin

Huan-Chih Tseng

Chun-Hao Tseng

Ching-Wen Fu

Yi-Fan Chen

Ching-Yung Wu

Yu-hung Chen

Chia Chu Ho

A control method for an immersive system includes following steps. A communication is established between a mobile device and a head-mounted display device. Pose data of the mobile device is captured. A touch event is detected by a touch screen on the mobile device. An interface layout is defined on the touch screen, and the interface layout includes a plurality of functional regions. A target function is selected from candidate functions by mapping a position of the touch event with one of the functional regions in the interface layout. The target function is executed and an immersive content displayed by the head-mounted display device is rendered according to the target function and the pose data.

Control method and mobile device in immersive system

The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for adjusting a displayed content, a host, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: displaying a visual content, wherein the visual content comprises a first virtual object and a second virtual object; and in response to determining that a synchronization mode associated with the first virtual object is activated, automatically adjusting a first posture of the first virtual object at least based on a host posture of the host and maintaining a second posture of the second virtual object.

Method for adjusting displayed content based on host posture, host, and computer readable storage medium

A display method for displaying a virtual object, comprising: by at least one processor, recognizing characteristics of a main object from a video; by the at least one processor, recognizing a first fixed object from the video; by the at least one processor, determining a first target point in the video according to the characteristics of the main object; by the at least one processor, calculating a first position relationship between the first fixed object and the first target point; by the at least one processor, determining an anchor point in a virtual environment; and by the at least one processor, controlling a display device to display the virtual object at a second target point in the virtual environment by setting a second position relationship corresponding to the first position relationship between the anchor point and the second target point.

Display method, display system and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

A method for determining display orientation is provided. The method includes the following steps. Sense a plurality of touch points by at least one hold sensor, and determine a holding gesture of the electronic apparatus according to the plurality of touch points. The at least one hold sensor is disposed on at least one side of the electronic apparatus. Determine a holding direction of the electronic apparatus according to the holding gesture. Determine a display orientation of a frame generated by the electronic apparatus according to the holding direction.

Method for determining display orientation and electronic apparatus using the same and computer readable recording medium

A subtitle-embedding method for a virtual-reality (VR) video is provided. The method includes the following steps: obtaining a VR video; in response to execution of a display operation of the VR video, analyzing a current stereoscopic image of the VR video to obtain at least one object and an object parallax corresponding to the object in the current stereoscopic image; adjusting a subtitle parallax of a subtitle to be superimposed onto the current stereoscopic image according to the object parallax, wherein the subtitle parallax is greater than the object parallax; and superimposing the subtitle onto the current stereoscopic image using the calculated subtitle parallax.

Electronic device and subtitle-embedding method for virtual-reality video

A control method is utilized for switching virtual reality scenes in a virtual reality system. The virtual reality system includes a head-mount display device for displaying virtual reality visions. The control method includes operations of: providing a first virtual reality scene as the virtual reality visions to be displayed on the head-mount display device; obtaining a motion displacement of the head-mount display device; comparing the motion displacement with a threshold displacement; in response to the motion displacement being shorter than the threshold displacement, providing the first virtual reality scene in a first portion of the virtual reality visions and providing a second virtual reality scene in a second portion of the virtual reality visions according to the motion displacement; and, in response to the motion displacement exceeding the threshold displacement, providing the second virtual reality scene as the virtual reality visions to be displayed on the head-mount display device.

Interaction method for virtual reality

The disclosure provides a method for managing a virtual meeting, a head-mounted display, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The method includes: detecting whether an external participant exists in an image capturing range of a front camera of the head-mounted display while the head-mounted display is participating the virtual meeting; in response to determining that the external participant existing in the image capturing range of the front camera of the head-mounted display, adding a specific avatar representing the external participant into the virtual meeting; identifying an appearance characteristic of the external participant; mapping the appearance characteristic of the external participant to an appearance of the specific avatar.

Method for managing avatars in virtual meeting, head-mounted display, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

A handheld apparatus, a control method thereof of a presenting mode and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The handheld apparatus includes at least one first sensor, a second sensor, a screen and a processor. The first sensor is disposed on the handheld apparatus. The second sensor detects orientation. The handheld apparatus has an auto-rotate screen function of automatically adjusting a presenting mode of the screen to a portrait mode or a landscape mode according to the orientation. The processor determines whether the handheld apparatus is in a hold state according to sensing data of the first sensor. In response to determining that the handheld apparatus is in the hold state, the processor locks the presenting mode according to the presenting mode currently performed by the handheld apparatus without adjusting the presenting mode according to the auto-rotate screen function. Accordingly, a convenient operation of the presenting mode is provided.

Handheld apparatus, control method thereof of presenting mode and computer-readable recording medium

A method for operating a handheld device, a handheld device, and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided. The handheld device at least includes, but not limited to, a body, one or more sensors, a display, and a processor. The one or more sensors are disposed on at least one side of the body, respectively. The processor is coupled to the one or more sensors and the display and configured to receive an operation through the one or more sensors, determine a position of the operation on at least one side of the body according to sensing data generated by the sensors, and display a user interface corresponding to the position by the display. Accordingly, a convenient function for one hand operation is provided.

Method for operating handheld device, handheld device and computer-readable recording medium thereof

An image processing method, suitable for a mobile device including a camera unit and a display unit, includes separating a foreground portion and a background portion of a first image sensed by the camera unit, calculating a dimension of the foreground portion, generating an adjustment level in positively correlated with the dimension, applying an image effect at the adjustment level to the foreground or the background portion of the first image to generate a second image, and displaying the second image on the display unit.

Mobile device, and image processing method for mobile device

A portable electronic device, an operating method for the same, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are provided. The portable electronic device includes a body, a touch display screen and an edge sensor. The touch display screen is disposed on the body. The edge sensor is disposed adjacent to an edge of the body. The operating method includes the following step. When an event is generated according to a first action sensed by the edge sensor, a touch function of a region of the touch display screen or the whole touch display screen is disabled.

Portable electronic device, operating method for the same, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

A video generating system includes: a storage device, a camera device, and a processor. The camera device obtains a 360-degree panoramic video. The processor determines a plurality of meaningful angles of the 360-degree panoramic video, separates the 360-degree panoramic video into a plurality of durations according to the meaningful angles, and generates a normal video according to the durations associated with the meaningful angles. Each duration corresponds to one of the meaningful angles.

Video generating system and method thereof

A portable electronic device, an operating method for the same, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are provided. The portable electronic device includes a body and an edge sensor disposed adjacent to an edge of the body. The operating method includes the following step. When a plugging-in event or a plugging-out event of a peripheral device is detected by the portable electronic device, a squeezing event sensed by the edge sensor is ignored. The squeezing event may be generated when a squeeze action sensed by the edge sensor occurs during a first time period. The plugging-in event or the plugging-out event may occur during the first time period. Alternatively, the squeeze action may begin within a second time period after the plugging-in event or the plugging-out event occurs.

A method and an electronic apparatus for generating a time-lapse video and a recording medium using the method are provided. In the method, a movement of the electronic apparatus is detected by the at least one motion sensor while a video is recorded by the image capturing device. A detected movement is analyzed to determine a stability of the electronic apparatus for each of a plurality of time intervals during which the video is recorded. At least one clip of the video is converted into a time-lapse video according to a determined stability of the electronic apparatus associated with each of the plurality of the time intervals during which the clip of the video is recorded.

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