Logitech Europe S.a.

Mario Gutierrez

Damien O'Sullivan

Mathieu Meisser

Andreas Oliver Connellan

Thomas Luc Rouvinez

Padraig Murphy

Aidan Kehoe

Jerry Ahern

Remy Zimmermann

Denis O'Keeffe

Marcel Twohig

Stephen Harvey

Noirin Curran

Pierce O'Bradaigh

Olivier Riviere

Dennin Onorio

Ciaran Trotman

Philip Waldron

Fabien Zellweger

Nicolas Ramond

Fergal Corcoran

Maxim Vlasov

Regis Croisonnier

Jacques Chassot

Helmut Grabner

Arash Salarian

Laleh Makarem

Richard Peter Perring

Sidney Bovet

Vincent Jalil

Olivier Guédat

Libao Wu

Jean-Michel Chardon

Vadim Kogan

Yena Ahn

Zhantao Deng

Yu-Chien Chu

David Muniz

Thomas Rouvinez

Andreas Connellan

Denis O'KEEFFE

Damien O'SULLIVAN

Stylus device

An AR/VR input device include a processor(s), an internal measurement unit (IMU), and a plurality of sensors configured to detect emissions received from a plurality of remote emitters. The processor(s) can be configured to: determine a time-of-flight (TOF) of the detected emissions, determine a first estimate of a position and orientation of the input device based on the TOF of a subset of the detected emissions and the particular locations of each of the plurality of sensors on the input device that are detecting the detected emissions, determine a second estimate of the position and orientation of the input device based on the measured acceleration and velocity from the IMU, and continuously update a calculated position and orientation of the input device within the AR/VR environment in real-time based on a Beyesian estimation (e.g., Extended Kalman filter) that utilizes the first estimate and second estimate.

Input device for AR/VR applications

A method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors that corresponds to a location of a stylus device and determining that a tip of the stylus device is in contact with a physical surface based on the sensor data. While in contact, the method includes determining a new location of the tip of the stylus device based on the location data, mitigating a tracking error of the determined new location of the tip of the stylus device by translating the new location from a 3D space domain to a 2D space domain that corresponds to the physical surface and adjusting the new location based on a comparison of the new location and historical locations. The stylus device can further ascertain surface characteristics through sensor data and simulate surface characteristics via haptic feedback effects.

Systems, devices, and methods for physical surface tracking with a stylus device in an AR/VR environment

In certain embodiments, a sensing and tracking system detects objects, such as user input devices or peripherals, and user interactions with them. A representation of the objects and user interactions are then injected into the virtual reality environment. The representation can be an actual reality, augmented reality, virtual representation or any combination. For example, an actual keyboard can be injected, but with the keys pressed being enlarged and lighted.

Systems and methods for configuring a hub-centric virtual/augmented reality environment

A method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors that corresponds to a location of a stylus device and determining that a tip of the stylus device is in contact with a physical surface based on the sensor data. While in contact, the method includes determining a new location of the tip of the stylus device based on the location data, mitigating a tracking error of the determined new location of the tip of the stylus device by translating the new location from a 3D space domain to a 2D space domain that corresponds to the physical surface and adjusting the new location based on a comparison of the new location and historical locations.

In some embodiments, a system comprising one or more processors configured to track a location of an input device within a physical environment via a three-dimensional (3D) tracking system, and modify a tracking parameter of the 3D tracking system while tracking the location of the input device based on the determined location of the input device within the physical environment. The input device may be coupled to a virtual reality display system and tracking the location of the location of the input device can be used for interacting with the virtual reality display system.

Systems and methods for operating an input device in an augmented/virtual reality environment

In some embodiments, a stylus device can be configured for use in an augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) environment. The stylus device can be configured to be used differently in a right hand or a left hand of a user. Determination of whether the stylus device is used in the left hand or the right hand can be used to improve tracking of the stylus device for use as a control device for the AR/VR environment.

Dominant hand usage for an augmented/virtual reality device

Methods and systems for providing a mixed reality (MR) interaction are provided. In one example, the method comprises: capturing a first image of a user's appendage and a physical peripheral input device, wherein the user's appendage covers at least a part of the physical peripheral input device; performing a segmentation of the first image into a first region of pixels corresponding to the user's appendage, wherein a second region of pixels corresponds to the physical peripheral input device; generating a composite image from the first image based on rendering, in place of the second region of pixels, pixels representing a virtual peripheral input device, such that the virtual peripheral input device appears in the composite image as at a same spatial location as the physical peripheral input device and covered at least partially by the user's appendage; and displaying the composite image to the user.

Method and system for object segmentation in a mixed reality environment

In an embodiment there is provided a user interface device for interfacing a user with a computer, the computer comprising at least one processor to generate instructions for display of a graphical environment of a virtual reality simulation. The user interface device includes a sensor for detecting activation and/or a sensor for detecting proximity of a body part of the user (e.g., hand). At least partially based on detection by one of these sensors, a transition between virtual reality states is triggered.

Transition between virtual and augmented reality

Methods and systems for providing a mixed reality (MR) interaction are provided. In one example, a method comprises: capturing, at a first time and using a camera of a head-mounted display (HMD) of a user, a first image of a physical interaction of the user with a physical object; measuring a movement of the HMD with respect to the physical object between the first time and a second time; processing the first image based on the measurement of the movement of the HMD to generate a second image; generating, based on the second image, a composite image of a virtual interaction involving the user; and displaying, via the HMD and based on the composite image, the virtual interaction in place of the physical interaction to the user at the second time.

Method and system for mixed reality interaction with peripheral device

Systems and methods for a peripheral-centric augmented/virtual reality environment

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Mario Gutierrez