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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10560752 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2017

Apparatus and associated methods

Applicant:

Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Antti Eronen, Tampere, FI;

Arto Lehtiniemi, Lempäälä, FI;

Jussi Leppänen, Tampere, FI;

Veli-Matti Kolmonen, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:

Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:

Harrington & Smith

Primary Examiner:

Jason K Lin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/26 (2014.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); A63F 13/497 (2014.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); A63F 13/5375 (2014.01); A63F 13/54 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); A63F 13/26 (2014.09); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 21/4438 (2013.01); H04S 7/305 (2013.01); A63F 13/497 (2014.09); A63F 13/5375 (2014.09); A63F 13/54 (2014.09); A63F 2300/66 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus configured to: in respect of virtual reality content comprising video imagery and spatial audio wherein the perceived direction to an audio event related to a visual event in the video imagery corresponds to a visual location of said visual event as presented in the virtual reality space; based on a change in the viewing direction of the virtual reality view by the user from a first viewing direction to a second viewing direction, and wherein said second viewing direction corresponds to, within a direction threshold, a direction of a particular audio event; providing for display of missed event content thereby allowing a user to see a missed visual event for which they heard the associated audio event and reacted thereto by changing the viewing direction.

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