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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simon P. DiMaio, San Carlos, CA (US);
Brandon D. Itkowitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Terrence B. McKenna, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Govinda Payyavula, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A region-based augmentation system is configured to determine that a viewpoint of a user of a display device is directed within an anchor region of a physical world containing the user. In response, the system directs the display device to present augmented content in an evident manner. The evident manner comprises anchoring the augmented content relative to the viewpoint, such that the augmented content follows the viewpoint as the user moves the viewpoint within the anchor region. The system further determines that the viewpoint is directed outside of the anchor region by the user. In response, the system directs the display device to present the augmented content in a less evident manner. The presenting of the augmented content in the less evident manner comprises presenting the augmented content less visibly than the evident manner and/or unanchoring the augmented content relative to the viewpoint. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.