Patent ID: 9298283
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G02B,G06F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A device for creating a sedentary virtual-reality system, comprising: a display with a plurality of pixels; a mounting apparatus configured to attach the display to a user's head and position the display in front of a user's eyes; a position sensor capable of detecting an angle of use of the display; a camera capable of capturing live images; a memory component capable of storing electronic information; one or more computer processors, communicatively coupled to the display, memory component, and camera, and configured to analyze a default angle of the device and a first angle of the device and determine a first viewing mode for using the device; wherein the first viewing mode is a virtual-reality viewing mode and the one or more processors render three horizontally-placed monitors and a completely rendered background behind the three horizontally-placed monitors that are displayed on the display when in the virtual-reality viewing mode; the one or more computer processors, communicatively coupled to the display, memory component, and camera, are further configured to analyze a second and third angle of the device and determine a second and third viewing mode for using the device; wherein the second viewing mode is an augmented-reality viewing mode and the one or more processors render a composite image, comprised of two or fewer monitors and a background behind the two or fewer monitors comprised of images captured by the camera in real-time, that are displayed on the display when in the augmented-reality viewing mode; and wherein the third viewing mode is a real-world mode where images captured by the camera in real time with no rendered content are displayed on the display.