Patent ID: 9615177
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04R,H04S

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a processor; a computer readable memory in circuit communication with the processor; a computer readable storage medium in circuit communication with the processor; at least one image capture device in circuit communication with the processor; and at least one display screen in circuit communication with the processor; and wherein the processor executes program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory and thereby: displays via the at least one display screen, in a first layer at first level of opacity, an image of current surroundings of the system from image data captured by the at least one image capture device from the current surroundings of the system, wherein the image within the first layer is image data of a surrounding real time physical environment of the user while wearing the system; displays via the at least one display screen, in a second layer at a second level of opacity, an image of another environment that differs from the current surroundings of the system as a function of time or of place, wherein the second layer is located coextensive with the first layer; selects the first level of opacity to present image data of the image within the first layer from the group consisting of transparent relative to image data of the image within the second layer, thereby blending a streaming of real-time visual images of the surrounding real time physical environment of the user wearing the system with the second layer image data of the another environment, and opaque relative to image data of the image within the second layer; in response to determining that the user is walking, presents the image data within the second layer at a first level of transparency; and in response to determining that the user is stationary, presents the image data within the second layer at a second level of transparency that is more opaque than the first level of transparency.