Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090063104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGN EVALUATION OF MOBILE DEVICES USING VIRTUAL REALITY BASED PROTOTYPES - A design evaluation system of mobile devices using virtual reality based prototypes is proposed. The system includes: a storage unit for storing therein 3-dimensional computer-aided design data of a virtual mobile device; a component selection unit for performing a selection among the 3-dimensional computer-aided design data stored in the storage unit and fetching the selected data therefrom; a design parameter setting unit for setting design parameters of the virtual mobile device; a 3-dimensional model visualization unit for visualizing the virtual mobile device to a 3-dimensional model by using the design parameters and the fetched data; a product motion control unit for simulating motions and functions of the visualized virtual mobile device; and a design preference display unit for displaying user design preference for the visualized and simulated virtual mobile device. | 03-05-2009 |
20090157478 | USABILITY EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUAL MOBILE INFORMATION APPLIANCE - A system for evaluating usability of a virtual mobile information appliance unites a virtual reality technology integrating various digital data created in planning and in designing a product to operate a virtual product and visualizing the virtual product in photo-realistic level, an affective technology organizing a customer's emotional evaluation on a product's design in view of engineering, an ergonomic technology quantatively measuring and analyzing body force activity involved in the operation of a product in a biomechanic manner, and a mixed reality technology supporting both tangible interface capable of directly touching the digital data and a photo-realistic visualization, to thereby finding problems of usability early, obtaining improvements such as a design of the product, improving efficiently an overall quality of the product and managing product-lifetime-cycle in a company manufacturing the product. | 06-18-2009 |
20120100520 | ASSEMBLY PROCESS VISUALIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an assembly process visualization apparatus. The assembly process visualization apparatus includes an authoring unit, a storage unit, and a visualization unit. The authoring unit authors an assembly process manual in such a way as to model each stage of an assembly process of assembling a plurality of components and completing a finished product using 3-Dimensional (3D) stereoscopic images. The storage unit stores the assembly process manual authored using the authoring unit. The visualization unit visualizes the each stage of the assembly process manual stored in the storage unit to a user. | 04-26-2012 |
20120122062 | RECONFIGURABLE PLATFORM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FORVIRTUAL REALITY-BASED TRAINING SIMULATOR - Disclosed herein is a reconfigurable platform management apparatus for a virtual reality-based training simulator, which enables a device platform to be reconfigured to suit various work environments and to fulfill various work scenario requirements of users. The reconfigurable platform management apparatus for a virtual reality-based training simulator includes an image output unit for outputting a stereoscopic image of mixed reality content that is used for work training of a user. A user working tool unit generates virtual sensation feedback corresponding to sensation feedback generated based on a user's motion to the outputted stereoscopic image when working with an actual working tool. A tracking unit transmits a sensing signal obtained by sensing a user's motion working tool unit to the image output unit and the user working tool unit. | 05-17-2012 |
20120146894 | MIXED REALITY DISPLAY PLATFORM FOR PRESENTING AUGMENTED 3D STEREO IMAGE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Various 3D image display devices divide and share a physical space for expressing a 3D image, and real-time contents information is generated based on user information and information on the divided space and displayed together using various 3D image display devices to present a 3D image naturally in a deeper, wider, and higher space. A mixed reality display platform includes an input/output controller controlling display devices including 3D display devices, an advance information manager establishing 3D expression space for each display device to divide or share a physical space by collecting spatial establishment of the display device, and a real-time information controller generating real-time contents information using user information and 3D contents for a virtual space. The input/output controller distributes the real-time contents information to each display device based on the 3D expression spatial information. | 06-14-2012 |
20130044103 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying stereoscopic images. The apparatus for displaying stereoscopic images includes a stereoscopic image-generating part, a main display part, a sub-display part, and a translucent reflective structure part. The stereoscopic image-generating part splits a single image to generate a first stereoscopic image to be directly viewed by a user and a second stereoscopic image to be reflected and viewed by the user. The main display part directly displays the first stereoscopic image to a gaze of a user. The sub-display part displays the second stereoscopic image. The translucent reflective structure part reflects the second stereoscopic image displayed on the sub-display part. | 02-21-2013 |
20130162630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CONTENTS USING PIXEL MAPPING - A method and apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image using pixel mapping are provided. The method for displaying the stereoscopic image generates pixel mapping data obtained by mapping a viewpoint position of an observer with pixel information on a screen corresponding to the viewpoint position of the observer using barrier information and panel information, and displays stereoscopic image contents in a pixel area on the screen corresponding to the discerned viewpoint position of the observer based on the generated pixel mapping data. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent distortion of the stereoscopic image by preventing mutually different viewpoints from being mixed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130222548 | EXPANDED 3D STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - An expanded three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image display system is provided. The expanded 3D stereoscopic image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a display platform that presents integrated services by fusing homogeneous and heterogeneous display devices in a single space, and an operation technique of the display platform. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225305 | EXPANDED 3D SPACE-BASED VIRTUAL SPORTS SIMULATION SYSTEM - An expanded 3D space-based virtual sports simulation system is provided. The expanded 3D space-based virtual sports simulation system includes: a plurality of user tracking devices configured to track a user's body motion; a first display device configured to display a first image including content; a second display device configured to display a second image including an image of the user's body motion tracked through the user tracking devices; and a control unit configured to set image display spaces of the respective display devices such that physical spaces for displaying an image including a 3D image are divided or shared among the respective display devices, and to provide images to the respective display devices according to a scenario. | 08-29-2013 |
20140176607 | SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR MIXED REALITY CONTENT - Disclosed is a simulation system for mixed reality content. A simulation system according to the present invention may comprise at least one real object for demonstrating contents configured with a tracking sensor, a multi-modal input-output apparatus tracking the at least one real object and collecting information on the at least one real object and a content authoring apparatus configured to edit virtual contents according to a predefined scenario, receive the information on the at least one real object collected by the multi-modal input-output apparatus, and edit the virtual contents based on the information on the at least one real object and a user feedback. | 06-26-2014 |
20140285484 | SYSTEM OF PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE TO MULTIPLE USERS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a system and method of simultaneously providing stereoscopic images to multiple users. The system includes at least one glasses unit, a stereoscopic image generating device configured to calculate spatial information of the at least one glasses unit, and generate the stereoscopic image corresponding to the spatial information of the at least one glasses unit, and a stereoscopic image providing device configured to project the stereoscopic image corresponding to the spatial information of the at least one glasses unit to provide the projected stereoscopic image to the at least one glasses unit. Thus, through lightweight glasses constituted of only simple optical elements without a separate electronic device such as a micro panel, stereoscopic information such as through an existing HMD may be provided to multiple users. | 09-25-2014 |
20140310640 | INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ART APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an interactive digital art apparatus. The interactive digital art apparatus includes a display unit, an input interface unit, a posture tracking unit, and a processing unit. The display unit visualizes a virtual canvas. The input interface unit is manipulated by a user, and outputs input interface information attributable to an action in which the user draws a picture on the virtual canvas in front of the display unit. The posture tracking unit tracks a direction in which the face of the user is directed, and the posture of the input interface unit. The processing unit draws a picture on the virtual canvas based on the input interface information, the direction in which the face of the user is directed, and the posture of the input interface unit. | 10-16-2014 |
20140333734 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is provided a stereoscopic display system that can provide a high resolution, a wide field-of-view, and wearing comfort. The system includes an image generating device configured to display images and decrease a display area on which the images are displayed, an image transmission device configured to transmit the image displayed on the decreased display area, and an image output device configured to enlarge the transmitted image and output a mixed image in which the enlarged image and real-view information are mixed. Therefore, the invention can satisfy main requirements on, for example, resolution, field-of-view, weight, in HMD/FMD/EGD technology, and provide a natural immersive stereoscopic image. | 11-13-2014 |
20140347726 | SELECTIVE HYBRID-TYPE 3D IMAGE VIEWING DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD USING SAME - A selective hybrid-type three-dimensional (3D) image viewing device and a display method using the same are disclosed. The selective hybrid-type 3D image viewing device includes a first left and right image separation module, a second left and right image separation module, and a mechanical unit. The first left and right image separation module visualizes a 3D image output from a first display so that a user can view this 3D image. The second left and right image separation module visualizes a 3D image output from a second display to which a left and right image separation technique different from that of the first display has been applied so that the user can view this 3D image. The mechanical unit is configured such that the first and second left and right image separation modules are integrated into the mechanical unit in a detachable manner. | 11-27-2014 |