Displaying location-based rules on augmented reality glasses

• US 10,026,190 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2017
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bostick, James E., Ganci, Jr., John M., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Trim, Craig M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Demeter, Hilina K
• Application Number:
  US15/806,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20180068453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 251 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

Augmented reality glasses include: a wearable frame; a lens attached to the wearable frame; a positioning device for determining a physical location and a field of view of a user of the augmented reality glasses; a receiver for receiving one or more rules from a mapping service, where the mapping service identifies activities prohibited from being performed by the user at the physical location, where a graphical information generator generates icon representations describing the prohibited activities; a display coupled to the wearable frame, where the display overlays graphical information onto the lens of the wearable; and one or more processors for: determining that a vehicle within the field of view for the user is transporting a particular person; determining that photographing the particular person is unauthorized; and overlaying a “no photography” icon over an image of the vehicle on the lens of the augmented reality eyeglasses.

Claims

1. Augmented reality glasses comprising:

a wearable frame;

a lens attached to the wearable frame;

a positioning device for determining a physical location and a field of view of a user of the augmented reality glasses;

a receiver for receiving one or more rules from a mapping service, wherein the mapping service identifies which prohibited activities are prohibited from being performed by the user at the physical location of the field of view, and wherein a graphical information generator generates icon representations describing the prohibited activities;

a display coupled to the wearable frame, wherein the display displays one or more of the icon representations associated with the one or more rules pertaining to the physical location of the field of view and the prohibited activities; and

one or more processors for;

determining that a vehicle within the field of view for the user at the physical location is transporting a particular person;

determining, based on a profile of the particular person, that photographing the particular person is unauthorized; and

in response to determining that photographing the particular person is unauthorized, overlaying a “

no photography”

icon over an image of the vehicle as presented on the lens of the augmented reality glasses.

2. The augmented reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the positioning device comprises a 3-axis positioning device and a geographical positioning device.

3. The augmented reality glasses of claim 1, wherein a user input is from the user selecting the one or more rules from a list of rules on a user interface of a smart phone.

4. The augmented reality glasses of claim 1, further comprising:

the receiver for further receiving the one or more rules from a weather service, wherein the weather service identifies current real-time weather conditions beyond the physical location of the field of view.

5. The augmented reality glasses of claim 1, further comprising:

the receiver for further receiving the one or more rules from a social media service, wherein the social media service provides a recommendation review of facilities within the physical location of the field of view.

6. The augmented reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the display is a projector, and wherein the projector overlays the icon representations on a lens.

7. The augmented reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the display is a video screen, wherein the icon representations are overlaid directly onto the video screen.

8. A method for alerting a user of wearable augmented reality eyeglasses of one or more rules pertaining to one or more environments within a prescribed field of view, the method comprising:

determining, by a positioning device, a physical location of a user;

determining, by the positioning device, a field of view for the user at the physical location;

receiving, by a receiver associated with a computing device, the one or more rules from a mapping service, wherein the mapping service identifies which prohibited activities are prohibited at the physical location of the field of view, and wherein a graphical information generator generates icon representations describing the prohibited activities;

displaying, by a display on wearable augmented reality eyeglasses, one or more of the icon representations associated with the one or more rules pertaining to the physical location of the field of view and the prohibited activities;

determining, by one or more processors, that a vehicle within the field of view for the user at the physical location is transporting a particular person;

determining, by one or more processors, and based on a profile of the particular person, that photographing the particular person is unauthorized; and

in response to determining that photographing the particular person is unauthorized, overlaying a “

no photography”

icon over an image of the vehicle as presented on a lens of the wearable augmented reality eyeglasses.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the display is a projector, and wherein the projector overlays the icon representations on the lens.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the display is a video screen, wherein the icon representations are overlaid directly onto the video screen.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver associated with the computing device, a user input that defines the one or more rules.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver associated with the computing device, the one or more rules from a mapping service, wherein the mapping service identifies which activities are allowed at the physical location of the field of view.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver associated with the computing device, the one or more rules from a weather service, wherein the weather service identifies current real-time weather conditions beyond the physical location of the field of view.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, by an integration web application server, that the user has low vision; and

in response to determining that the user has low vision, magnifying images of one or more environments that are of interest to the user that has low vision.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein an image presented on the lens of the wearable augmented reality eyeglasses is of a retail establishment, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the receiver associated with the computing device, a plurality of favorable reports about the retail establishment, wherein the plurality of favorable reports is from a social media service; and

in response to receiving the plurality of favorable reports about the retail establishment, overlaying a “

favorable icon”

over the image of the retail establishment as presented on the lens of the wearable augmented reality eyeglasses.

16. A system comprising:

an integration web application server, wherein the integration web application server has access to one or more rules related to fields of view; and

one or more augmented reality glasses, wherein each of the one or more augmented reality glasses comprises;

a wearable frame;

a lens attached to the wearable frame;

a positioning device for determining a physical location and a field of view of a user of at least one of the one or more augmented reality glasses;

a receiver for receiving the one or more rules from a mapping service, wherein the mapping service identifies which prohibited activities are prohibited at the physical location of the field of view, and wherein a graphical information generator generates icons describing the prohibited activities;

a display coupled to the wearable frame, wherein the display displays one or more of the icon representations associated with the one or more rules pertaining to the physical location of the field of view and the prohibited activities; and

one or more processors for;

determining that a vehicle within the field of view for the user at the physical location is transporting a particular person;

determining, based on a profile of the particular person, that photographing the particular person is unauthorized; and

in response to determining that photographing the particular person is unauthorized, overlaying a “

no photography”

icon over an image of the vehicle as presented on a lens of the at least one of the one or more augmented reality glasses.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the one or more augmented reality glasses further comprises:

a user input device for receiving a user input that defines the one or more rules.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

a services server, wherein the services server provides a mapping service to at least one of the one or more augmented reality glasses, and wherein the mapping service identifies which activities are allowed and which activities are prohibited at the physical location of the field of view.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the display is a projector, and wherein the projector overlays the icon representation on the lens.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the display is a video screen, wherein the icon representations are overlaid directly onto the video screen.