Framing enhanced reality overlays using invisible light emitters

• US 10,057,511 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2016
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Akselrod, Ben Z., DiLoreto, Anthony, McDuff, Steve, Robeson, Kyle D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US15/151,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20170330377A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 345633
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/20 for generating image signals from infrared radiation only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/56 provided with illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/33 Transforming infrared radiation cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation H04N23/20; circuitry of SSIS for transforming infrared radiation into image signals H04N25/20

Abstract

A method is provided for overlaying target contents on a physical display area using projected light grid or a grid of light emitters. Information on the target contents is transmitted from the emitters using light to an augmented reality device. The information includes light-based data stream of the target contents and physical coordinates of a frame. The augmented reality device position and display the target contents on an area defined by the frame.

Claims

1. A method for framing enhanced reality overlays using invisible light emitters for augmented reality advertisement, the method comprising:

locating, by one or more processors, one or more light emitters proximate to a location of a physical display area;

transmitting, by the one or more processors, information of a target content to an augmented reality device using light generated by the one or more light emitters, wherein the information includes a light-based data stream of the target content and the target content is not pre-loaded, wherein the physical display area communicates with the augmented reality device using invisible light;

responsive to the information of the target content, determining, by the one or more processors, a portion of the target content for displaying on the physical display area by an owner of the physical display area; and

displaying, by the one or more processors, the portion of the target content on the physical display area, wherein light emitted by the one or more light emitters includes a light-based data stream that is encoded as part of light from the one or more light emitters by modulating an amplitude of that light;

wherein the one or more light emitters emit invisible light.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted information includes physical coordinates of a frame defining a display area for the target content on the physical display area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the display area defined by the frame is less than or equal to the physical display area.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the portion of the target content is positioned and displayed on the display area defined by the frame.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality device includes a camera to receive the light emitted by the one or more light emitters.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein light emitted by the one or more light emitters is infrared light.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the physical display area is a member of the group consisting of:

a billboard, a traffic sign, a shopping mall boutique window, and an exterior building wall.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the target content includes a uniform resource locator (URL) from which the augmented reality device retrieves additional content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the target content is a member of the group consisting of:

a video and a still image.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the target content is displayed advertisement and the displayed advertisement is dynamically oriented such that it uses changes in the determined distances between the user and two different emitters, wherein iterative triangulation is employed to determine a series of positions of the user relative to the emitters.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the corresponding wavelength of the emitted light ranges from 700 nm to 1 mm.

10. A system for framing enhanced reality overlays using invisible light emitters for augmented reality advertisement, the system comprising:

one or more invisible light emitters;

an augmented reality device;

a physical display area; and

a computer;

wherein the one or more light emitters are proximate to the physical display area; and

the computer includes;

a processor set; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;

wherein;

the processor set is structured, located, connected, and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium; and

the program instructions which, when executed by the processor set, cause the processor set to;

locate the one or more light emitters proximate to a location of the physical display area;

transmit information of a target content to the augmented reality device using light generated by the one or more emitters, wherein the information includes a light-based data stream of the target content and the target content is not pre-loaded, wherein the physical display area communicates with the augmented reality device using invisible light;

responsive to the information of the target content, determine a portion of the target content for displaying on the physical display area by an owner of the physical display area; and

display the portion of the target content on the physical display area, wherein light emitted by the one or more light emitters includes a light-based data stream that is encoded as part of light from the one or more light emitters by modulating an amplitude of that light;

wherein the one or more light emitters emit invisible light.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the information includes physical coordinates of a frame defining a display area for the target content on the physical display area.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the portion of the target content is positioned and displayed on the display arear defined by the frame.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the augmented reality device includes an infrared camera to receive light emitted by the one or more light emitters.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein light emitted by the one or more light emitters is infrared light.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

locate one or more light emitters proximate a location of a physical display area;

transmit information of a target content to an augmented reality device using light generated by the one or more emitters, wherein the information includes a light-based data stream of the target content and the target content is not pre-loaded, wherein the physical display area communicates with the augmented reality device using invisible light;

responsive to the information of the target content, determine a portion of the target content for displaying on the physical display area by an owner of the physical display area; and

display by the augmented reality device the portion of the target content on the physical display area, wherein light emitted by the one or more light emitters includes a light-based data stream that is encoded as part of light from the one or more light emitters by modulating an amplitude of that light;

wherein the one or more light emitters emit invisible light.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the physical display area is a member of the group consisting of:

a billboard, a traffic sign, a shopping mall boutique window, and an exterior building wall.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the target content includes a uniform resource locator (URL) from which the augmented reality device retrieves additional content.