Subject selected augmented reality skin

• US 10,192,359 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Ur, Shmuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US14/384,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20160240005A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,824 Days
• Field of Search: 345633
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/168 Feature extraction; Face representation

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for systems, devices and methods effective to generate augmented image data. In some examples, a first device may receive first data from a second device. The first data may include data related to an image associated with the first device, such as an image of a user using the first device. The first device may apply an augmented reality skin to the first data to generate second data. The second data may relate to an augmented image associated with the first device. The first device may send the second data to the second device. The second device may then display the second data.

Claims

1. A method to generate augmented image data, the method comprising:

broadcasting, by a user device, a signal that includes a request to receive first image data, wherein the request indicates that an augmented reality skin is to be applied on the first image data by the user device;

in response to the signal being broadcasted, receiving, by the user device that includes a camera, the first image data from a camera of a receiving device, wherein the first image data includes a first image of a user associated with the user device that is to be displayed by the receiving device;

modifying, by the user device, one or more pixel values in the first image data based on the augmented reality skin to obtain the augmented image data, wherein the augmented image data includes an augmented first image and excludes the augmented reality skin; and

sending, by the user device, the augmented image data to the receiving device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiving device, the augmented image data; and

displaying the augmented first image on the receiving device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to modifying the one or more pixel values, selecting, by the user device, the augmented reality skin based on the first image data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the first image data further includes data sufficient to calculate a location of the receiving device, and

selecting is based on the location of the receiving device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein selecting is further based on a profile of the receiving device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the augmented reality skin is a first augmented reality skin, the method further comprising:

receiving by the user device, second image data from a friend device, wherein the second image data includes data related to a second image to be displayed by the friend device, wherein the second image is associated with the user device, and wherein the second image data is different from the first image data;

selecting, by the user device and based on the second image data, a second augmented reality skin for the second image data;

modifying, by the user device, one or more pixel values in the second image data based on the second augmented reality skin to obtain second augmented image data, wherein the second augmented image data includes a second augmented image and excludes the second augmented reality skin; and

sending, by the user device, the second augmented image data to the friend device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first augmented reality skin is the same as the second augmented reality skin.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the first augmented reality skin is different from the second augmented reality skin.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality skin includes associated instructions, and modifying the one or more pixel values in the first image data comprises executing the instructions.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image data further includes identifying information of a second user associated with the receiving device, the method further comprising:

prior to modifying the one or more pixel values, selecting, by the user device, the augmented reality skin based on the first image data, wherein

a first augmented reality skin is selected if it is determined based on the identifying information that the second user is a friend of the first user, and

a second augmented reality skin, different from the first augmented reality skin, is selected if it is determined that the second user is not a friend of the first user.

9. A user device effective to generate augmented image data from image data received from a receiving device, the user device comprising:

a camera;

a memory that includes at least one augmented reality skin; and

an augmented reality processor configured to be in communication with the memory, wherein the augmented reality processor is effective to;

broadcast a signal that includes a request to receive first image data, wherein the request indicates that the at least one augmented reality skin is to be applied on the first image data by the user device;

in response to the signal being broadcasted, receive the first image data from a camera of the receiving device, wherein the first image data includes data related to an image to be displayed by the receiving device, and wherein the first image data corresponds to an image of a user associated with the user device;

modify one or more pixel values in the first image data based on the at least one augmented reality skin to obtain augmented image data, wherein the augmented image data excludes the augmented reality skin; and

send the augmented image data to the receiving device.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein prior to modification of one or more pixel values in the first image data, the augmented reality processor is effective to select the at least one augmented reality skin based on the first image data.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein, the at least one augmented reality skin is a first augmented reality skin, the first image data is a first image, and the augmented image data is a first augmented image, and wherein the augmented reality processor is further effective to:

receive second image data from a friend device, wherein the second image data includes data related to a second image to be displayed by the friend device, wherein the second image is associated with the user device, and wherein the second image data is different from the first image data;

select, based on the second image data, a second augmented reality skin to apply to the second image data;

modify one or more pixel values in the second image data based on the second augmented reality skin to obtain second augmented image data, wherein the second augmented image data excludes the second augmented reality skin; and

send the second augmented image data to the friend device.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the first augmented reality skin is the same as the second augmented reality skin.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the first augmented reality skin is different from the second augmented reality skin.

14. A system, comprising:

a user device;

a network; and

a receiving device configured to be in communication with the user device over the network,

wherein the user device comprises;

a camera;

a first memory that includes at least one augmented reality skin;

an augmented reality processor configured to be in communication with the first memory, wherein the augmented reality processor is effective to;

broadcast a signal that includes a request to receive first image data, wherein the request indicates that the at least one augmented reality skin is to be applied on the first image data by the first user device;

in response to the signal being broadcasted, receive the first image data from a camera of the receiving device, wherein the first image data includes data related to an image to be displayed by the receiving device, and wherein the first image data corresponds to an image of a user associated with the user device; and

modify one or more pixel values in the first image data based on the at least one augmented reality skin to obtain augmented image data, wherein the augmented image data includes an augmented first image and excludes the at least one augmented reality skin, and

wherein the receiving device comprises;

a second memory; and

a display processor configured to be in communication with the second memory, wherein the display processor is effective to;

send the first image data to the user device;

receive the augmented image data from the first user device; and

display the augmented first image on the receiving device.

15. A method to display an augmented image, the method comprising:

receiving, by a receiving device, a signal from a user device distinct from the receiving device, wherein the signal includes a request to send first image data, wherein the request indicates that an augmented reality skin is to be applied on the first image data by the user device;

in response to the signal being received, sending, by the receiving device, the first image data captured by a camera of the receiving device, to the user device, wherein the first image data includes a first image of a user associated with the user device;

receiving, by the receiving device, augmented image data from the user device, wherein the augmented image data is obtained by modification of one or more pixel values in the first image data based on the augmented reality skin, relates to an augmented first image and excludes the augmented reality skin; and

displaying, by the receiving device, the augmented first image.