Displaying location-based rules on augmented reality glasses

• US 10,346,991 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2018
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• 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:
  US15/993,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20180276830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 404 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 low-vision user of the augmented reality glasses; a receiver for receiving an input from the low-vision user of the augmented reality glasses, where the input describes a level of vision of the low-vision user; and a display coupled to the wearable frame magnifies images on the display according to the physical location, the field of view, and the level of vision of the low-vision user.

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 low-vision user of the augmented reality glasses;

a receiver for receiving a first input from the low-vision user of the augmented reality glasses, wherein the first input describes a level of vision of the low-vision user;

receiving a second input from the low-vision user of the augmented reality glasses, wherein the second input describes a subject matter interest of the low-vision user; and

receiving one or more rules from a mapping service, wherein the mapping service identifies which prohibited activities are prohibited from being performed by the low-vision user at the physical location of the low-vision user;

a display coupled to the wearable frame, wherein the display magnifies images on the display according to the physical location, the field of view, the level of vision, and the subject matter interest of the low-vision user;

a graphical information generator that generates icon representations describing the prohibited activities; and

one or more processors for;

determining that a vehicle within the field of view for the low-vision user at the physical location of the low-vision user 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 the first input is from the low-vision user selecting one or more rules from a list of rules on a user interface of a smart phone, and wherein the one or more rules define a level of magnification to be applied to the images based on the physical location, the field of view, the level of vision of the low-vision user, and the subject matter interest of the low-vision user.

4. The augmented reality glasses of claim 1, wherein the display is a projector, and wherein the projector overlays the images on the lens.

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

6. A method comprising:

determining, by a positioning device associated with wearable augmented reality glasses, a physical location of a low-vision user;

determining, by the positioning device, a field of view of the low-vision user;

receiving, by a receiver associated with the wearable augmented reality glasses, an input from the low-vision user, wherein the input describes a level of vision of the low-vision user;

magnifying, by a display on the wearable augmented reality glasses, images on the display according to the physical location, the field of view, and the level of vision of the low-vision user;

receiving, by the receiver associated with the wearable augmented reality glasses, one or more rules from a mapping service, wherein the mapping service identifies which prohibited activities are prohibited at the physical location of the low-vision user, and wherein a graphical information generator generates icon representations describing the prohibited activities;

displaying, by the display on the 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 low-vision user and the prohibited activities;

determining, by one or more processors, that a vehicle within the field of view for the low-vision 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, by one or more processors, a “

no photography”

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

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the positioning device comprises a 3-axis positioning device and a geographical positioning device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the input is from the low-vision user selecting one or more rules from a list of rules on a user interface of a smart phone, and wherein the one or more rules define a level of magnification to be applied to the images based on the physical location, the field of view, and the level of vision of the low-vision user.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the display is a projector, and wherein the projector overlays the images on a lens of the wearable augmented reality glasses.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the display is a video screen, wherein the images are overlaid directly onto the video screen.

11. A computer program product for displaying magnified images for a low-vision user of wearable augmented reality glasses, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

determining a physical location of a low-vision user;

determining a field of view of the low-vision user;

receiving an input from the low-vision user, wherein the input describes a level of

vision of the low-vision user; and

magnifying images on a display of wearable augmented reality glasses used by the low-vision user according to the physical location, the field of view, and the level of vision of the low-vision user;

receiving one or more rules from a mapping service, wherein the mapping service identifies which prohibited activities are prohibited at the physical location of the low-vision user, and wherein a graphical information generator generates icon representations describing the prohibited activities;

displaying, on the display on the 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 low-vision user and the prohibited activities;

determining that a vehicle within the field of view for the low-vision 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 display on the wearable augmented reality eyeglasses.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the physical location and field of view of the low-vision user is determined by a positioning device that comprises a 3-axis positioning device and a geographical positioning device.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the input is from the low-vision user selecting one or more rules from a list of rules on a user interface of a smart phone, and wherein the one or more rules define a level of magnification to be applied to the images based on the physical location, the field of view, and the level of vision of the low-vision user.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the display of the wearable augmented reality glasses is a projector, and wherein the projector overlays the images on the lens.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the display of the wearable augmented reality glasses is a video screen, wherein the images are overlaid directly onto the video screen.