Tag based location

• US 10,395,072 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2018
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Thong T., Colloton, Kevin E., Nicoll, Alex L., Schmirler, Paul D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mikels, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US16/010,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20180307875A1
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 235435, 235439, 235454, 235462
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

For determining a tag based location, a display presents the image. A processor identifies a given equipment tag within the image at a user focus determined at the augmented reality display. The processor further determines a device location based on the given equipment tag.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an augmented reality display that presents an image;

a processor;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor to perform;

identifying a given equipment tag within the image at a user focus determined using eye tracking at the augmented reality display; and

determining a device location based on the given equipment tag.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a second camera tracks one or more eyes of a user and the user focus is further determined from at least one of a center of field-of-view and a center of attention.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, the processor further presenting equipment information based on the user focus.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the device location is determined from an equipment location for an equipment instance corresponding to the given equipment tag.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, the processor further determining an orientation of a user relative to the equipment tag.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, the processor further:

determining a given equipment type from the given equipment tag;

determining equipment privileges as a function of the given equipment type and credential data; and

presenting equipment information comprising an available menu that are enabled by the equipment privileges.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein presenting the equipment information further comprises presenting one or more of available data sets and available functions.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the equipment information is only presented when the given equipment corresponding to the given equipment tag is in a field-of-view of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the equipment privileges comprises an available menu list, an available data set list, and an available functions list.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor further validates a user with credential data.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor further performs:

presenting the image with the given equipment tags emphasized; and

receiving a selection of the given equipment tag from the image.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the equipment tag is selected from the group consisting of a two-dimensional optical code, a Quick Response (QR) code, a bar code, a Universal Product Code (UPC), a BLUETOOTH®

Low Energy (BLE) Tag, a Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID), a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, and a Europay, Mastercard, Visa (EMV) tag.

13. A method comprising:

identifying, by use of a processor, a given equipment tag within an image at a user focus determined using eye tracking at an augmented reality display; and

determining a device location based on the given equipment tag.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein a second camera tracks one or more eyes of a user and the user focus is further determined from at least one of a center of field-of-view;

and a center of attention.

15. The method of claim 13, the method further presenting equipment information based on the user focus.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the device location is determined from an equipment location for an equipment instance corresponding to the given equipment tag.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein, the program code readable/executable by a processor to:

identify a given equipment tag within an image at a user focus determined using eye tracking at an augmented reality display; and

determine a device location based on the given equipment tag.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein a second camera tracks one or more eyes of a user and the user focus is further determined from at least one of a center of field-of-view, and a center of attention.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the processor further presents equipment information based on the user focus.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the device location is determined from an equipment location for an equipment instance corresponding to the given equipment tag.