Interference based augmented reality hosting platforms

• US 10,726,632 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2019
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Inventors: Soon-Shiong, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Sajous, Wesner
• Application Number:
  US16/557,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20200005547A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/21 characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/32 using local area network [LAN] connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/016 Exploded view
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

Interference-based augmented reality hosting platforms are presented. Hosting platforms can include networking nodes capable of analyzing a digital representation of scene to derive interference among elements of the scene. The hosting platform utilizes the interference to adjust the presence of augmented reality objects within an augmented reality experience. Elements of a scene can constructively interfere, enhancing presence of augmented reality objects; or destructively interfere, suppressing presence of augmented reality objects.

Claims

1. An augmented reality (AR) system comprising:

a first non-transitory computer readable memory storing available AR objects; and

a processor coupled with the first non-transitory computer readable memory that, upon execution of software instructions stored in a second non-transitory computer readable memory, executes operations to;

obtain digital data associated with an environment of an AR capable device, the digital data including a device location of the AR capable device and a virtual element attribute, and the digital data composing at least a portion of at least one context;

obtain presence information of at least one of a plurality of available AR objects, the presence information related to at least the device location and the virtual element attribute, the plurality of available AR objects associated with the at least one context; and

cause the AR capable device to render the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects according to its presence information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first non-transitory computer readable memory is the second non-transitory computer readable memory.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the AR capable device comprises the first non-transitory computer readable memory.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the AR capable device comprises the processor.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor composes part of a remote server coupled with the AR capable device via a wireless network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects is caused to be rendered based on a position of the AR capable device relative to the environment.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects is caused to be rendered within an AR game.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects is caused to be rendered by superimposing a visual image of at least one relevant AR object over an image of the environment.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects is caused to be rendered within an overlapping augmented reality among multiple AR capable devices.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the overlapping augmented reality comprises a team-based augmented reality.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein common attributes of the available AR objects and a gaming context adhere to a common namespace.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein common attributes include location attributes.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the location attributes include GPS coordinates.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects is caused to be rendered according to a haptic format.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the presence information causes the rendering of the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects to be enhanced.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the presence information causes the rendering of the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects to be suppressed.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the presence information causes the rendering of the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects to be altered to include a non-visible presence.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual element attribute relates to at least one virtual element.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein obtaining the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects depends on a time.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects changes with the time.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further executes operations to enable the AR capable device to conduct a commercial transaction with a commerce engine.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the commercial transaction includes an exchange of virtual currency.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the commercial transaction includes a transfer of real-world funds.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further executes operations to enable the AR capable device to populate the environment with at least one of the plurality of available AR objects.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the environment comprises an AR environment.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the AR environment includes real-world elements and virtual elements.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the real-world elements include a game goal.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein, upon sensing the game goal, the processor further executes operations to cause presentation of a game reward on the AR capable device.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further executes operations to enable the AR capable device to have an interaction with at least one of the rendered AR objects.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the interaction includes at least one of:

executing instructions of at least one rendered AR object, presenting AR content via at least one of a speaker or tactile interface depending on a nature of AR content, sharing an AR object with other devices, presenting a purchasable product, incorporating a shopping context, allowing access to data records, allowing a user to link to object information via an AR object, interacting with a remote computing device, and managing AR objects.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the AR capable device is a mobile device, a cell phone, a vehicle, a tablet computer, a portable computer, or an appliance.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein the presence information is obtained from a server, a network node, or agent.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein the digital data is obtained from the AR capable device.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor composes a part of a server.

38. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual element attribute indicates a level of temporal persistence.

39. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual element attribute indicates a format conforming to a human sense modality.

40. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual element attribute indicates a presence of a recognized player within a scene or pertaining to the scene.

41. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual element attribute includes proprietary gaming attributes.

42. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual element attribute includes normalized gaming attributes.

43. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual element attribute includes a game goal.

35. An Augmented Reality (AR) server coupled with an AR object repository and configured to:

obtain digital data associated with an environment of an AR capable device, the digital data including a device location of the AR capable device and a virtual element attribute, and the digital data composing at least a portion of at least one context;

obtain presence information of at least one of a plurality of available AR objects, the presence information related to at least the device location and the virtual element attribute, the plurality of available AR objects associated with the at least one context; and

cause the AR capable device to render the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects according to its presence information.

36. A non-transitory computer readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

obtaining digital data associated with an environment of an AR capable device, the digital data including a device location of the AR capable device and a virtual element attribute, and the digital data composing at least a portion of at least one context;

obtaining presence information of at least one of a plurality of available AR objects, the presence information related to at least the device location and the virtual element attribute, the plurality of available AR objects associated with the at least one context; and

causing the AR capable device to render the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects according to its presence information.

37. An augmented reality (AR) method comprising:

obtaining digital data associated with an environment of an AR capable device, the digital data including a device location of the AR capable device and a virtual element attribute, and the digital data composing at least a portion of at least one context;

obtaining presence information of at least one of a plurality of available AR objects, the presence information related to at least the device location and the virtual element attribute, the plurality of available AR objects associated with the at least one context; and

causing the AR capable device to render the at least one of the plurality of available AR objects according to its presence information.