Mobile platform
First Claim
1. A mobile platform for providing a mixed reality experience to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the platform comprising:
- an image capturing module to capture images of an item in a first scene, the item having at least one marker;
a communications module to transmit the captured images to a server, and to receive images in a second scene from the server providing a mixed reality experience to the user;
wherein the second scene is generated by retrieving multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and superimposing the associated multimedia content over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker.
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Abstract
A mobile platform for providing a mixed reality experience to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the platform including an image capturing module to capture images of an item in a first scene, the item having at least one marker; a communications module to transmit the captured images to a server, and to receive images in a second scene from the server providing a mixed reality experience to the user. In addition, the second scene is generated by retrieving multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and superimposing the associated multimedia content over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker.
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57 Claims
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1. A mobile platform for providing a mixed reality experience to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the platform comprising:
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an image capturing module to capture images of an item in a first scene, the item having at least one marker;
a communications module to transmit the captured images to a server, and to receive images in a second scene from the server providing a mixed reality experience to the user;
wherein the second scene is generated by retrieving multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and superimposing the associated multimedia content over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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39. A mobile platform for providing a mixed reality experience to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the platform comprising:
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an image capturing module to capture images of an item in a first scene, the item having at least one marker; and
a graphics module to retrieve multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and generate a second scene including the associated multimedia content superimposed over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker, to provide a mixed reality experience to the user.
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40. A server for providing a mixed reality experience to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the server comprising:
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a communications module to receive captured images of an item in a first scene from the mobile communications device, and to transmit images in a second scene to the mobile communications device providing a mixed reality experience to the user, the item having at least one marker; and
an image processing module to retrieve multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and to generate the second scene including the associated multimedia content superimposed over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker.
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41. A system for providing a mixed reality experience to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the system comprising:
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an item having at least one marker;
an image capturing module to capture images of the item in a first scene;
an image display module to display images in a second scene providing a mixed reality experience to the user;
wherein the second scene is generated by retrieving multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and superimposing the associated multimedia content over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker.
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42. A method for providing a mixed reality experience to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the method comprising:
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capturing images of an item having at least one marker, in a first scene;
displaying images in a second scene to provide a mixed reality experience to the user;
wherein the second scene is generated by retrieving multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and superimposing the associated multimedia content over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker.
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43. A mixed reality application for delivering messages to a user via a mobile communications device of the user, the application comprising:
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an item having at least one marker;
an image capturing module to capture images of the item in a first scene;
an image display module to display images in a second scene providing a mixed reality experience to the user;
wherein the second scene is generated by retrieving a message associated with an identified marker, and superimposing the message over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. A mixed reality application for reading via a mobile communications device of a user, the application comprising:
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a book having at least one marker on each page;
an image capturing module to capture images of at least one page in a first scene;
an image display module to display images in a second scene providing a mixed reality experience to the user;
wherein the second scene is generated by retrieving multimedia content associated with an identified marker, and superimposing the associated multimedia content over the first scene in a relative position to the identified marker. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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