Enlarged Reality Visualization System with Pervasive Computation

• US 20080297435A1
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ana Luisa Holfing De Lima, Ricardo Uras, Vagner Rogerio Dos Santos
• Original Assignee: Ana Luisa Holfing De Lima, Ricardo Uras, Vagner Rogerio Dos Santos
• Inventors: Uras, Ricardo, Santos, Vagner Rogerio dos, de Lima, Ana Luisa Holfing
• Application Number:
  US12/097,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20080297435A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/8
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0127 comprising devices increasing the depth of field
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/028 characterised by the supporting structure

Abstract

The present invention relates to an enlarged reality visualization system with pervasive computation. More specifically, this invention refers to a system that makes available data and information for individual'"'"'s moving, spatial and geographical positioning, acquisition of data and information in real time or stored in some storage device, for users, such as professionals in general, in urban movement, hobbyists or visual deficient that need to transit by urban and/or building atmospheres, interacting with the objects and/or buildings, using wireless communication technologies. The present invention can be still used as system for generation of an electronic book, when the exhibition display is uncoupled from the head support and lay on a table and/or base or held with the hands.

Claims

1. ) An enlarged reality visualization system with pervasive computation characterized by comprising:

a support for head coupling (1);

ultrasound sensor (2);

means for capture of proximate images (3) and distant images (4);

means for image magnification;

means for visualization of the captured information (5);

means for keying the mentioned means of image capture (6); and

means for receiving information (7), through which it can be made available, in said means for visualization of the captured information (5), either data supplied by the RFID systems that are captured by the information receiving system, or information that are received via RF from the mobile telephony system, that are also captured in the information receiving system, digitally processed and sent to said means of visualization (5), where they are overlapped or integrated to the images and/or information digitalized by the means of image capture (3, 4), providing to the user more information than s/he is really seeing, from the means of image capture (3, 4).

2. ) System, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means of image distancing capture (4) is a long distance camera that has an opening angle that makes possible the user moving around urban and building obstacles.

3. ) System, as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said means of image distancing capture (4) has a servo-controlled optical system that makes possible the auto-focus for close objects until approximately 50 cm, being automatically adjusted through the signs generated by said ultrasound sensor (2).

4. ) System, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said ultrasound sensor (2) has a work interval of 6 cm up to 600 cm of obstacle capture, being its resting position 600 cm.

5. ) System, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said auto-focus servo-controlled system is a c.c. motor with absolute encoder that adjusts the lenses of the optical system.

6. ) System, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means of capture of proximal images (3) is a small angle camera with enlargement adjustment controlled by an electronic system that makes possible the inversion of the c.c. motor turn, actuated by a button of three positions that moves the camera, approximating or moving away the images, making possible, thereby, the enlargement adjustment.

7. ) System, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for capture of proximal (3) images and distant images (4) have RCA outlets with automatic conversion for the sign of the means for visualization (5).

8. ) System, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for visualization of the captured information (5) have two video inlets (8) with operation selection, making possible to the user to define, at any moment, if s/he wants to observe distant objects or close objects.

9. ) System, as claimed in claim 8, wherein the selection of objects to be visualized in said means for visualization (5) can be accomplished by a voice recognition system for interpretation of electric biological signs coming from the muscular movement of the user'"'"'s face or any other muscle, or still manually.

10. ) enlarged reality visualization system with pervasive computation characterized by comprising:

means for capture of distant (4) images;

means for visualization of the captured information (5), said means adapted to make possible the automatic control of the focus for visualization of images prior to digitalizing, the digitalized images being sent to said means for visualization (5) and presented in accordance with the enlargement adjusted.

11. ) System, as claimed in claim 10, wherein said means of capture of proximal images (3) is small angle a camera, with enlargement adjustment controlled by an electronic system that makes possible the inversion of the c.c. motor turn, actuated by a button of three positions that moves the camera, approximating or moving away the images, making possible, thereby, the enlargement adjustment.

12. ) System, as claimed in claim 10, wherein said means of capture of proximal images (3) have RCA outlets with automatic conversion for the sign of the means for visualization (5).