LOCATION BASED OBJECT TRACKING
First Claim
1. ) A method of locating and interacting with an external object comprising:
- (a) obtaining real-time imagery from a mobile camera;
(b) presenting the real-time imagery having content on a mobile display collocated with the mobile camera;
(c) determining at least one item of information related to the content of the real-time imagery; and
(d) presenting the information as a graphical overlay on the real-time imagery.
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Abstract
A user of a mobile device is able to display information about objects in the surrounding environment and to optionally interact with those objects. The information may be displayed as a graphical overlay on top of a real-time display of imagery from a camera in the mobile device with the overlay indexed to the real-time display. The graphical overlay may include positional information about an external object and may include navigational information intended to assist the user in moving to the object'"'"'s location. There may also be a graphical user interface which allows the user to utilize the mobile device to interact with an external object.
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20 Claims
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1. ) A method of locating and interacting with an external object comprising:
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(a) obtaining real-time imagery from a mobile camera; (b) presenting the real-time imagery having content on a mobile display collocated with the mobile camera; (c) determining at least one item of information related to the content of the real-time imagery; and (d) presenting the information as a graphical overlay on the real-time imagery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. ) A method of locating and interacting with an external object comprising:
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(a) obtaining real-time imagery from a mobile camera; (b) presenting the real-time imagery having content on a mobile display collocated with the mobile camera; (c) determining the location of the mobile camera; (d) determining the location of an external object relative to the location of the camera; (e) determining information related to the external object; and (f) presenting the information as a graphical overlay on the real-time imagery. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. ) A system for locating and interacting with external objects, the system comprising:
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(a) a mobile camera, having a known position, adapted to capture real-time imagery and adapted to supply the real-time imagery in a digital format; (b) a video display, physically proximate the mobile camera and adapted to display the supplied real-time imagery in a viewfinder mode and adapted to display graphical data overlaid on and indexed to the real-time imagery. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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