ELECTRO-OPTIC VISION SYSTEMS

• US 20110157223A1
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1993
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ellenby John, Kenyon E.B. Mcguire, Peter Malcolm Ellenby, Thomas William Ellenby
• Original Assignee: Ellenby John, Kenyon E.B. Mcguire, Peter Malcolm Ellenby, Thomas William Ellenby
• Inventors: McGuire, Kenyon E. B., John, Ellenby, Ellenby, Thomas William, Ellenby, Peter Malcolm
• Application Number:
  US13/042,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20110157223A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 17/34 Sun- or astro-compasses
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32014 Augmented reality assists operator in maintenance, repair, programming, assembly, use of head mounted display with 2-D 3-D display and voice feedback, voice and gesture command
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/10 Geometric effects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

An image processing system for displaying an augmented real scene image. The system includes a device for identifying a geographic position, a processor for combining a real scene image at the position with information about the real scene to produce an augmented image and a display for displaying the augmented image.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. An image processing system comprising:

a position device identifying a geographical position, wherein the geographical position identifies information that enhances real scene image information at the geographical position;

a processor for processing and combining the information that enhances the real scene image information with the real scene image information to produce an augmented real scene image for viewing; and

a display for showing the augmented real scene image at the geographical position identified by the position device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the position device includes a global positioning device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the position device includes a Global Positioning System device.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the position device includes a differential Global Positioning System device.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the position device includes a Global Navigational Satellite System device.

7. The system of claim 2 further comprising a database for storing the information that enhances real scene image information.

8. the system of claim 2 further comprising an attitude device identifying an attitude of said portion of the image processing system.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising a database for storing information identified by geographical position and attitude that enhances real scene image information.

10. An image processing system comprising:

a position device identifying a geographical position, wherein the geographical position identifies information that enhances real scene image information at the geographical position;

a database for storing information identified by geographical position that enhances real scene image information at the geographical position;

a processor for processing and combining real scene image information with information retrieved from the database that enhances the real scene image information to produce an augmented real scene image for viewing; and

a display for showing the augmented real scene image at the geographical position identified by the position device.

11. An image processing system comprising:

a position device identifying a geographical position of at least a portion of the image processing system, wherein the geographical position identifies information that enhances real scene image information at the geographical position;

an attitude device identifying an attitude of at least a portion of the image processing system, wherein the attitude identifies information that enhances real scene image information at the device;

a database for storing information identified by geographical position and attitude that enhances real scene information at the geographical position;

a processor for processing and combining the information retrieved from the database that enhances the real scene image information with the real scene image information to produce an augmented real scene image for viewing; and

a display for showing the augmented real scene image at the geographical position identified by the position device.