OBJECT RELATED AUGMENTED REALITY PLAY SYSTEM

• US 20110181497A1
• Filed: 01/26/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sirocco Vision Limited
• Original Assignee: Sirocco Vision Limited
• Inventors: Raviv, Roni
• Application Number:
  US12/693,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20110181497A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• 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: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/66 for rendering three dimensional images
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8082 Virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

An augmented reality (AR) system including a head mounted display (HMD), the HMD including an optics module for generating an image and projecting a beam of the image on a display substrate, an object including a signal source for transmitting an activation signal related to the object, and a receiver/processor operative to receive and process the activation signal and to cause the optics module to generate virtual images related to the object in accordance with the activation signal.

Claims

1. An augmented reality (AR) system comprising:

a head mounted display (HMD), said HMD comprising an optics module for generating an image and projecting a beam of said image on a display substrate;

an object comprising a signal source for transmitting an activation signal related to said object; and

a receiver/processor operative to receive and process said activation signal and to cause said optics module to generate virtual images related to said object in accordance with said activation signal.

2. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said signal source is an active signal source.

3. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said signal source is a passive signal source.

4. The AR system according to claim 1, further comprising an audio system operative to combine real and virtual sounds related to said object in accordance with said activation signal.

5. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said signal source comprises a beacon.

6. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said signal source comprises a transponder.

7. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said signal source comprises a transmitter.

8. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said signal source comprises an infrared signal source.

9. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said signal source comprises an RFID tag.

10. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said activation comprises a unique identification for said object which is personally recognizable, and said receiver/processor is operative to cause said optics module to generate images or data unique to said object.

11. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said object comprises a toy.

12. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said object comprises a vehicle.

13. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said object comprises a storybook.

14. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said object comprises a virtual pet.

15. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said object comprises an interactive doll.

16. The AR system according to claim 1, wherein said object comprises an interactive medical kit.