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Augmented Reality Panorama Supporting Visually Impaired Individuals

  • US 20110216179A1
  • Filed: 02/24/2011
  • Published: 09/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An augmented reality engine comprising:

  • a remote device interface configured to receive ambient sensor data from a remote mobile sensing device over a network, the ambient sensor data reflecting a remote environment of a visually impaired person and including a current field of view and device position data;

    a panoramic engine configured to construct an augmented reality panorama representing a model of the remote environment and some of its objects at least partially based on the ambient sensor data with current field of view integrated into the augmented reality panorama as a function of the device position; and

    a sighted assistant interface configured to;

    present visually the augmented reality panorama with the integrated current field of view to a sighted assistant, andtransmit, via the remote device interface, device commands to the remote mobile sensing device, the device commands instructing the mobile sensing device to capture additional object data associated with the objects in the augmented reality panorama.

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