Augmented Reality System

• US 20120256917A1
• Filed: 06/19/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Charles Christopher, Stevan H. Lieberman
• Original Assignee: Charles Christopher, Stevan H. Lieberman
• Inventors: Lieberman, Stevan H., Christopher, Charles
• Application Number:
  US13/526,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256917A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/004 Annotating, labelling

Abstract

User created, maintained, and managed spatially coordinated and aware virtual data association system allowing any type of information to be associated to any item of location in the real world and associated viewing methods. A method for allowing individuals to be able to see 2D or 3D objects that are placed in a virtual environment via a portable viewing device such as a cell phone or a heads up display. By displaying user-selected augmented reality (AR) feeds over a portable viewing device, individuals are capable of customizing the channels returned from an assortment of geo-spatial databases.

Claims

1. An augmented reality method, comprising the steps of:

a computer receiving information from a user;

the computer associating the information with an object; and

the computer displaying the object to the user, the object represented on a geo-spatial database according to the information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is chosen from the group:

text, images, audio, video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is chosen from the group:

text, images, audio, video.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is not accessible in a publicly accessible geo-spatial database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the object and the geo-spatial database are associated with a virtual world.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the computer tuning to a channel that provides information overlayed on the geo-spatial database.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the computer receiving a channel displayed on the geo-spatial database, the channel modified by an authorized user.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the computer receiving a channel displayed on the geo-spatial database, the channel only viewable by an authorized user.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising the computer correlating a search engine with the geo-spatial database, the search engine searching for meta data for a particular object at a particular position in the geo-spatial database.

17. The method of claim 1, further wherein the geo-spatial database has data, the data indicating the way to make a 3D object viewable in real world via an augmented reality viewer.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising the computer filtering to allow multiple channels to be displayed on the geo-spatial database at the same time.

2. An augmented reality method, comprising the steps of:

a computer receiving information from a user;

the computer associating the information with a location; and

the computer displaying the location to the user, the location represented on a geo-spatial database according to the information.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the location is not accessible in a publicly accessible geo-spatial database.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the location and the geo-spatial database are associated with a virtual world.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising the computer tuning to a channel that provides information overlayed on the geo-spatial database.

12. The method of claim 2, further comprising the computer receiving a channel displayed on the geo-spatial database, the channel modified by an authorized user.

14. The method of claim 2, further comprising the computer receiving a channel displayed on the geo-spatial database, the channel only viewable by an authorized user.

16. The method of claim 2, further comprising the computer correlating a search engine with the geo-spatial database, the search engine searching for meta data for a particular location at a particular position in the geo-spatial database.

18. The method of claim 2, further wherein the geo-spatial database has data, the data indicating the way to make a 3D location viewable in real world via an augmented reality viewer.

20. The method of claim 2, further comprising the computer filtering to allow multiple channels to be displayed on the geo-spatial database.