SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ERRORS UTILIZING AUGMENTED REALITY

• US 20120257794A1
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: MESERTH, Timothy A., MOLANDER, Mark E., WINDELL, David T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,957,917 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/07 Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0742 in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0772 Means for error signaling, e.g. using interrupts, exception flags, dedicated error registers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/32 with visual or acoustical indication of the functioning of the machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

Methods for managing errors utilizing augmented reality are provided. One system includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a systems management console, capture device for capturing environmental inputs, memory storing code comprising an augmented reality module, and a processor. The processor, when executing the code comprising the augmented reality module, is configured to perform the method below. One method includes capturing an environmental input, identifying a target device in the captured environmental input, and querying the systems management console regarding a status condition for the target device. Also provided are physical computer storage mediums including a computer program product for performing the above method.

Claims

1. A method for managing errors utilizing augmented reality in a system including a transceiver configured to communicate with a systems management console, a capture device for capturing environmental inputs, memory storing code comprising an augmented reality module, and a processor coupled to the transceiver, the capture device, and the memory, the method comprising:

capturing an environmental input via the capture device;

identifying, via the processor, a target device in the captured environmental input; and

querying, by the processor utilizing the transceiver, the systems management console regarding a status condition of the target device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the target device comprises identifying the target device via one of a bar code, a radio frequency identifier, and a position of the target device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a display coupled to the processor, the method further comprising:

receiving, via the transceiver, information regarding the status condition from the systems management console; and

displaying, via the display, the information regarding the status condition.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the system further comprises an input device coupled to the processor, the input device configured to receive inputs from a user, the method further comprising:

synthesizing the received information and the captured environmental input;

receiving an input from a user for troubleshooting the status condition when the status condition is a fault condition; and

transmitting the input to the systems management console.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the input from the user comprises receiving the input via one of a keyboard, a touch screen associated with the display, and a computing mouse.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing the environmental input comprises capturing the environmental input utilizing one of an audio capturing device, a visual capturing device, and a tactile capturing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing the environmental input comprises capturing a visual image of the target device utilizing a camera.