COORDINATE-SYSTEM SHARING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY
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1. A method for presenting real and virtual images correctly positioned with respect to each other, the method comprising:
- in a first field of view, receiving a first real image of an object and displaying a first virtual image, the object defining at least an origin of a coordinate system; and
in a second field of view oriented independently relative to the first field of view, receiving a second real image of the object and displaying a second virtual image, the first and second virtual images positioned coincidently within the coordinate system.
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Abstract
A method for presenting real and virtual images correctly positioned with respect to each other. The method includes, in a first field of view, receiving a first real image of an object and displaying a first virtual image. The method also includes, in a second field of view oriented independently relative to the first field of view, receiving a second real image of the object and displaying a second virtual image, the first and second virtual images positioned coincidently within a coordinate system.
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1. A method for presenting real and virtual images correctly positioned with respect to each other, the method comprising:
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in a first field of view, receiving a first real image of an object and displaying a first virtual image, the object defining at least an origin of a coordinate system; and in a second field of view oriented independently relative to the first field of view, receiving a second real image of the object and displaying a second virtual image, the first and second virtual images positioned coincidently within the coordinate system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An augmented-reality system comprising:
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an optic through which an object is sighted in a first field of view; a camera configured to acquire video of the object; a sensor configured to bracket a position and/or orientation of the first field of view within a coordinate system shared by a second, independently oriented field of view; and a projector configured to display a first virtual image in the first field of view, the first virtual image positioned within the coordinate system coincident with a second virtual image displayed in the second field of view, the optic, camera, sensor, and projector coupled in a see-through, head-mounted display (HMD) device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An augmented-reality system comprising:
a first head-mounted display device, including; a first optic in which an object is sighted in a first field of view, a first camera configured to acquire video of the object, a first projector configured to display a first virtual image, the object defining at least an origin of a coordinate system; and a communication subsystem configured to communicate with a remote computer, the remote computer configured to communicate with a second head-mounted display device having a second optic in which the object is sighted in a second field of view oriented independently relative to the first field of view, a second camera configured to acquire video of the object, and a second projector configured to display a second virtual image, the first and second virtual images positioned coincidently within the coordinate system;
the remote computer configured to maintain, for access by the first head-mounted display device and the second head-mounted display device, a mapping of an environment in which the augmented-reality system is used.
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