SAVING AUGMENTED REALITIES

• US 20140002490A1
• Filed: 06/28/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Teegan, Hugh
• Granted Patent: US 10,176,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2215/16 Using real world measurements to influence rendering

Abstract

Saving augmented realities includes collecting, with an augmented reality device, observation information of a physical space including an object, and obtaining, with the augmented reality device, an augmentation associated with the object. An augmented view of the physical space including a visual representation of the augmentation is visually presented with the augmented reality device, and the augmented view is saved for subsequent playback.

Claims

1. A method for saving augmented realities, comprising:

collecting, with an augmented reality device, observation information of a physical space including an object;

obtaining, with the augmented reality device, an augmentation associated with the object;

visually presenting, with the augmented reality device, an augmented view of the physical space, the augmented view including a visual representation of the augmentation; and

saving the augmented view for subsequent playback.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the augmentation further comprises receiving the augmentation from the object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a first object, and wherein obtaining the augmentation further comprises receiving the augmentation from a second object in the physical space.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the augmentation further comprises identifying the object based on the observation information and retrieving the augmentation from an augmentation index stored on the augmented reality device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the augmentation further comprises identifying the object based on the observation information and retrieving the augmentation from a remote service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the augmentation further comprises sending the observation information to a remote service, and receiving the augmentation from the remote service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a person, and wherein the augmentation is textual information indicating an identity of the person.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the observation information comprises image information, audio information, and location information of the physical space.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the observation information is collected by one or more of an outward facing image sensor, motion sensor, microphone, compass, and GPS.

10. An augmented reality device, comprising:

one or more cameras to image a physical space;

an augmentation engine to obtain an augmentation for an identified object in the physical space, the augmentation comprising information relating to the identified object;

a display to present an augmented view of the physical space, the augmented view including a visual representation of the augmentation; and

a capture engine to save the augmented view for subsequent playback.

11. The augmented reality device of claim 10, wherein the identified object is identified by the augmented reality device from image information collected from the one or more cameras.

12. The augmented reality device of claim 10, wherein the identified object is identified by a remote service from image information collected from the one or more cameras.

13. The augmented reality device of claim 10, wherein the augmentation engine obtains the augmentation from a remote service.

14. The augmented reality device of claim 10, wherein the augmentation engine obtains the augmentation from a device located within the physical space.

15. The augmented reality device of claim 10, wherein the capture engine receives an image of the physical space from the one or more cameras and is configured to overlay the visual representation of the augmentation on the image of the physical space.

16. The augmented reality device of claim 10, wherein the display is a see-through display.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the augmented reality device is a head-mounted see-through display device.

17. A method for saving augmented realities, comprising:

collecting, with an augmented reality device, observation information of a physical space including an object;

sending, with the augmented reality device, the observation information to a remote service;

receiving, with the augmented reality device, an identification of the object and an augmentation associated with the object from the remote service;

visually presenting, with the augmented reality device, an augmented view of the physical space, the augmented view including a visual representation of the augmentation; and

saving the augmented view for subsequent playback.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the object is a person, and wherein the augmentation is textual information indicating an identity of the person.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the observation information comprises image information, audio information, and location information of the physical space collected by one or more of an outward facing image sensor, motion sensor, microphone, compass, and GPS.