METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY

• US 20150097865A1
• Filed: 09/16/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SUBRAMANIAN, Muthukumar, MISHRA, Pankaj
• Granted Patent: US 9,911,231 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3256 colour related metadata, e.g. colour, ICC profiles

Abstract

A method and computing device for providing Augmented Reality (AR) is provided. The method of providing AR includes detecting at least one physical object from a real scene obtained through a camera of a computing device, rendering at least one virtual object at a desired position of the detected at least one physical object on the real scene provided on a display, enabling communication through a command for interaction between the rendered at least one virtual object, and enabling the at least one virtual object to perform an action in response to command communication between the at least one virtual object.

Claims

1. A method of providing Augmented Reality (AR), the method comprising:

detecting at least one physical object from a real scene obtained through a camera of a computing device;

rendering at least one virtual object at a desired position of the detected at least one physical object on the real scene provided on a display;

enabling communication through a command for interaction between the rendered at least one virtual object; and

enabling the at least one virtual object to perform an action in response to command communication between the at least one virtual object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the enabling of the communication comprises sending the command as an input to the rendered at least one virtual object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the enabling of the at least one virtual object to perform the action in response to the command communication between the at least one virtual object comprises:

processing a command sent from a first virtual object to a second virtual object; and

enabling the second virtual object to perform an action corresponding to the received command in response to the command received by the second virtual object.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a handshake to confirm performing of the action between the at least one virtual object; and

storing states corresponding to the at least one virtual object during communication between the at least one virtual object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises at least one of a touch, a grab, movement, and release.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the action is performed based on detection of particular events.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the events are values corresponding to at least one of a state of the at least one virtual object, a surrounding environment of the at least one virtual object and relative motion between the at least one virtual object.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing multimedia effects to the rendered at least one virtual object or providing real-time effects to the action performed by the at least one virtual object, during communication between the rendered at least one virtual object.

9. A computing device configured to provide Augmented Reality (AR), the computing device comprising:

an object detection module configured to detect at least one physical object from a real scene obtained through a camera;

a rendering module configured to render at least one virtual object at a desired position of the detected at least one physical object on the real scene provided on a display; and

a command processing module configured to process commands generated by the rendered at least one virtual object, to enable communication through a command for interaction between the rendered at least one virtual object, and to enable the at least one virtual object to perform an action in response to command communication between the at least one virtual object.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the command processing module sends the command as an input to the rendered at least one virtual object to enable the communication.

11. The computing device of claim 9, wherein to enable the at least one virtual object to perform the action, the command processing module processes a command sent from a first virtual object to a second virtual object and enables the second virtual object to perform an action corresponding to the received command in response to the command received by the second virtual object.

12. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the command processing module initiates a handshake to confirm performing of the action between the at least one virtual object and stores states corresponding to the at least one virtual object during communication between the at least one virtual object.

13. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the action is performed based on detection of particular events.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the events are values corresponding to at least one of a state of the at least one virtual object, a surrounding environment of the at least one virtual object and relative motion between the at least one virtual object.

15. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising a database connected to the command processing module and configured to store information about handshakes between the at least one virtual object and information about the rendered at least one virtual object.

16. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising a multimedia module configured to provide multimedia effects to the rendered at least one virtual object or to provide real-time effects to the action performed by the at least one virtual object, during communication between the rendered at least one virtual object.

17. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of providing Augmented Reality (AR), the method comprising:

detecting at least one physical object from a real scene obtained through a camera of a computing device;

rendering at least one virtual object at a desired position of the detected at least one physical object on the real scene provided on a display;

enabling communication through a command for interaction between the rendered at least one virtual object; and

enabling the at least one virtual object to perform an action in response to command communication between the at least one virtual object.

18. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 17, wherein the enabling of the communication through the command for interaction between the rendered at least one virtual object is automatically rendered without user interaction with the computing device.