Location-Specific Digital Artwork Using Augmented Reality

• US 20150161822A1
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Basu, Sunandini
• Application Number:
  US14/102,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20150161822A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for creating, modifying and displaying location-specific digital artwork using augmented reality. A computing device is configured to determine a geographical location. The geographical location can be the current physical location of the device or the location. A database of location-specific information is searched for data representing predefined spatial planes associated with the geographical location. One or more of the spatial planes obtained from the search can be selected by a user via a graphical user interface (GUI). The selected spatial planes form a digital canvas within an interactive drawing interface upon which digital artwork can be created and/or modified. The digital artwork can be rendered via the GUI or other suitable display device, providing a visualization of the digital artwork interposed with the environment at the geographical location. The digital artwork can be exported to a database and associated with the environment.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining a geographical location using a device;

causing, via a communications network, a search of an external location database to identify data representing predefined spatial planes associated with the geographical location;

receiving a selection, via a user interface of the mobile device, of at least one of the predefined spatial planes;

providing, via the user interface, an interactive drawing interface for creating, on a digital canvas, digital artwork associated with the selected spatial plane; and

rendering the digital artwork on the device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising exporting, via the communications network, the digital artwork to an external artwork database.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, via the user interface, the digital canvas as an orthographic projection of the selected spatial plane.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, via the user interface, preexisting digital artwork associated with the geographical location.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the rendering further comprises overlapping the preexisting digital artwork and the digital artwork created on the digital canvas.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the preexisting digital artwork is rendered in a preview pane of the user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically changing a visual perspective of the digital artwork in response to a change in an orientation of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical location is determined by the mobile device based at least in part on an electronic photographic image of the geographical location.

9. A computing device, comprising:

a display;

a storage comprising at least one memory; and

one or more processors each operatively coupled to the storage and the display, the one or more processors configured to carry out a process comprising;

generating a user interface via the display;

determining a geographical location using a device;

causing, via a communications network, a search of an external location database to identify data representing predefined spatial planes associated with the geographical location;

receiving a selection, via a user interface of the mobile device, of at least one of the predefined spatial planes;

providing, via the user interface, an interactive drawing interface for creating, on a digital canvas, digital artwork associated with the selected spatial plane; and

rendering the digital artwork on the device.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the process further comprises exporting, via the communications network, the digital artwork to an external artwork database.

11. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the process further comprises displaying, via the user interface, the digital canvas as an orthographic projection of the selected spatial plane.

12. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the process further comprises displaying, via the user interface, preexisting digital artwork associated with the geographical location.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the rendering further comprises overlapping the preexisting digital artwork and the digital artwork created on the digital canvas.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the preexisting digital artwork is rendered in a preview pane of the user interface.

15. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the process further comprises automatically changing a visual perspective of the digital artwork in response to a change in an orientation of the device.

16. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the geographical location is determined by the device based at least in part on an electronic photographic image of the geographical location.

17. A non-transient computer program product having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out, the process comprising:

determining a geographical location using a device;

causing, via a communications network, a search of an external location database to identify data representing predefined spatial planes associated with the geographical location;

receiving a selection, via a user interface of the mobile device, of at least one of the predefined spatial planes;

providing, via the user interface, an interactive drawing interface for creating, on a digital canvas, digital artwork associated with the selected spatial plane; and

rendering the digital artwork on the device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the process further comprises exporting, via the communications network, the digital artwork to an external artwork database.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the process further comprises displaying, via the user interface, the digital canvas as an orthographic projection of the selected spatial plane.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the process further comprises displaying, via the user interface, preexisting digital artwork associated with the geographical location.