SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTION

• US 20150310671A1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees (State University System of Florida)
• Original Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees (State University System of Florida)
• Inventors: KIM, Jong-Hoon, PRABAKAR, Nagarajan, IYENGAR, S.S., CASTILLO, Lorenzo, CARVAJAL, Jon, ALMARIO, Eliana, VIETRI, Giuseppe
• Granted Patent: US 9,934,613 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 23/08 Cartesian or other divers
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 23/16 Aquatic toy installations; Harbour arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

An augmented reality system is described that comprises a movable object comprising an object hardware component; a control hardware component for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals via a communication link to the object hardware component; and a software component stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and in operable communication with the control hardware component. An application user interface is provided for enabling a user to provide command input for controlling the movement of the movable object via the object hardware component.

Claims

1. An augmented reality system, comprising:

a movable object comprising an object hardware component;

a control hardware component for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals via a communication link to the object .hardware component, the control hardware component comprising a display; and

a software component stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and in operable communication with the control hardware component, the software component further comprising a user interface for enabling a user to provide command input for controlling the movement of the movable object via the object hardware component.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface further provides visual data received from the object hardware component via the display.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a positioning component in operable communication with the object hardware component, the positioning component for providing spatial data relative to the object'"'"'s surroundings.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the spatial data is utilized for avoiding surrounding objects during movement of the movable object.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the positioning component is a sonar device.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the positioning component is a global positioning system (GPS).

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a video camera on the movable object in communication with the object hardware component, the video camera for streaming video to the display of the control hardware component via the communication link.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the control hardware component is a mobile device.

9. A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method comprising:

in response to receiving a request to place one or more virtual objects in a position, getting position coordinates of the virtual object;

providing position coordinates of the virtual object to a movable object;

providing commands to the movable object to move to the position coordinates of the virtual object.

10. The medium according to claim 9, wherein the location of the movable object is determined and displayed on the display of the computing device in real-time.

11. The medium according to claim 10, wherein the location of the movable object is determined via global positioning system.

12. The medium according to claim 9, wherein the position coordinates of the virtual object are displayed on a display of the computing device.

13. The medium according to claim 12, wherein the location of the movable object is displayed on the display of the computing device in real-time as it moves to the position coordinates of the virtual object.