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AUGMENTED REALITY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING AN OPERATOR TO PERFORM A TASK ON A MOVING OBJECT

  • US 20160078678A1
  • Filed: 09/12/2014
  • Published: 03/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An augmented reality method for assisting an operator to perform a task within a working zone on an object moving along a path intersecting the working zone and according to at least one characteristic of said object, said method being for use with a sensor unit configured to generate data indicative of said object characteristic at a detecting position upstream said working zone, said method comprising the steps of:

  • i) generating task instruction data according to said characteristic indicative data;

    ii) estimating successive positions of said object as it moves toward and through the working zone to generate object position tracking data;

    iii) processing said task instruction data and said object position tracking data to generate object tracking task instruction data; and

    iv) projecting light according to said object tracking task instruction data onto said object as it moves through the working zone to provide a visual instruction for the operator about the task to perform on the object.

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