AR-BOOK

• US 20160217699A1
• Filed: 09/02/2014
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2013
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Suresh T. Thankavel
• Original Assignee: Suresh T. Thankavel
• Inventors: Thankavel, Suresh T.
• Application Number:
  US14/916,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217699A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

The present invention illustrates a picture book augmented reality application that includes scanning capability, 3D graphics presentation and video presentation that immerses participants into the story line of a picture book. The book cover or a page in the book itself can be scanned with a smart device (smart phone, tablet, Kindle, Nuke, MAC, PC, laptop), which activates the augmented reality book application to get the appropriate content of the AR-Book. The participant can see the visual world of themselves being part of the story line through an avatar when displaying the video/2D/3D content using the AR application. Therefore, the invention allows participants to be immersed into the picture book as one of the characters in the picture book using their real face or a caricature of their face wrapped/attached to the selected character (avatar) in the picture book.

Claims

1. A picture book augmented reality (AR) application to immerse one or more participants into a story line while viewing an actual physical AR-Book, a picture book, a picture book via AR application wherein one or more pictures come alive in the form of a video, 3-Dimensional (3D) figure displayed on top of the picture and the participant'"'"'s own image become part of the story along with the one or more story line characters while displaying the AR content, having (a) a scanner, (b) an input device, (c) a computer, and (d) an interface, wherein:

a) the scanner scans a graphics pattern using at least one smart device to activate and use the picture book application;

b) the input device uses the at least one smart device to take the picture of the participant'"'"'s face, select a caricature of the participant'"'"'s face, use the actual face of the participant, and selects an avatar to use with the participants face, caricature of the participant'"'"'s face and to interact with the AR-Book application;

c) the computer generates the 3D graphics and a video that immerses one or more participants into the picture book story line; and

d) the interface displays the 3D graphics and the video in response to the participant picture book and the computer.

2. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the picture book comprises an actual picture book (1) and a website picture book (2) and a user (3) alerts the at least one smart device to the picture mode to readily scan (4) a cover of the actual picture book (1), the website picture book (2) to activate the AR-Book application.

3. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the smart device includes a smart-phone (5) and a tablet (6).

4. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein a welcome screen is displayed on the smart device and asks the user (3) to enter (9) first name text for the participant such that the user (3) enters the text of each participant'"'"'s first name (10), which is saved by an AR-Book application database (12).

5. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 4, wherein a face silhouette (14) is displayed by the AR-Book application database (12) and asks the user (3) to put the face into the silhouette to take a picture or upload the face.

6. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 5, wherein the user (3) clicks a picture button to freeze a frame such that the picture is saved into the AR-Book application database (12) and displays one or more participants face individually into a silhouette (15).

7. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 4, wherein the participant'"'"'s caricature face (17) and a real face (16) are stored in the form of the 3D or 2D into the AR-Book application database (12).

8. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 4, wherein the user (3) enters a text (18) by selecting (19) the participant'"'"'s caricature face (17) and the participant'"'"'s real face (16).

9. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 4, wherein the user (3) selects an avatar for each participant from a display of one or more avatars (21) of one or more characters in the picture book for each participant'"'"'s real (16) and the caricature face (17) that has been previously selected and saved by the AR-Book application database (12) and selects an desired avatar (22).

10. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the participant'"'"'s real face (16) and the caricature face (17) is attached to a head of the avatar and displayed (26) to the user (3).

11. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the user selects an avatar (27) or re-select the face (28a) or re-select the avatar (28b) and saves the selected one or more avatars (26) for each participant.

12. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the user (3) selects and saves a selected avatar (29) or selects a different avatar (28, 22, 27) until an avatar for each participant is accepted and saved.

13. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the user (3) opens a book (30, 31) and point the device to the first page and each ensuing page at leisure (32).

14. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 13, wherein a video, a, a 2D or a 3D graphics (35) is activated based on content of each page and displays the participant'"'"'s one or more avatars into the story line of each page for total immersion into the story line.

15. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the video is supported by an audio to play in real-time and one or more user interactions including hand, facial and eye movements are interactive with the audio.

16. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the user handles the AR book in one or more languages.

17. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the application works with holographic technology.

18. The picture book augmented reality application to immerse one or more participants into the story line of claim 1, wherein the application works with viewing devices including Google Glass and Moverio BT-200.

19. An augmented reality (AR) application to immerse one or more participants into a story line while viewing an image, wherein at least one picture on the image comes alive in the form of a video, 3-Dimensional (3D) figure displayed on top of the picture and the participant'"'"'s own image becomes part of the story along with the one or more story line characters while displaying the AR content, having (a) a scanner, (b) an input device, (c) a computer, and (d) an interface, wherein:

a) the scanner scans a graphics pattern using at least one smart device to activate and use the application;

b) the input device uses the at least one smart device to take the picture of the participant'"'"'s face, select a caricature of the participant'"'"'s face, use the actual face of the participant, and selects an avatar to use with the participants face, caricature of the participant'"'"'s face and to interact with the application;

c) the computer generates the 3D graphics and a video that immerses one or more participants into the story line; and

d) the interface displays the 3D graphics and the video in response to the image and the computer.