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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING AN APPEARANCE OF A HILT TO SIMULATE A BLADED WEAPON

  • US 20180005452A1
  • Filed: 09/14/2017
  • Published: 01/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for augmenting an appearance of a hilt to simulate a handheld weapon, the system comprising:

  • a display configured to display an overlay image;

    an image sensor configured to generate visual output signals conveying visual information within a field of view of the image sensor;

    a housing of the hilt;

    a landmark carried by the housing, the landmark indicating a reference point for the hilt that facilitates determination of a position and orientation of the housing;

    a first inertial measurement unit carried by the display, the first inertial measurement unit configured to generate first motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of the display such that the first motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals, wherein the first motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor;

    a second inertial measurement unit carried by the housing, the second inertial measurement unit configured to generate second motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of the housing such that the second motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals, wherein the second motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; and

    one or more processors configured by machine readable instructions to;

    when the landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor;

    detect the landmark based on the visual output signals;

    determine a position and/or an orientation of the landmark; and

    determine a position and/or an orientation of the housing based on the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the landmark;

    when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor, determine the position and/or the orientation of the housing with respect to the display based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals;

    determine the overlay image comprising a visual of the handheld weapon, wherein the visual is placed within the overlay image according to the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the housing such that the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the visual output signals when the landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor and the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; and

    effectuate displaying of the overlay image on the display.

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