Interference based augmented reality hosting platforms

• US 8,810,598 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Inventors: Soon-Shiong, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): HARRISON, CHANTE E
• Application Number:
  US13/173,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,146 Days
• Field of Search: 345632-633, 345/156, 345/419
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/21 characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/32 using local area network [LAN] connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/016 Exploded view
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

Interference-based augmented reality hosting platforms are presented. Hosting platforms can include networking nodes capable of analyzing a digital representation of scene to derive interference among elements of the scene. The hosting platform utilizes the interference to adjust the presence of augmented reality objects within an augmented reality experience. Elements of a scene can constructively interfere, enhancing presence of augmented reality objects; or destructively interfere, suppressing presence of augmented reality objects.

Claims

1. An augmented reality (AR) hosting platform computing device comprising

a AR device interface configured to obtain a digital representation of a scene from at least one AR device, the scene comprising a plurality of elements having real-world elements and AR elements;

and

an object recognition engine coupled with the AR device interface and configured to;

recognize a real-world element in the plurality of real-world elements as a recognized target object;

determine a context pertaining to the recognized target object with respect to the digital representation based on attributes associated with the recognized target object and a context signature associated with the context, wherein the determined context has an attribute vector comprising a plurality of criteria attributes;

generate an interference, as a function of the criteria attributes of the attribute vector, among attributes associated with at least two of;

the recognized target object, at least one second real-world element from the scene, and at least one of the AR elements, the interference including an interference criteria and a satisfaction level;

identify a set of relevant AR objects from the AR elements based on the interference criteria; and

configure the at least one AR device to;

determine a presence of at least one of the relevant AR objects within the scene based on the satisfaction level and the attributes of the at least one of the relevant AR objects;

allow an interaction with the at least one of the relevant AR objects according to the determined presence.

2. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the digital representation comprises sensor data acquired by the at least one AR device.

3. The hosting platform of claim 2, wherein the digital representation comprises sensor data acquired by multiple AR devices.

4. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein object recognition engine configured to identify the set of relevant AR objects by applying the interference criteria to the attributes of at least one of the AR elements to determine a satisfaction of the interference criteria by the at least one of the set of the AR elements.

5. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the interference comprises a constructive interference, wherein the determined presence comprises enhancing a visible attribute of the at least one of the relevant AR objects.

6. The hosting platform of claim 5, wherein the visible attribute of the at least one of the relevant AR objects comprises a shade of transparency.

7. The hosting platform of claim 5, wherein the visible attribute comprises at least one of a size and an opacity of the at least one of the relevant AR objects.

8. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the interference comprises a destructive interference, wherein the determined presence suppressing a visible attribute of the at least one of the relevant AR objects.

9. The hosting platform of claim 8, wherein the visible attribute comprises at least one of a size and a transparency of the at least one of the relevant AR objects.

10. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the relevant AR objects comprises at least one of a promotion, a discount, a coupon, a prize, a content, a reward, a token, a clue, a product, a service, and an experience.

11. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the interaction comprises a commercial transaction with a commerce engine.

12. The hosting platform of claim 11, wherein the commercial transaction includes a purchase of the at least one of the relevant AR objects.

13. The hosting platform of claim 11, wherein the commercial transaction includes a purchase of the real-world element.

14. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the determined context comprises an interference function, and wherein the object recognition engine is further configured to apply the interference function to the set of the AR objects.

15. The hosting platform of claim 14, wherein the interference function comprises a sum of corresponding attributes within the scene.

16. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the digital representation comprises location information and where the interference depends on the location information.

17. The hosting platform of claim 16, wherein the location information pertains to the real-world element.

18. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the digital representation comprises time information and where the interference depends on the time information.

19. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the context comprises at least one of the following types of contexts:

a gaming context, a shopping context, a traveling context, a working context, and an entertainment context.

20. The hosting platform of claim 1, wherein the object recognition engine is configured to generate the interference, as a function of the criteria attributes of the attribute vector, among attributes associated with:

at least one second real world element and at least one of the AR elements, at least one second real-world element and at least one third real-world element, or at least two of the AR elements.