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Multi-node poster location

  • US 9,105,210 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2012
  • Issued: 08/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating and displaying one or more virtual objects, comprising:

  • identifying a particular tag within an environment, the identifying is performed by a first mobile device;

    determining a first location associated with the particular tag in response to the identifying a particular tag, the determining a first location is performed by the first mobile device, the determining a first location includes determining the first location relative to a 3D map of the environment;

    acquiring a second location associated with the particular tag from a second mobile device different from the first mobile device, the second location is relative to the 3D map of the environment, the second location is different from the first location;

    determining a shared location associated with the particular tag based on the first location and the second location, the determining a shared location includes determining a weighted average of the first location and the second location;

    determining a first confidence value associated with the first location, the first confidence value corresponds with a first distance between the first mobile device and the particular tag;

    acquiring a second confidence value associated with the second location from the second mobile device, the second confidence value corresponds with a second distance between the second mobile device and the particular tag, the determining a shared location includes determining the weighted average of the first location and the second location based on the first confidence value and the second confidence value;

    acquiring a virtual object associated with the particular tag; and

    displaying at the first mobile device the virtual object such that the virtual object is perceived to exist at a point in space corresponding with the shared location.

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