System and method to display maintenance and operational instructions of an apparatus using augmented reality
First Claim
1. A framework comprising:
- a head-mounted display constructed and adapted to provide a user with an augmented view of a physical object being viewed directly by the user, wherein the physical object is not a digital representation of an object and is one of;
(1) an apparatus, (2) a device, (3) an instrument panel and a (2) machine to be one of;
(1) maintained and (2) repaired;
a tracking mechanism constructed and adapted to repeatedly determine the position and orientation of the head-mounted display relative the object being viewed, wherein the tracking system is constructed and adapted to determine its position using a plurality of markers located on the object being viewed; and
a computer system constructed and adapted to provide one of (1) maintenance and (1) repair instructions displayed overlaid over the user'"'"'s direct view of the physical object at particular locations relative to the physical object being viewed to create the augmented view and to repeatedly update the augmented view of the physical object being viewed based, at least in part, on the determined position and orientation of the display.
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Abstract
A head-mounted display provides a user with an augmented view of an object being viewed; a tracking mechanism such as a camera repeatedly determine the position and orientation of the head-mounted display relative the object being viewed; and a computer system provides information for the augmented view and repeatedly updates the augmented view of the object being viewed based on the determined position and orientation of the display. The head-mounted display may be a see-through display; it may be video-based or optical-based, and it may be monoscopic and stereoscopic. The tracking mechanism determines its position using one or more markers or beacons on the object being viewed. The markers may be active or passive, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit invisible light.
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26 Claims
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1. A framework comprising:
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a head-mounted display constructed and adapted to provide a user with an augmented view of a physical object being viewed directly by the user, wherein the physical object is not a digital representation of an object and is one of;
(1) an apparatus, (2) a device, (3) an instrument panel and a (2) machine to be one of;
(1) maintained and (2) repaired;a tracking mechanism constructed and adapted to repeatedly determine the position and orientation of the head-mounted display relative the object being viewed, wherein the tracking system is constructed and adapted to determine its position using a plurality of markers located on the object being viewed; and a computer system constructed and adapted to provide one of (1) maintenance and (1) repair instructions displayed overlaid over the user'"'"'s direct view of the physical object at particular locations relative to the physical object being viewed to create the augmented view and to repeatedly update the augmented view of the physical object being viewed based, at least in part, on the determined position and orientation of the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method in a head-mounted display, comprising:
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Providing a direct view of a physical object to the user, wherein the physical object is not a digital representation of an object and is one of;
(1) an apparatus, (2) a device, (3) an instrument panel and a (2) machine to be one of;
(1) maintained and (2) repaired;repeatedly determining a relative position and orientation of the user with respect to the physical object being viewed by the user, wherein the physical object has a plurality of markers located thereon, and wherein said determining is based at least in part on at least some of the markers; and based on said determined position and orientation, repeatedly providing the user with one of (1) maintenance and (1) repair instructions displayed overlaid over the user'"'"'s direct view of the physical object at particular locations relative to the physical object being viewed to create an augmented view of the physical object being viewed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, in a system having a plurality of actual objects, each of said plurality of actual objects having at least one distinct identification marker associated therewith and having a plurality of position markers associated therewith, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining an image, said image including a representation of an actual object, said image corresponding substantially with a user'"'"'s view of the actual object; (b) identifying said actual object represented in said image, said identifying being based, at least in part, on at least one distinct identification marker associated with the actual object; (c) determining a relative position and orientation of said user with respect to the identified actual object, said determining being based at least in part on at least some of said position markers; and (d) providing the user with an augmented view of the actual object, wherein the augmented view presents one of (1) maintenance and (1) repair instructions displayed overlaid over the user'"'"'s direct view of the object so as to appear at a specific location relative to a specific part of the actual object. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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Specification