System and method to display maintenance and operational instructions of an apparatus using augmented reality
First Claim
1. An augmented-reality display system for providing repair and maintenance information, comprising:
- a head-mounted display configured to;
display an augmented view of a physical device to be one of;
(1) repaired and (2) maintained, by presenting one of;
(1) computer-generated repair information about the physical device and (2) computer-generated maintenance information about the physical device in an image superimposed over a real-time view of the physical device, wherein a user views the physical device through the head-mounted display; and
determine a position and orientation of a tracking device relative to active markers on the physical device; and
repeatedly update the superimposed information image as the head-mounted display and physical device move relative to each other using the determined position and orientation of the tracking device relatively to the active markers; and
the tracking device configured to locate the active markers on the physical device.
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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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18 Claims
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1. An augmented-reality display system for providing repair and maintenance information, comprising:
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a head-mounted display configured to; display an augmented view of a physical device to be one of;
(1) repaired and (2) maintained, by presenting one of;
(1) computer-generated repair information about the physical device and (2) computer-generated maintenance information about the physical device in an image superimposed over a real-time view of the physical device, wherein a user views the physical device through the head-mounted display; anddetermine a position and orientation of a tracking device relative to active markers on the physical device; and repeatedly update the superimposed information image as the head-mounted display and physical device move relative to each other using the determined position and orientation of the tracking device relatively to the active markers; and the tracking device configured to locate the active markers on the physical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method in an augmented-reality display system for providing repair and maintenance information, comprising:
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displaying an augmented view of a physical device to be one of (1) repaired and (1) maintained, by presenting one of;
(1) computer-generated repair information about the physical device and (2) computer-generated maintenance information about the physical device superimposed in an image over a real-time view of the physical device, wherein a user views the physical device through the head-mounted display;locating the active markers on the physical device; determining a position and orientation of a tracking device relative to the active markers on the physical device; and repeatedly updating the superimposed repair or maintenance information image as the head-mounted display and physical device move relative to each other using the determined positioning and orientation of the tracking device relatively to the active markers. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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