Augmented reality device

• US 9,390,563 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aireal, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Air Virtise LLC
• Inventors: Hart, Kevin J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford, Jacinta M
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHONG X
• Application Number:
  US14/457,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20150042681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 345629-633
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/36 using electronic wallets or electronic money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0242 Determining effectiveness of advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2215/16 Using real world measurements to influence rendering

Abstract

An augmented reality device may consist of at least a controller, memory, and at least one screen. The augmented reality device can be configured to display an augmented reality digital content via the at least one screen with the augmented reality digital content positioned at a physical location and displayed only when a user is oriented towards the physical location.

Claims

1. A system comprising an augmented reality device comprising a controller, memory, and at least one screen, the augmented reality device configured to:

allow a first user to purchase rights to a digital airspace correlated to and in the proximity of a real-world physical location, the digital airspace having a volume defined by at least four unique coordinates, each unique coordinate having a longitude, a latitude, and an altitude, the rights comprising posting augmented reality digital content in the digital airspace, the digital airspace priced in accordance with a visibility assessment that takes a 360 degree panoramic image around the real-world physical location where the augmented reality digital content is to be placed;

establish a real-world physical location being viewed by a second user using the augmented reality device;

establish a live digital airspace correlated to and in the proximity of some, or all, of the real-world physical location of the second user;

establish an augmented reality digital content to be shown in the live digital airspace, wherein the augmented reality digital content is specified by the first user who purchases the right to the said digital airspace; and

present the augmented reality digital content in the live digital airspace on the screen to the second user when the at least one screen is positioned between the second user and the physical location and the second user is oriented towards the physical location.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality device is worn by the users.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein first and second screens are respectively adapted to display different augmented reality digital content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the digital airspace is divided into multiple sub-sections positioned at different altitudes and displaying different augmented reality digital content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality device maintains the augmented reality digital content at the physical location regardless of the position and orientation of the user.

6. The augmented reality system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to generate a price for a selected volume of digital airspace.

7. An apparatus comprising an augmented reality device comprising a controller, memory, at least one network adapter, and at least one screen, the augmented reality device configured to:

be wirelessly mobile via the at least one network adapter connected to the controller allow a first user to purchase rights to a digital airspace correlated to and in the proximity of a real-world physical location, the digital airspace having a volume defined by at least four unique coordinates, each unique coordinate having a longitude, a latitude, and an altitude, the rights comprising posting augmented reality digital content in the digital airspace, the digital airspace priced in accordance with a visibility assessment that takes a 360 degree panoramic image around the real-world physical location where the augmented reality digital content is to be placed;

establish a real-world physical location being viewed by a second user using the augmented reality device;

establish a live digital airspace correlated to and in the proximity of some, or all, of the real-world physical location of the second user;

establish an augmented reality digital content to be shown in the live digital airspace, wherein the augmented reality digital content is specified by the first user who purchases the right to the said digital airspace; and

present the augmented reality digital content in the live digital airspace on the screen to the second user when the at least one screen is positioned between the second user and the physical location and the second user is oriented towards the physical location.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller and the at least one network adapter provides a global position of the augmented reality device, the global position consisting of latitude, longitude, and altitude.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one network adapter connects the augmented reality device to at least one remote server, the server providing the augmented reality digital content to the augmented reality device.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the augmented reality digital content comprises a two dimensional image.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the augmented reality digital content comprises a three dimensional image.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the augmented reality digital content comprises a video.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the augmented reality digital content is invisible to the naked eye.

14. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to generate a price for a selected volume of digital airspace.

15. An augmented reality device comprising a controller, memory, a sensor, and at least one screen, the augmented reality device configured to:

allow a first user to purchase rights to a digital airspace correlated to and in the proximity of a real-world physical location, the digital airspace having a volume defined by at least four unique coordinates, each unique coordinate having a longitude, a latitude, and an altitude, the rights comprising posting augmented reality digital content in the digital airspace, the digital airspace priced in accordance with a visibility assessment that takes a 360 degree panoramic image around the real-world physical location where the augmented reality digital content is to be placed, the purchase conducted in reponse to a user engagement recognized by the sensor;

establish a real-world physical location being viewed by a second user using the augmented reality device;

establish a live digital airspace correlated to and in the proximity of some, or all, of the real-world physical location of the second user;

establish an augmented reality digital content to be shown in the live digital airspace, wherein the augmented reality digital content is specified by the first user who purchases the right to the said digital airspace; and

present the augmented reality digital content in the live digital airspace on the screen to the second user when the at least one screen is positioned between the second user and the physical location and the second user is oriented towards the physical location.

16. The augmented reality device of claim 15, wherein the user engagement is recognized by multiple different sensors.

17. The augmented reality device of claim 15, wherein the controller correlates the user engagement with articulation of the augmented reality digital content.

18. The augmented reality device of claim 15, wherein the controller correlates the user engagement with modification of the augmented reality digital content.

19. The augmented reality device of claim 15, wherein the controller correlates the user engagement with purchasing of a good or service.

20. The augmented reality device of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to differentiate between pointing, selecting, and rotating user engagements with the augmented reality digital content.

21. The augmented reality device of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to generate a price for a selected volume of digital airspace.