Augmented reality panorama supporting visually impaired individuals
First Claim
1. An augmented reality engine comprising:
- a device interface configured to receive ambient sensor data from a mobile sensing device, the ambient sensor data reflecting a environment of a person and including a current field of view and device position data;
a panoramic engine configured to construct an augmented reality panorama representing a 3D digital model of the environment and including some of its objects at least partially based on the ambient sensor data with the current field of view integrated into the augmented reality panorama 3D digital model as a function of the device position; and
an assistant interface configured to;
present visually the 3D digital model of the augmented reality panorama along with the integrated current field of view to an assistant,generate device commands based on an interaction between the assistant with at least one object in the 3D digital model and outside the current field of view,transmit, via the device interface, the device commands to the remote mobile sensing device, the device commands instructing the mobile sensing device to capture additional object data associated with the objects in the augmented reality panorama outside the integrated current field of view, andupdate the augmented reality panorama by incorporating the additional object data into the 3D digital model.
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Abstract
There is presented a system and method for providing real-time object recognition to a remote user. The system comprises a portable communication device including a camera, at least one client-server host device remote from and accessible by the portable communication device over a network, and a recognition database accessible by the client-server host device or devices. A recognition application residing on the client-server host device or devices is capable of utilizing the recognition database to provide real-time object recognition of visual imagery captured using the portable communication device to the remote user of the portable communication device. In one embodiment, a sighted assistant shares an augmented reality panorama with a visually impaired user of the portable communication device where the panorama is constructed from sensor data from the device.
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29 Claims
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1. An augmented reality engine comprising:
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a device interface configured to receive ambient sensor data from a mobile sensing device, the ambient sensor data reflecting a environment of a person and including a current field of view and device position data; a panoramic engine configured to construct an augmented reality panorama representing a 3D digital model of the environment and including some of its objects at least partially based on the ambient sensor data with the current field of view integrated into the augmented reality panorama 3D digital model as a function of the device position; and an assistant interface configured to; present visually the 3D digital model of the augmented reality panorama along with the integrated current field of view to an assistant, generate device commands based on an interaction between the assistant with at least one object in the 3D digital model and outside the current field of view, transmit, via the device interface, the device commands to the remote mobile sensing device, the device commands instructing the mobile sensing device to capture additional object data associated with the objects in the augmented reality panorama outside the integrated current field of view, and update the augmented reality panorama by incorporating the additional object data into the 3D digital model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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