Textile-based augmented reality systems and methods

• US 9,934,594 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2015
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spell Disain Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Spell Disain Ltd.
• Inventors: Kuusk, Kristi, Widdershoven, Wouter Pieter Anton, Gageldonk, Guido van, Meertens, Leonardus Gerardus Johannus
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Vu
• Application Number:
  US14/757,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20170069114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: D05C 17/00 Embroidered or tufted products; Base fabrics specially adapted for embroidered work; Inserts for producing surface irregularities in embroidered products layered products B32B; non-woven pile fabrics D04H11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06103 the marking being embedded in a human recognizable image, e.g. a company logo with an embedded two-dimensional code
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30204 Marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/16 Cloth
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/225 based on a marking or identifier characterising the area
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes

Abstract

This disclosure relates generally to augmented reality, and more particularly to augmented reality systems and methods using textiles. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented textile-based augmented reality method is disclosed. The method may comprise capturing, via one or more hardware processors, a video frame including a depiction of an aperiodic marker included in an ornamental design of a textile fabric. Via the one or more hardware processors, the presence of the marker may be identified using one or more image-processing marker detection techniques. The identified marker may be associated with one or more audio-visual content files. Finally, data from the one or more audio-visual content files may be displayed as part of an augmented reality presentation.

Claims

1. A textile-based augmented reality system, comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

one or more memory units storing instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors to perform acts comprising;

capturing, via the one or more hardware processors, a video frame including a depiction of an aperiodic marker included in an ornamental design of a textile fabric;

identifying, via the one or more hardware processors, the presence of the marker using one or more image-processing marker detection techniques to analyze the ornamental design of the textile fabric;

wherein identifying the presence of the marker using the one or more image-processing marker detection techniques to analyze the ornamental design of the textile fabric is performed by comparing, via the one or more hardware processors, the aperiodic marker to the ornamental design of the textile fabric in which the aperiodic marker is included to identify as the aperiodic marker a disruption in a periodicity of the ornamental design of the textile fabric including a pattern not presented in a same orientation as in the ornamental design of the textile fabric;

associating, via the one or more hardware processors, the identified marker with one or more audio-visual content files; and

displaying, via the one or more hardware processors, data from the one or more audio-visual content files as part of an augmented reality presentation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a woven fabric and the marker is created using a weave design in the woven fabric.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a woven fabric and the marker is printed on the woven fabric.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a woven fabric and the marker is embroidered on the woven fabric.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a knitted fabric and the marker is created using a knit design in the knitted fabric.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a nonwoven fabric and the marker is printed on the nonwoven fabric.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a nonwoven fabric and the marker is embroidered on the nonwoven fabric.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a tufted fabric and the marker is created using a tuft design in the tufted fabric.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the textile fabric is a tufted fabric and the marker is printed on the tufted fabric.

10. A processor-implemented textile-based augmented reality method, comprising:

capturing, via one or more hardware processors, a video frame including a depiction of an aperiodic marker included in an ornamental design of a textile fabric;

identifying, via the one or more hardware processors, the presence of the marker using one or more image-processing marker detection techniques to analyze the ornamental design of the textile fabric;

wherein identifying the presence of the marker using the one or more image-processing marker detection techniques to analyze the ornamental design of the textile fabric is performed by comparing, via the one or more hardware processors, the aperiodic marker to the ornamental design of the textile fabric in which the aperiodic marker is included to identify as the aperiodic marker a disruption in a periodicity of the ornamental design of the textile fabric including a pattern not presented in a same orientation as in the ornamental design of the textile fabric;

associating, via the one or more hardware processors, the identified marker with one or more audio-visual content files; and

displaying, via the one or more hardware processors, data from the one or more audio-visual content files as part of an augmented reality presentation.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a woven fabric and the marker is created using a weave design in the woven fabric.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a woven fabric and the marker is printed on the woven fabric.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a woven fabric and the marker is embroidered on the woven fabric.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a knitted fabric and the marker is created using a knit design in the knitted fabric.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a knitted fabric and the marker is printed on the knitted fabric.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a knitted fabric and the marker is embroidered on the knitted fabric.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a nonwoven fabric and the marker is printed on the nonwoven fabric.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a nonwoven fabric and the marker is embroidered on the nonwoven fabric.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a tufted fabric and the marker is created using a tuft design in the tufted fabric.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the textile fabric is a tufted fabric and the marker is printed on the tufted fabric.

21. The method of claim 10, wherein the marker is contrasted from a remainder of the ornamental design by an orientation of the marker relative to the ornamental design.

22. The method of claim 10, wherein the marker is contrasted from a remainder of the ornamental design by a relative spacing between the marker and other elements of the ornamental design.

23. The method of claim 10, wherein the marker is contrasted from a remainder of the ornamental design by a color scheme of the marker.

24. The method of claim 10, wherein the marker is contrasted from a remainder of the ornamental design by a shape of the marker.