Systems and methods for augmenting an appearance of a hilt to simulate a bladed weapon
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1. A system for augmenting an appearance of a hilt to simulate a handheld weapon, the system comprising:
- a display configured to display an overlay image;
an image sensor configured to generate visual output signals conveying visual information within a field of view of the image sensor;
a housing of the hilt;
a landmark carried by the housing, the landmark indicating a reference point for the hilt that facilitates determination of a position and orientation of the housing;
a first inertial measurement unit carried by the display, the first inertial measurement unit configured to generate first motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of the display such that the first motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals, wherein the first motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor;
a second inertial measurement unit carried by the housing, the second inertial measurement unit configured to generate second motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of the housing such that the second motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals, wherein the second motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; and
one or more processors configured by machine readable instructions to;
when the landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor;
detect the landmark based on the visual output signals;
determine a position and/or an orientation of the landmark; and
determine a position and/or an orientation of the housing based on the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the landmark;
when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor, determine the position and/or the orientation of the housing with respect to the display based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals;
determine the overlay image comprising a visual of the handheld weapon, wherein the visual is placed within the overlay image according to the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the housing such that the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the visual output signals when the landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor and the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; and
effectuate displaying of the overlay image on the display.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting an appearance of a hilt to simulate a bladed weapon. A hilt may be augmented with a blade of a bladed weapon by detecting a landmark associated with the hilt, determining a position and/or an orientation of the hilt, determining an overlay image comprising the blade of the bladed weapon, wherein the blade is placed within the overlay image according to the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the hilt, and displaying the overlay image so that the blade of the bladed weapon appears to be attached to the hilt.
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1. A system for augmenting an appearance of a hilt to simulate a handheld weapon, the system comprising:
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a display configured to display an overlay image; an image sensor configured to generate visual output signals conveying visual information within a field of view of the image sensor; a housing of the hilt; a landmark carried by the housing, the landmark indicating a reference point for the hilt that facilitates determination of a position and orientation of the housing; a first inertial measurement unit carried by the display, the first inertial measurement unit configured to generate first motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of the display such that the first motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals, wherein the first motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; a second inertial measurement unit carried by the housing, the second inertial measurement unit configured to generate second motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of the housing such that the second motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals, wherein the second motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; and one or more processors configured by machine readable instructions to; when the landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor; detect the landmark based on the visual output signals; determine a position and/or an orientation of the landmark; and determine a position and/or an orientation of the housing based on the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the landmark; when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor, determine the position and/or the orientation of the housing with respect to the display based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals; determine the overlay image comprising a visual of the handheld weapon, wherein the visual is placed within the overlay image according to the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the housing such that the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the visual output signals when the landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor and the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; and effectuate displaying of the overlay image on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for augmenting an appearance of a hilt to simulate a handheld weapon, the method comprising:
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generating visual output signals conveying visual information within a field of view of an image sensor; generating first motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of a display, the first motion and/or orientation output signals generated by a first inertial measurement unit carried by the display, wherein the first motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals and the first motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; generating second motion and/or orientation output signals conveying motion and/or orientation information of a housing of the hilt, the second motion and/or orientation output signals generated by a second inertial measurement unit carried by the housing, wherein the second motion and/or orientation output signals are separate and independent from the visual output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals facilitate determination of the position and orientation of the housing when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; when a landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor; detecting the landmark based on the visual output signals, wherein the landmark is carried by the housing and indicates a reference point for the hilt that facilitates determination of a position and orientation of the housing; determining a position and/or an orientation of the landmark; and determining a position and/or an orientation of the housing based on the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the landmark; when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor, determining the position and/or the orientation of the housing with respect to the display based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals; determining an overlay image comprising a visual of the handheld weapon, wherein the visual is placed within the overlay image according to the determined position and/or the determined orientation of the housing such that the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the visual output signals when the landmark is within the field of view of the image sensor and the visual is placed within the overlay image based on the first motion and/or orientation output signals and the second motion and/or orientation output signals when the landmark is not within the field of view of the image sensor; and effectuating displaying of the overlay image on the display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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