Interactive control station
First Claim
1. A mixed reality system for creating a terminal control station enabling communication with and/or control of remote functions and applications, the system comprising:
- a headset for placing over a user'"'"'s eyes, in use, said headset including a screen, the system further comprising;
a processor configured to receive data from multiple sources and display said data on said screen within a three-dimensional virtual environment;
a pair of spatially separated image capture devices for capturing respective images of a real world environment in a vicinity of the user; and
an input for receiving control information data from an external data source within the real world environment;
applying a threshold function to extract said image data from a background image; and
whereby all computational steps require minimal processing and time and are performed in at least near real time whereby selected moving object image data within said virtual environment is updated in at least near real time;
said processor being further configured to receive image data representative of said external data source and blend said image data into said three-dimensional virtual environment to create a mixed reality environment, including a representation of said external data source and said control information data, to be displayed on said screen, the system being configured to allow a user, in use, to manipulate data displayed within said mixed reality environment.
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Abstract
A mixed reality system for creating a terminal control station enabling communication with and/or control of remote functions and applications, the system comprising a headset (100) for placing over a user'"'"'s eyes, in use, said headset including a screen (102), the system further comprising a processor (104) configured to receive data from multiple sources and display said data on said screen within a three-dimensional virtual environment, and an input for receiving control information data from an external data source within the real world environment, said processor (104) being further configured to receive image data representative of said external data source and blend said image data into said three-dimensional virtual environment to create a mixed reality environment, including a representation of said external data source and said control information data, to be displayed on said screen (102), the system being configured to allow a user, in use, to manipulate data displayed within said mixed reality environment.
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19 Claims
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1. A mixed reality system for creating a terminal control station enabling communication with and/or control of remote functions and applications, the system comprising:
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a headset for placing over a user'"'"'s eyes, in use, said headset including a screen, the system further comprising; a processor configured to receive data from multiple sources and display said data on said screen within a three-dimensional virtual environment; a pair of spatially separated image capture devices for capturing respective images of a real world environment in a vicinity of the user; and an input for receiving control information data from an external data source within the real world environment; applying a threshold function to extract said image data from a background image; and whereby all computational steps require minimal processing and time and are performed in at least near real time whereby selected moving object image data within said virtual environment is updated in at least near real time; said processor being further configured to receive image data representative of said external data source and blend said image data into said three-dimensional virtual environment to create a mixed reality environment, including a representation of said external data source and said control information data, to be displayed on said screen, the system being configured to allow a user, in use, to manipulate data displayed within said mixed reality environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mixed reality Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) terminal control ground station enabling communication with and/or control of remote functions and applications, the station comprising:
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a headset for placing over a user'"'"'s eyes, in use, said headset including a screen, the system further comprising; a processor configured to receive data from multiple sources and display said data on said screen within a three-dimensional virtual environment; a pair of spatially separated image capture devices for capturing respective images of a real world environment in a vicinity of the user; and an input for receiving control information data from an external data source within the real world environment; said processor being further configured to receive image data representative of said external data source and blend said image data into said three-dimensional virtual environment to create a mixed reality environment, including a representation of said external data source and said control information data, to be displayed on said screen, the system being configured to allow a user, in use, to manipulate data displayed within said mixed reality environment; wherein said blending of said image data comprises; applying a threshold function to extract said image data from a background image; marker data whereby relative location and orientation are extracted and preserved; adaptive thresholding whereby said image data and said marker data is converted to a binary image; transforming said marker data and said binary image into a set of coordinates which match a location within the virtual environment; using black and white image data; and wherein colour data sampled from said source image is backward warped using homography, to each pixel in a resultant virtual scene; whereby all computational steps require minimal processing and time and are performed in at least near real time whereby selected moving object image data within said virtual environment is updated in at least near real time; wherein said preconfigured display of said at least one physical component of said terminal control station comprises a critical safety function physical component of said terminal control station required to be manipulated in physical form; wherein preconfiguration of said preconfigured display of said critical safety function physical component of said terminal control station constrains said user from configuring said preconfigured display of said critical safety function physical component; whereby said UAV is remotely controlled from said ground station.
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