DISPLAY OF OVERLAYS AND EVENTS IN AUGMENTED REALITY USING GRAPH TRAVERSAL

• US 20170221247A1
• Filed: 09/29/2014
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Aurasma Limited (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Severn, Robert Paul, Stone, David, Sullivan, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US15/515,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20170221247A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

Examples of techniques to display overlays and events in augmented reality using graph traversal techniques are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, an event is associated with each of a plurality of augmented reality overlays. The plurality of augmented reality overlays and associated events is then displayed, using graph traversal techniques, as a graphical representation.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

associate an event with each of a plurality of augmented reality overlays, the event being used to interact with the overlays; and

display, using graph traversal techniques, the plurality of augmented reality overlays and associated events as a graphical representation.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation includes a plurality of nodes connected by edges.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

generate augmented reality overlays.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim further storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

alter at least one of the plurality of augmented reality overlays based at least in part on the graphical representation.

5. A computing system comprising:

an overlay generation module to generate augmented reality overlays;

an event association module to associate an event with the generated overlays; and

an overlay display module to display, using graphic traversal techniques, a graphical representation of a selected overlay, any events associated with the selected overlay, and any overlays related to the events associated with the selected overlay.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the overlay display module further enables a user of the computing system to select an overlay to be displayed.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising:

an overlay alteration module to enable alteration of at least one of the augmented reality overlays based at least in part on the graphical representation.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the overlay display module further displays one of the plurality of overlays when the one of the overlays is selected.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the graphical re presentation includes a plurality of nodes connected by edges.

9. The system of claim wherein the overlay display module displays overlays transitionally next to the selected one of the overlays along with the selected one of the overlays.

11. A method comprising:

defining, by a computing system, a plurality of augmented reality overlays to display based on a received trigger image;

associating, by the computing system, an event with each of the plurality of overlays, the event being used to transition between the overlays; and

displaying, by the computing system, using graph traversal techniques, the plurality of overlays and associated events as a graphical representation.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein displaying the set of overlays and associated events includes displaying one of the plurality of overlays when the one of the overlays is selected.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein overlays transitionally next to the selected one of the overlays are displayed along with the selected one of the overlays.

14. The method of claim 11, where the event comprises a button press.

15. The method claim 11, wherein the event comprises a system event.