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US 10,255,726 B2Granted
Systems and methods for augmented reality representations of networks
AssigneeEDX Technologies, Inc.
InventorRoger Ray Skidmore
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Abstract
Augmented reality systems and methods are disclosed which provide for representing imperceptible aspects of telecommunications networks as visual, auditory, tactile, or audiovisual stimuli. In some embodiments, the representation is a type of augmented reality from the perspective of a user on the ground, such as a technician deployed in the field.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for augmented reality of an image or frame of the real world, comprising:
- applying a real world frustum of an image or frame of the real world, with one or more processors, to a virtual world to identify virtual object candidates in the virtual world for augmentation of the real world image or frame, wherein the virtual world is populated with virtual objects corresponding with real world objects and one or more virtual objects that describe one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame, wherein the one or more virtual objects include network relevant data, and wherein the virtual world is characterized by a number of virtual locations which correspond with real locations in the real world;
- selecting, with the one or more processors, one or more augmentations corresponding with one or more of the virtual object candidates including at least one virtual object that describes one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame, wherein the one or more augmentations are representations of the network relevant data;
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- providing at least one selected augmentation for outputting within the real world image or frame on an output device, the at least one selected augmentation making perceptible one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame.
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An augmented reality system, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to execute computer readable program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
- apply a real world frustum of an image or frame of the real world to a virtual world to identify virtual object candidates in the virtual world for augmentation of the real world image or frame, wherein the virtual world is populated with virtual objects corresponding with real world objects and one or more virtual objects that describe one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame, wherein the one or more virtual objects include network relevant data, and wherein the virtual world is characterized by a number of virtual locations which correspond with real locations in the real world;
- select one or more augmentations corresponding with one or more of the virtual object candidates including at least one virtual object that describes one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame, wherein the one or more augmentations are representations of the network relevant data;
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- provide at least one selected augmentation for outputting within the real world image or frame on an output device, the at least one selected augmentation making perceptible one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame.
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A computer program product for providing augmented reality, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- applying a real world frustum of an image or frame of the real world to a virtual world to identify virtual object candidates in the virtual world for augmentation of the real world image or frame, wherein the virtual world is populated with virtual objects corresponding with real world objects and one or more virtual objects that describe one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame, wherein the one or more virtual objects include network relevant data, and wherein the virtual world is characterized by a number of virtual locations which correspond with real locations in the real world;
- selecting one or more augmentations corresponding with one or more of the virtual object candidates including at least one virtual object that describes one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame, wherein the one or more augmentations are representations of the network relevant data;
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- providing at least one selected augmentation for outputting within the real world image or frame on an output device, the at least one selected augmentation making perceptible one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world image or frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.