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US 10,311,616 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus to define augmented content regions for augmented reality systems
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDerick A. Johnson, David I. Poisner
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to generate augmented content regions for augmented reality (AR) systems are disclosed. An example method includes receiving from a plurality of AR devices data representing a plurality of sight lines captured using the plurality of AR devices, identifying a plurality of commonalities of the plurality of sight lines based on the data representing the plurality of sight lines, and defining an augmented content region based on the plurality of commonalities.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying a plurality of commonalities of a plurality of sight lines based on data representing the plurality of sight lines obtained from a plurality of augmented reality (AR) devices;
- mapping the plurality of commonalities to at least one of a 2D map or a 3D map, the at least one of the 2D map or the 3D map defining a corresponding 2D or 3D grid of nodes, different ones of the plurality of commonalities mapped to different ones of the nodes;
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- generating an augmented content region by:
- defining a geometry of a shape at a location in the at least one of the 2D map or the 3D map, the shape having boundaries that encompass ones of the nodes associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of commonalities, the geometry of the shape based on the nodes associated with a first threshold number of commonalities greater than one;
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- defining a size of the shape based on the nodes associated with a second threshold number of commonalities, the first threshold number greater than the second threshold number.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a data collector to collect data representing a plurality of sight lines captured by a plurality of location aware devices, the data including an indication of lengths associated with different ones of the sight lines;
- an intersector tool to identify a plurality of commonalities of the plurality of sight lines based on the data, the plurality of commonalities along particular segments of the plurality of sight lines, the particular segments being less than the lengths of the corresponding sight lines, a first particular segment of a first sight line having a first length, the first particular segment being a first proportion of the first length, and a second particular segment of a second sight line having a second length, the second particular segment being a second proportion of the second length, the first proportion being greater than the second proportion when the first length is longer than the second length;
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- a fitter tool to generate an augmented content region based on the plurality of commonalities.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
- store data representing a plurality of sight lines captured by a plurality of location aware devices;
- identify a plurality of commonalities of the plurality of sight lines based on the data;
- map the plurality of commonalities to at least one of a 2D map or a 3D map, the at least one of the 2D map or the 3D map defining a corresponding 2D or 3D grid of nodes, different ones of the plurality of commonalities mapped to different ones of the nodes;
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- generate an augmented content region by:
- defining a geometry of a shape at a location in the at least one of the 2D map or the 3D map, the shape having boundaries that encompass ones of the nodes associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of commonalities, the geometry of the shape based on the nodes associated with a first threshold number of commonalities greater than one;
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- defining a size of the shape based on the nodes associated with a second threshold number of commonalities, the first threshold number greater than the second threshold number.
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