US 10,593,128 B1Granted

Using augmented reality markers for local positioning in a computing environment

AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC

InventorsMicah Price, Geoffrey Dagley, Qiaochu Tang, Jason Hoover, Stephen Wylie

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Abstract

Techniques for providing indirect local geo-positioning using AR markers are disclosed. A first moveable AR marker can be located or found by a computing device. A location of the first moveable AR marker can be known and shared with the computing device. The location of the first moveable AR marker can be based on distance between the first moveable AR marker and a fixed AR marker. A distance to the first moveable AR marker can be determined. Based on the known location of the first moveable AR marker and the distance to the first moveable AR marker from the computing device, an estimate of the location of the computing device can be determined without having line-of-sight (LOS) to the fixed AR marker.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computing device, comprising:

a storage device;
a display;
and
logic, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the storage device and the display, the logic to:
display on the display a movable object comprising an augmented reality marker when the augmented reality marker is within a field of view of the computing device;
identify the augmented reality marker based on augmented reality marker information stored in the storage device;
retrieve physical attribute information of the augmented reality marker stored in the storage device;
receive a location of the augmented reality marker from a remote computing device, the location of the augmented reality marker based on a distance between the augmented reality marker and a fixed augmented reality marker, the fixed augmented reality marker outside of the field of view of the computing device;
determine a distance between the computing device and the augmented reality marker based on the physical attribute information of the augmented reality marker;
and
determine a location of the computing device based on the distance between the computing device and the augmented reality marker and the location of the augmented reality marker.

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A method, comprising:

displaying, on a display of a computing device, a movable object comprising an augmented reality marker when the augmented reality marker is within a field of view of the computing device;
retrieving physical attribute information of the augmented reality marker stored in a storage device of the computing device;
receiving a location of the augmented reality marker from a remote computing device, the location of the augmented reality marker based on a distance between the augmented reality marker and a fixed augmented reality marker, the fixed augmented reality marker outside of the field of view of the computing device;
determining a distance between the computing device and the augmented reality marker based on the physical attribute information of the augmented reality marker;
and
determining a location of the computing device based on the distance between the computing device and the augmented reality marker and the location of the augmented reality marker.

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At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:

display on a display of the computing device a movable object comprising an augmented reality marker when the augmented reality marker is within a field of view of the computing device;
identify the augmented reality marker based on augmented reality marker information stored in the storage device;
retrieve physical attribute information of the augmented reality marker stored in a storage device;
receive a location of the augmented reality marker from a remote computing device, the location of the augmented reality marker based on a distance between the augmented reality marker and a fixed augmented reality marker, the fixed augmented reality marker outside of the field of view of the computing device;
determine a distance between the computing device and the augmented reality marker based on the physical attribute information of the augmented reality marker;
and
determine a location of the computing device based on the distance between the computing device and the augmented reality marker and the location of the augmented reality marker.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.