# US 10,768,790 B2 · Augmented reality appearance enhancement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,790 B2 - Document ID: US10768790B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/983,953 - Filed: 2018-05-18 - Published: 2018-09-20 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-04-01 - Assignees: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated - Applicants: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated - Inventors: Scott A. Schimke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768790B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 3/0304: {Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042)} - G06F 3/048: Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] - G06F 16/00: Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06T 11/00: Two-dimensional [2D] image generation - G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)} - G06V 20/20: in augmented reality scenes - G06V 20/30: in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video - G06V 40/172: {Classification, e.g. identification} - G06T 2200/24: involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract Systems, methods, and devices are provided for altering an appearance of acquaintances when viewed through smart glasses, which may be altered using augmented reality technology. In particular, an embodiment of the invention is directed to allowing users to specify their appearances to others when viewed by others wearing smart glasses. The others viewing the user through smart glasses include friends, family, contacts, or other acquaintances, which may be specified in one or more social networks or contacts databases. The altered appearance that is displayed may be based on the particular relationship between the user and the viewer. For example, a user may appear as a particular superhero to his friends on a social network website, as having a cartoon feature (such as an enormous head) to his children, as normal to his mother and business contacts, and as wearing a Hawaiian shirt to his closest buddies. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of altering the appearance of an object, when viewed through a first wearable vision device, the method comprising: identifying the object, the identification including determining information that specifies a relationship between the object and a viewer; accessing at least one social media profile including information associated with the object and profiles information associated with the object; determining one or more augmented appearances associated with the object, based on the accessed information; and rendering simultaneously on a second wearable vision device a first image comprising a representation of how the object appears to the viewer with at least one augmented appearance of the one or more augmented appearances applied to the object and a second image separate from the first image comprising an augmented reality imagery. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality imagery comprises portions of a surrounding environment, and wherein the object comprises a user of the second wearable vision device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a software application on the first wearable vision device accesses the at least one social media profile to identify the object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a pattern or facial recognition routine is used to identify the object. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one social media profile includes one or more appearance parameters settings associated with the object that specify how the at least one augmented appearance of the object is rendered. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one social media profile includes one or more conditions settings that specify how and when the at least one augmented appearance is rendered. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering the at least one augmented appearance further comprises rendering metadata and other information relating to the object. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering the at least one augmented appearance further comprises tracking movement of the object and synchronizing appearance alterations of the object so that the at least one augmented appearance is presented proportionally and consistently based on a relative position of the object to the first wearable vision device. ### Claim 9 A method of creating an altered appearance profile of an object to be displayed when viewed through a first wearable vision device, the method comprising: receiving one or more appearance parameters associated with the object viewed through the first wearable vision device; receiving one or more appearance conditions associated with the object; associating at least one appearance parameter with at least one appearance condition; storing the associated appearance parameter and appearance condition in an appearance profile associated with the object, wherein the one or more appearance conditions include information specifying a relationship between the object and a viewer; and rendering simultaneously, via a second wearable vision device, a first image comprising the object's appearance including one or more appearance augmentations based on the appearance profile and a second image separate from the first image comprising an augmented reality imagery. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more appearance conditions include conditions relating to how and when the one or more appearance parameters are presented. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the appearance profile includes graphics information used for rendering the altered appearance. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the appearance profile includes information specifying how the object appears to the viewer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the object comprises a user of the second wearable vision device, and wherein the appearance profile includes information specifying how the viewer appears to the user. ### Claim 14 A method for presenting one or more user interfaces for facilitating creating an altered appearance of an object when viewed through a wearable vision device, the method comprising: rendering a profile settings menu that includes menu items relating to a user's various social-contacts groups; rendering an appearance settings menu that includes menu items relating to altering how the object will appear to others when viewed through the wearable vision device; and rendering simultaneously a display showing a first image comprising a representation of the object, wherein the representation includes an application of an appearance augmentation to the object and a second image separate from the first image comprising an augmented reality imagery. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising rendering a social contacts settings menu item for setting the user's appearance profile settings relating to the appearance of the object to one or more of friends, close friends, family, selected friends, gaming community, clients, contacts, and others. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising rendering a privacy menu item for setting the user's appearance profile settings, including a private option and a public option. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising rendering a customize appearance menu item for customizing appearance attributes relating to one or more altered appearances for the user and for customizing appearance attributes relating to an appearance of other objects or persons viewed by the user. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising rendering a conditions menu item for specifying conditions for how and when the one or more altered appearances for the object are presented when viewed through the wearable vision device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising rendering an emotion appearance menu item, which applies an emotional visual cue to the one or more altered appearances for the object. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising rendering an import appearance menu item for importing altered appearance attributes and settings.