US 10,769,410 B2Granted

Augmented reality based component replacement and maintenance

AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited

InventorsPing Guo, Daniel Kaplan, Sunny M. Webb

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Abstract

Augmented reality (AR) based component replacement and maintenance may include receiving a first wireless signal from a pair of AR glasses worn by a user. An image of a component viewed by the user may be analyzed and compared to a plurality of images of components stored in a database that includes information associated with the plurality of images of the components. Based on a match of the image of the component viewed by the user to one of the plurality of images of the components stored in the database, the component viewed by the user may be identified. An inventory of the identified component may be analyzed to determine whether a supplier includes the identified component in stock, and in response to a determination that the supplier includes the identified component in stock, an estimated time of delivery of the identified component to the user may be determined.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An augmented reality (AR) based component replacement and maintenance system comprising:

a component identifier, executed by at least one hardware processor, to receive a first wireless signal from a pair of AR glasses worn by a user, wherein the AR glasses include a display viewable by the user and a camera to image a component viewed by the user, wherein the component identifier is to
analyze the image of the component viewed by the user,
compare the image of the component viewed by the user to a plurality of images of components stored in a database, wherein the database includes information associated with the plurality of images of the components, and
based on a match of the image of the component viewed by the user to one of the plurality of images of the components stored in the database, identify the component viewed by the user to determine a component detail;
a component inventory analyzer, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to analyze an inventory of the identified component to
determine whether a plurality of suppliers include the identified component in stock,
in response to a determination that the plurality of suppliers include the identified component in stock, sort selected ones of the plurality of suppliers that include the identified component in stock in order of estimated times of delivery of the identified component to the user,
compare the estimated times of delivery for the selected ones of the plurality of suppliers that include the identified component in stock to a minimum required time of delivery, and
in response to a determination that all of the estimated times of delivery for the selected ones of the plurality of suppliers that include the identified component in stock are greater than the minimum required time of delivery, determine a three-dimensional printer that is to be used to print the identified component for the user;
and
an AR integrator and controller, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to display, on the AR glasses display, the component detail and order details related to the sorted selected ones of the plurality of suppliers of the identified component to provide user selection of options in the display to perform functions related to the displayed component detail and the order details.

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A method for augmented reality (AR) based component replacement and maintenance, the method comprising:

receiving a first wireless signal from an AR device used by a user, wherein the AR device includes a display viewable by the user and a camera to image a component viewed by the user;
analyzing, by a hardware processor, the image of the component viewed by the user;
comparing the image of the component viewed by the user to a plurality of images of components stored in a database, wherein the database includes information associated with the plurality of images of the components;
based on a match of the image of the component viewed by the user to one of the plurality of images of the components stored in the database, identifying the component viewed by the user to determine a component detail;
analyzing, based on the component detail, an inventory of the identified component by:
analyzing estimated times of delivery of suppliers that include the identified component in stock;
and
based on a determination that all of the estimated times of delivery are greater than a specified time duration, identifying and utilizing a three-dimensional printer to print the identified component;
and
displaying, on the AR device display, the component detail and order details related to the identified component to provide user selection of options in the display to perform functions related to the displayed component detail and the order details.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions for augmented reality (AR) based component replacement and maintenance, the machine readable instructions when executed cause a computer system to:

receive a first wireless signal from an AR device used by a user, wherein the AR device includes a display viewable by the user and a camera to image a component viewed by the user;
analyze the image of the component viewed by the user;
compare the image of the component viewed by the user to a plurality of images of components stored in a database, wherein the database includes information associated with the plurality of images of the components;
based on a match of the image of the component viewed by the user to one of the plurality of images of the components stored in the database, identify the component viewed by the user to determine a component detail;
analyze, based on the component detail, an inventory of the identified component to
determine whether a supplier associated with the user manufactures the identified component,
in response to a determination that the supplier associated with the user manufactures the identified component, determine an estimated time of manufacture of the identified component and an estimated time of delivery of the identified component to the user,
in response to a determination that the supplier associated with the user does not manufacture the identified component, determine a three-dimensional printer that is to be used to print the identified component for the user;
and
display, on the AR device display, the component detail and order details related to the supplier of the identified component to provide user selection of options in the display to perform functions related to the displayed component detail and the order details.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/232,910Filed 26 Dec 2018 · continuation
Priority: 6 Jul 2015
Published: US 2019/0130163 A12 May 2019
Granted: 8 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

G06Q 30/0623
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: by investigating goods or services
G06F 16/50
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor: of still image data
G06F 16/51
Of still image data: indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
G06F 16/535
Querying: filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles

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Application14/792,081Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Jul 2015
US 2019/0130163 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 May 2019
US 10,198,620 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0011254 A1Published application
US 10,769,410 B2This patent

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