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US 11,144,760 B2Granted
Augmented reality tagging of non-smart items
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert Huntington Grant, Zachary A. Silverstein, Vyacheslav Zheltonogov, Juan C. Lopez
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method provide for a tagging user (TU) device that determines a first location of the TU device and receives, in the first location, a selection of a real-world object from a TU who views the object through the TU device. The TU device receives, from a TU, tagging information to attach to the object, and captures descriptive attributes of the object. The descriptive attributes and the tagging information associated with the first location are stored in a tagged object database.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method for tagging and retrieving objects, the method comprising:
- in a tagging mode of operation and with an augmented reality (AR) tagging user (TU) device:
- determining a first location of the TU device;
- receiving, in the first location, a selection of a real-world object from a TU who views a first image of the object through the TU device;
- receiving, from the TU, tagging information to attach to the object;
- capturing descriptive attributes of the object by the TU device;
- and
- storing the descriptive attributes and the tagging information associated with the first location in a tagged object database (TODB);
- wherein:
- the capturing of the descriptive attributes of the object by the TU device comprises, after the object has been identified:
- a) soliciting the TU to capture additional information in the form of one or more images taken from a different perspective;
- b) receiving image information from an imaging device of the TU device subsequent to the first image;
- and c) collecting additional object information or attributes about the object from the image information;
- and
- the tagging information comprises a duration element identifying a time that the tagging information is associated with the object;
- the method further comprising:
- storing the additional object information or attributes in the TODB;
- in a reviewing mode of operation and with an AR reviewing user (RU) device:
- determining that the RU device is at the first location;
- determining that the object is at the first location;
- receiving the tagging information associated with the object that is stored in the TODB based on a retrieval trigger that is a detected distance between another object that differs from the object;
- and
- displaying, on a display of the RU device, information associated with the received tagging information.
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An augmented reality (AR) tagging system, comprising:
- a tagging user (TU) device processor of an augmented reality (AR) TU device configured to:
- determine a first location of the TU device;
- receive, in the first location, a selection of a real-world object from a TU who views a first image of the object through the TU device;
- receive, from the TU, tagging information to attach to the object;
- capture descriptive attributes of the object by the TU device;
- and
- store the descriptive attributes and the tagging information associated with the first location in a tagged object database (TODB);
- wherein:
- the capturing of the descriptive attributes of the object by the TU device comprises, after the object has been identified:
- a) soliciting the TU to capture additional information in the form of one or more images taken from a different perspective;
- b) receiving image information from an imaging device of the TU device subsequent to the first image;
- and c) collecting additional object information or attributes about the object from the image information;
- and
- the tagging information comprises a duration element identifying a time that the tagging information is associated with the object;
- the TU device being further configured to store the additional object information or attributes in the TODB;
- in a reviewing mode of operation and with an AR reviewing user (RU) device:
- determine that the RU device is at the first location;
- determine that the object is at the first location;
- receive the tagging information associated with the object that is stored in the TODB based on a retrieval trigger that is a detected distance between another object that differs from the object;
- and
- display, on a display of the RU device, information associated with the received tagging information.
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A computer program product for an augmented reality (AR) tagging system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith to, when executed on a tagging user (TU) device processor of the TU device:
- determine a first location of the TU device;
- receive, in the first location, a selection of a real-world object from a TU who views a first image of the object through the TU device;
- receive, from the TU, tagging information to attach to the object;
- capture descriptive attributes of the object by the TU device;
- and
- store the descriptive attributes and the tagging information associated with the first location in a tagged object database (TODB);
- wherein:
- the capturing of the descriptive attributes of the object by the TU device comprises, after the object has been identified:
- a) soliciting the TU to capture additional information in the form of one or more images taken from a different perspective;
- b) receiving image information from an imaging device of the TU device subsequent to the first image;
- and c) collecting additional object information or attributes about the object from the image information;
- and
- the tagging information comprises a duration element identifying a time that the tagging information is associated with the object;
- the program code being further configured for storing the additional object information or attributes in the TODB;
- in a reviewing mode of operation and with an AR reviewing user (RU) device:
- determine that the RU device is at the first location;
- determine that the object is at the first location;
- receive the tagging information associated with the object that is stored in the TODB based on a retrieval trigger that is a detected distance between another object that differs from the object;
- and
- display, on a display of the RU device, information associated with the received tagging information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.