Automatic generation of content for autonomic augmented reality applications

A system for automatically generating content configured for use with an autonomic augmented reality system, the system comprising:

• a model generator configured to construct a three-dimensional model of a scene that includes an object,
• wherein the model generator is configured to construct the three-dimensional model using a plurality of images of the scene recorded during a remotely-guided augmented reality session,
• wherein each of the images is recorded from a camera position defined relative to a first set of three-dimensional axes associated with the images, and
• wherein the three-dimensional model includes a plurality of camera positions defined relative to a second set of three-dimensional axes associated with for the three-dimensional model;
• axis registration apparatus configured to register the first set of three-dimensional axes with the second set of three-dimensional axes by matching a trajectory derived from the camera positions of the images to a trajectory derived from the camera positions of the three-dimensional model, and thereby determine a session-to-model transform;
• translation apparatus configured to translate, using the session-to-model transform, positions of a plurality of points of interest indicated on the object during the remotely-guided augmented reality session, to positions of corresponding points of interest on the object within the three-dimensional model, where the positions of the points of interest indicated on the object during the remotely-guided augmented reality session are defined relative to the first set of three-dimensional axes and the positions of the corresponding points of interest on the object within the three-dimensional model are defined relative to the second set of three-dimensional axes;
• and
• content generation apparatus configured to generate a content package configured for use with an autonomic augmented reality system, where the content package includes the three-dimensional model, the positions of the points of interest on the object within the three-dimensional model, and annotations provided during the remotely-guided augmented reality session in association with the points of interest indicated on the object during the remotely-guided augmented reality session,
• wherein the model generator, the axis registration apparatus, the translation apparatus, and the content generation apparatus are implemented in any of
• a) computer hardware, and
• b) computer software embodied in a non-transitory, computer-readable medium.

A computer program product for automatically generating content configured for use with an autonomic augmented reality system, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• computer-readable program code embodied in the storage medium, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to
• construct a three-dimensional model of a scene that includes an object,
• using a plurality of images of the scene recorded during a remotely-guided augmented reality session,
• wherein each of the images is recorded from a camera position defined relative to a first set of three-dimensional axes associated with the images, and
• wherein the three-dimensional model includes a plurality of camera positions defined relative to a second set of three-dimensional axes associated with the three-dimensional model,
• register the first set of three-dimensional axes with the second set of three-dimensional axes by matching a trajectory derived from the camera positions of the images to a trajectory derived from the camera positions of the three-dimensional model, thereby determining a session-to-model transform,
• translate, using the session-to-model transform, positions of a plurality of points of interest indicated on the object during the remotely-guided augmented reality session, to positions of corresponding points of interest on the object within the three-dimensional model, where the positions of the points of interest indicated on the object during the remotely-guided augmented reality session are defined relative to the first set of three-dimensional axes and the positions of the corresponding points of interest on the object within the three-dimensional model are defined relative to the second set of three-dimensional axes, and
• generate a content package configured for use with an autonomic augmented reality system, where the content package includes the three-dimensional model, the positions of the points of interest on the object within the three-dimensional model, and annotations provided during the remotely-guided augmented reality session in association with the points of interest indicated on the object during the remotely-guided augmented reality session.