Augmented reality system and method for substrates, coated articles, insulating glass units, and/or the like

An electronic device, comprising:

• a user interface;
• and
• processing resources including at least one processor and a memory, the memory storing a program executable by the processing resources to simulate a view of an image through a plurality of different viewer-selected products that are virtually interposed between a viewer using the electronic device and the image by performing operations comprising:
• acquiring the image from a store of pre-stored images in response to a viewer-selection made in connection with the user interface;
• facilitating viewer selection of the products in connection with the user interface;
• retrieving display properties associated with each of the viewer-selected products;
• generating, for each said viewer-selected product, a filter to be applied to the acquired image based on the retrieved display properties;
• and
• generating, for display via the electronic device, an output image corresponding to the generated filters being applied to the acquired image such that at least a portion of a display screen of the electronic device itself simulates the products so that the viewer can look through the display screen as the user would look through the different products,
• wherein no filters are applied to at least one part of the acquired image so that the output image includes an unfiltered area adjacent to filtered areas,
• wherein the part of the acquired image to which no filters are applied is provided in a horizontally and vertically central area of the display screen around which the different respective filters are oriented such that each of the different respective filters is directly adjacent to the central area, and
• wherein labels corresponding to the different products are provided on the display screen such that the different products are labeled with identifying information and/or optical information related thereto.

A method of simulating a view of an image through a plurality of viewer-selected products virtually interposed between a viewer using an electronic device and the image, the electronic device including processing resources including at least one processor and a memory, the method comprising:

• acquiring the image in real-time using the electronic device;
• facilitating viewer selection of the products in connection with a user interface running on the electronic device;
• retrieving display properties associated with the viewer-selected products;
• generating, for each said viewer-selected product, a filter to be applied to the acquired image based on retrieved display properties;
• and
• generating, for display via the electronic device, an output image corresponding to the generated filters being applied to the acquired image so that at least a portion of a display screen of the electronic device itself simulates the products so that the viewer can look through the display screen as the user would look through the different products,
• wherein no filters are applied to at least one part of the acquired image so that the output image includes an unfiltered area adjacent to filtered areas,
• wherein the part of the acquired image to which no filters are applied is provided in a horizontally and vertically central area of the display screen around which the different respective filters are oriented such that each of the different respective filters is directly adjacent to the central area, and
• wherein labels corresponding to the different products are provided on the display screen such that the different products are labeled with identifying information and/or optical information related thereto.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing a program that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, performs operations for simulating a view of an image through a plurality of viewer-selected products virtually interposed between a viewer using an computing device and the image, the operations comprising:

• acquiring the image;
• facilitating viewer selection of the products in connection with a user interface running on the computing device;
• retrieving display properties associated with the viewer-selected products;
• generating, for each said viewer-selected product, a filter to be applied to the acquired image based on retrieved display properties;
• and
• generating, for display via the electronic device, an output image corresponding to the generated filters being applied to the acquired image such that at least a portion of a display screen of the computing device itself simulates the products so that the viewer can look through the display screen as the user would look through the different products,
• wherein no filters are applied to at least one part of the acquired image so that the output image includes an unfiltered area adjacent to filtered areas,
• wherein the part of the acquired image to which no filters are applied is provided in a horizontally and vertically central area of the display screen around which the different respective filters are oriented such that each of the different respective filters is directly adjacent to the central area, and
• wherein labels corresponding to the different products are provided on the display screen such that the different products are labeled with identifying information and/or optical information related thereto.