Apparatus for controlling augmented reality, method of implementing augmented reality by using the apparatus, and system of implementing augmented reality by including the apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJaeseung Chung, Sunil Kim, Yuntae Kim, Wontaek Seo, Juwon Seo, Geeyoung Sung, Bongsu Shin, Changkun Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling an augmented reality includes: a communicator configured to communicate with an external device; and a processor configured to identify, via the communicator, a sensing device which is an external device, generate virtual image data based on sensing data received from the identified sensing device, and provide the virtual image data to an image display device.
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An apparatus for controlling an augmented reality, the apparatus comprising:
- a communicator configured to communicate with an external device and a wearable image display device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- identify a first sensing device and a second sensing device external to the apparatus,
- generate virtual image data based on sensing data received, via the communicator, from the identified first sensing device and the second sensing device, wherein the first sensing device is configured to capture an entire face information of a user wearing the wearable image display device on the face and the second sensing device configured to capture gesture information about a gesture of the user,
- receive actual image data, via the communicator, from a photographing device external to the apparatus, and
- provide the virtual image data matching the actual image data to the wearable image display device external to the apparatus, via the communicator,
- wherein the first sensing device, the second sensing device, and the wearable image display device are separate from each other,
- wherein the virtual image data comprises a virtual image to be output on the wearable image display device,
- wherein a position of the virtual image output on the wearable image display device varies based on a movement direction of the face of the user, and
- wherein the wearable image display device is configured to completely cover eyes of the user and the first sensing device is configured to capture both the face of the user and the wearable image display device.
A method of implementing an augmented reality by an augmented reality controlling apparatus, the method comprising:
- identifying a first sensing device and a second sensing device external to the augmented reality controlling apparatus;
- generating virtual image data based on sensing data received from the identified first sensing device and the second sensing device, wherein the first sensing device is configured to capture an entire face information of a user wearing a wearable image display device on the face and the second sensing device configured to capture gesture information about a gesture of the user;
- receiving actual image data from a photographing device external to the augmented reality controlling apparatus;
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- providing the virtual image data matching the actual image data to the wearable image display device external to the augmented reality controlling apparatus,
- wherein the first sensing device, the second sensing device, the augmented reality controlling apparatus and the wearable image display device are separate from each other,
- wherein the virtual image data comprises a virtual image to be output on the wearable image display device,
- wherein a position of the virtual image output on the wearable image display device varies based on a movement direction of the face of the user, and
- wherein the wearable image display device is configured to completely cover eyes of the user and the first sensing device captures both the face of the user and the wearable image display device.
A system for implementing an augmented reality, the system comprising:
- a first sensing device and a second sensing device configured to generate sensing data, wherein the first sensing device configured to capture face information of a user and the second sensing device configured to capture gesture information about a gesture of the user;
- an external photographing apparatus generating actual image data by capturing an image of an actual object;
- an augmented reality controlling apparatus configured to generate virtual image data matching the actual image data by processing the sensing data;
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- a wearable image display device configured to output a virtual image based on the virtual image data,
- wherein the wearable image display device comprises a glasses-type device,
- wherein the external photographing apparatus, the first sensing device and the augmented reality controlling apparatus are external to the wearable image display device,
- wherein the first sensing device, the second sensing device, the augmented reality controlling apparatus and the wearable image display device are separate from each other, and
- wherein the first sensing device is configured to capture an entire face information of a user wearing the wearable image display device on the face,
- wherein the virtual image data comprises a virtual image to be output on the wearable image display device,
- wherein a position of the virtual image output on the wearable image display device varies based on a movement direction of the face of the user, and
- wherein the wearable image display device is configured to completely cover eyes of the user and the first sensing device is configured to capture both the face of the user and the wearable image display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.