Augmented reality security screening and guidance
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
InventorsWilliam Hastings, James Matt Gilkeson, Mara Winn
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Abstract
A method to enhance security screening includes generating an augmented reality (AR) interface incorporating scan results from scanning a target in a security scanner. The method displays, to a user of an AR interface, the AR interface mapped to the target and determines guidance including an action relevant to addressing the scan results. The method displays, to the user via the AR interface, the guidance including the action for the user to carry out and monitors user actions. The method displays, to the user via the AR interface, confirmation that the user has carried out the action.
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A method to enhance security screening, comprising:
- generating an augmented reality (AR) interface incorporating scan results from scanning a target in a security scanner;
- displaying, to a user of AR equipment, the AR interface mapped to the target;
- determining guidance including an action relevant to addressing the scan results;
- displaying, to the user via the AR interface, the guidance including the action for the user to carry out;
- monitoring user actions;
- and
- displaying, to the user via the AR interface, confirmation that the user has carried out the action.
A system to enhance security screening, comprising:
- augmented reality (AR) equipment for use by a user to perform security screening on a target that has been scanned in a security scanner;
- a camera system for monitoring an environment including the user and the target;
- a computer system, including:
- a processing system having a hardware processor configured to perform a predefined set of basic operations by loading corresponding ones of a predefined native instruction set of codes, the predefined native instruction set of codes constituting a set of instructions selectable for execution by the hardware processor;
- a memory accessible to the processing system;
- and
- an augmented reality (AR) interface controller under control of the processing system;
- AR interface logic, stored in the memory, comprising a sequence of instructions selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes of the hardware processor, adapted to operate with the processing system and the AR interface controller to generate an AR interface adapted to incorporate scan results and display guidance for the user and confirmation of user actions;
- guidance logic, stored in the memory, comprising a sequence of instructions selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes of the hardware processor, adapted to operate with the processing system to generate and display guidance for the user;
- monitoring logic, stored in the memory, comprising a sequence of instructions selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes of the hardware processor, adapted to operate with the processing system to monitor actions carried out by the user;
- a communication system, under control of the processing system, adapted to transmit information used by the AR interface logic, the guidance logic, and the monitoring logic;
- the processing system being further configured to direct the AR interface logic, the guidance logic, and the monitoring logic to display the AR interface mapped to the target, determine guidance, display the guidance, monitor user actions, and display confirmation that the user has carried out the action.
A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- generate an augmented reality (AR) interface incorporating scan results from scanning a target in a security scanner;
- display, to a user of an AR interface, the AR interface mapped to the target;
- determine guidance including an action relevant to addressing the scan results;
- display, to the user via the AR interface, the guidance including the action for the user to carry out;
- monitor user actions;
- and
- display, to the user via the AR interface, confirmation that the user has carried out the action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.