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US 12,046,033 B2Granted
Augmented reality systems and methods incorporating wearable pin badges
AssigneePinfinity, LLC
InventorCaleb John Paullus
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Abstract
Systems and methods disclosed in this application are directed to augmented reality for used with pin badges. Pin badges can be worn, held, or set within view of an AR device having a camera. The AR device sends images or video from its camera to a platform server that determines whether a pin badge exists in view of the camera. If a pin badge exists, it is identified and augmented reality imagery related to the pin badge is transmitted back to the AR device so that the AR device can incorporate that augmented reality imagery into a video stream from its camera as shown on its display.
Claims20
An augmented reality method comprising the steps of:
- sending, to a platform server from an AR device, at least one of an image and a video taken by a camera, the at least one of the image and the video comprising a wearable pin badge having a corresponding pin badge ID and an animation that is stored in a database in the platform server, wherein the at least one of the image and the video comprises the wearable pin badge having an overall pin badge shape;
- visually identifying, by the platform server, the wearable pin badge in the at least one of the image and the video based on the overall wearable pin badge shape;
- identifying in a database, by the platform server, the corresponding pin badge ID based on the identified wearable pin badge;
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- retrieving from the database, by the platform server, the animation based on the corresponding pin badge ID.
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An augmented reality system comprising:
- an AR device comprising a camera, the AR device having an app installed thereon, wherein, upon execution, the app configures the AR device to:
- send, to a platform server, an image or a video taken by a camera to a platform server, the at least one of an image and a video comprising a wearable pin badge having a corresponding pin badge ID and associated animation stored in a database in the platform server, wherein at least one of an image and a video comprises the wearable pin badge having an overall pin badge shape;
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- receive, from the platform server, the associated animation that is associated with the wearable pin badge that is identified by the platform server as existing in the image or the video, wherein the wearable pin badge is identified based on the overall pin badge shape, wherein the platform server retrieved the corresponding pin badge ID from the database according to the identified wearable pin badge, and wherein the platform server retrieved the associated animation according to the corresponding pin badge ID.
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An augmented reality system comprising:
- an AR device comprising a camera, the AR device having an app installed thereon, wherein, upon execution, the app configures the AR device to:
- send, to a platform server, an image or a video taken by a camera to a platform server, the at least one of an image and a video comprising:
- a first wearable pin badge having a first corresponding pin badge ID, a first overall shape, and a first associated animation stored in a database on the platform server;
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- a second wearable pin badge having a second corresponding pin badge ID, a second overall shape, and a second associated animation stored in the database in the platform server;
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- receive, from the platform server, a third animation corresponding to a third ID and received by the AR device in response to a combined presence of both the first wearable pin badge and the second wearable pin badge in the image or video according to the first overall pin badge shape and the second overall pin badge shape, wherein the combined presence of both the first wearable pin badge and the second wearable pin badge is associated with the third ID, wherein the platform server retrieved the third ID from the database according to the combined presence of both the first wearable pin badge and the second wearable pin badge, and wherein the platform server retrieved the third animation according to the third ID.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.