Methods and apparatus for secure persistent location based digital content associated with a three-dimensional reference
AssigneeMiddle Chart, LLC
InventorsMichael S. Santarone, Michael Wodrich, Jason E. Duff, Joseph P. Kincart
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Abstract
Augmented reality apparatus and methods of use are provided with secure persistent digital content linked to three-dimensional location coordinates. More specifically, the present method links a physical location with digital content to enable a user interface with augmented reality that combines aspects of the physical area with a three-dimensional location specific digital content. According to the present method, digital content remains persistent with a location even if visual aspects of the location change.
Claims20
Apparatus for accessing digital content associated with a selected area within a structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a smart device supportable by a person, the smart device comprising;
- an optical capture device, a touchscreen display, and a digital storage storing executable software code in logical communication with a processor, the software code executable upon demand by the processor to cause the smart device to:
- i) generate a three-dimensional representation of the structure in a user interactive interface on the smart device;
- ii) create a tag by associating positional coordinates with the digital content;
- iii) generate an area of interest within the three-dimensional representation of the structure, with the area of interest comprising a geometric shape;
- iv) include the positional coordinates associated with the digital content within the geometric shape;
- v) activate an interactive area of the user interactive interface on the smart device, the interactive area comprising the area of interest;
- and
- vi) display the digital content associated with the positional coordinates,
- wherein the software code is additionally executable upon demand by the processor to cause the smart device to:
- identify a background of an Agent activating the interactive area;
- and
- display digital content specific to the background of the Agent once the background of the Agent has been identified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.