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US 12,354,501 B2Granted
Using augmented reality for interacting with radiation data
AssigneeUT-Battelle, LLC
InventorsM. Scott Greenwood, Michael B. R. Smith, Nick Thompson, Noel B. Nelson, Douglas E. Peplow
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Abstract
Interactive augmented-reality technologies track simulated-radiation exposure of a user moving through a physical scene. The simulated-radiation exposure tracking is performed using radiation voxels associated with a simulated radiation field caused as if a radioactive source of a particular type was emitting radiation from a predetermined location of the scene. Each radiation voxel is indicative of a respective level of the simulated radiation field at the voxel's scene location.
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A system comprising:
- an augmented-reality device that comprises controlling means, tracking means, and viewing means, wherein the augmented-reality device is configured to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, by the controlling means, radiation voxels associated with a simulated radiation field caused as if a radioactive source of a particular type was emitting radiation from a predetermined location of a physical scene, each radiation voxel indicative of a respective level of the simulated radiation field at the radiation voxel's scene location;
- monitoring, by the tracking means, a path taken by a user that carries the augmented-reality device through the scene;
- determining, by the tracking means, whether the user has moved along the path, and if so, identifying a user's location on the path;
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- determining, by the controlling means, simulated radiation experienced by the user at the identified path location as a metric of levels of a subset of the radiation voxels that overlap the identified path location.
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A system comprising:
- an augmented-reality device that comprises controlling means, tracking means, and viewing means, wherein the augmented-reality device is configured to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, by the controlling means, radiation voxels associated with a simulated radiation field caused as if a radioactive source of a particular type was emitting radiation from a predetermined location of a physical scene, each radiation voxel indicative of a respective level of the simulated radiation field at the radiation voxel's scene location;
- monitoring, by the viewing means, for a measurement input performed by a user that carries the augmented-reality device through the scene, wherein the measurement input indicates a request for a simulated-radiation measurement;
- detecting, by the viewing means, whether the measurement input has been provided by the user, and if so identifying, by the tracking means, a scene location where the measurement input was detected;
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- acquiring, by the controlling means at the identified scene location, the simulated-radiation measurement as a level of one of the radiation voxels that corresponds to the identified scene location.
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A system comprising:
- an augmented-reality device that comprises controlling means, tracking means, and viewing means, wherein the augmented-reality device is configured to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, by the controlling means, one or more isocontours for corresponding levels of radiation voxels, wherein the radiation voxels are associated with a simulated radiation field caused as if a radioactive source of a particular type was emitting radiation from a predetermined location of a physical scene, each radiation voxel indicative of a respective level of the simulated radiation field at the radiation voxel's scene location;
- when the viewing means of the augmented-reality device, that is carried by a user through the scene, has in its field of view at least a portion of the scene, presenting, by the viewing means, the one or more isocontours as a source hologram to be viewed by the user overlapping the scene in accordance with an orientation of the viewing means' line of sight (LOS) relative to the scene;
- monitoring, by the tracking means, orientation of the LOS relative to the scene;
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- detecting, by the tracking means, whether the relative orientation of the LOS is new, and if so, updating, by the viewing means, the source hologram's presentation based on the new LOS relative orientation.
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