Novel Augmented Reality Kiosks

An automated computer-enabled augmented reality kiosk (ARK) system that provides a means to visualize and capture a camera view of one or more live target objects or subjects in real time, superimposed with one or more layers of computer-generated virtual content overlay, making such virtual content part of the camera view in real time as an augmented reality (AR) scene displayed on a display panel comprising of:

• a) real time image capturing module (RTICM), which is a video camera stationed in a fixed position in front of one or more target objects;
• b) real time image display module (RTIDM), which is either a PDP (plasma display panel), LCD (liquid crystal display), LED (light emitting diode) or OLED (organic light emitting diode) display panel, or a video projector, placed either in a vertical plane identical to the RTICM, or in a vertical plane parallel to the RTICM;
• c) Augmented Reality Content Module (ARCM), which is a database of computer-generated content in audio, video, animation, 3D image, map or text format or combination thereof in reference to user preferences;
• d) Augmented Reality Content Overlay Module (ARCOM), which associates the view captured by the RTICM with specific user preferred content in ARCM database and retrieves the content to display as an overlay that superimposes on the real time view captured by RTICM;
• e) Augmented Reality Video Recording Module (ARVRM), which records as a media file, in real time, on a computer-readable storage medium, the final composite AR scene of the camera view along with the AR overlay of audio-video content, and personalizes such media file by embedding the credentials of a specified media file recipient;
• f) Communication Module (CM), which delivers the ARVRM recorded media file instantly either to a user specified device or destination, such as user's communication device or to user's email account or as a downloadable link to a remote server, using either wired or wireless telecommunication protocol, or TCP/IP protocol, or WiFi protocol or Bluetooth, or a radiofrequency protocol;
• g) A central processing unit (CPU), which analyzes and executes the operations of RTICM, RTIDM, ARCM, ARCOM, ARVR, CM in real time to complete a user's AR experience.

An automated computer-enabled augmented reality kiosk (ARK) system that provides a means to visualize and capture a live camera view of one or more target objects or subjects in real time, augmented with a foreground layer of computer-generated virtual content overlay and a backdrop layer of computer-generated virtual content overlay, making the two layers of virtual content part of the camera view in real time, as an augmented reality (AR) scene displayed on a display panel, comprising of:

• a) Real time image capturing module (RTICM), which is a video camera stationed in a fixed position in front of one or more target objects;
• b) Real time image display module (RTIDM), which is either a PDP (plasma display panel) LCD (liquid crystal display), LED (light emitting diode) or OLED (organic light emitting diode) display panel, or a video projector, placed either parallel to or in a same vertical plane as the RTICM;
• c) Augmented Reality Content Module (ARCM), which is a database of computer-generated content in audio, video, animation, 3D image, map or text format or combination thereof in reference to user preferences;
• d) Augmented Reality Content Overlay Module (ARCOM), which associates the view captured by the RTICM with specific user preferred content in ARCM database and retrieves the content to display as a first layer that superimposes on the real time view captured by RTICM;
• e) Real Time Chroma Keying Module (RTCKM), which comprises of one or more monochromatic chroma screens whether of green or blue color, deployed to replace background of the live objects or subjects within the camera's field of view, with a backdrop layer of computer-generated content retrieved from a storage medium in real time serving as altered background of the AR scene;
• f) Augmented Reality Video Recording Module (ARVRM), which records as a media file, in real time, on a computer-readable storage medium, the final composite AR scene of the camera view along with the AR overlays of audio-video content and personalizes such media file by embedding the credentials of the specified media file recipient;
• g) Communication Module (CM), which delivers the ARVRM recorded video file to a user specified destination, such as a user's communication device or to user's email account or to a downloadable link to a remote server, using either wired or wireless telecommunication protocol, or TCP/IP protocol, or WiFi protocol or Bluetooth, or a radiofrequency protocol;
• h) Central Processing Unit (CPU), which analyzes and executes the operations of RTICM, RTIDM, ARCM, ARCOM, RTCKM, ARVRM, and CM to complete a user's AR experience.