Method for viewing virtual objects within an appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorKeith Wesley Wait
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Abstract
A method for viewing virtual objects within or on an appliance is provided. The method includes recording an image of the appliance and a positional reference disposed on a surface of the appliance. The method also includes generating a modification of the image. The modification illustrates the appliance and a virtual object disposed adjacent the positional reference.
Claims20
A method for viewing virtual food items within a refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance having a housing that defines a chilled chamber for receipt of food items for storage and a positional reference disposed within the chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance, the method comprising:
- receiving an image of the chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance and the positional reference disposed within the chilled chamber from a camera;
- determining a position and an orientation of the positional reference within the image;
- generating a modification of the image, the modification illustrating the chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance and a virtual food item disposed adjacent the positional reference within the chilled chamber;
- and
- presenting the modification of the image on a display device.
A system for viewing virtual food items within a refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance having a housing that defines a chilled chamber for receipt of food items for storage and a positional reference disposed within the chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance, the system comprising:
- a mobile device, comprising:
- a camera for producing images;
- a display for viewing images produced by said camera;
- one or more processors;
- and
- at least one memory coupled to the one or more processors, the at least one memory comprising computer-readable instructions for execution by the one or more processors to cause said one or more processors to perform operations, comprising:
- recording an image of the chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance and the positional reference disposed within the chilled chamber with said camera;
- determining a position and orientation of the positional reference within the image;
- modifying the image by placing a virtual food item adjacent the positional reference within the image;
- and
- displaying the modified image with the virtual food item on said display.
A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instruction for execution by a processor, causing the processor to perform the operations of:
- receiving an image an appliance and a positional reference disposed on a surface of the appliance from a camera;
- determining a position and an orientation of the positional reference within the image;
- generating a modification of the image, the modification illustrating the appliance and a virtual object disposed adjacent the positional reference;
- and
- presenting the modification of the image on a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.