US 2014/0368539 A1 · HEAD WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY USING THE SAME

Abstract

A head wearable electronic device has an image acquisition module, a physical characteristics recognition module, a see-through display module and a processing module, and a method for generating augmented reality is performed by the head wearable electronic device, and includes using the image acquisition module to acquire a first-person view (FPV) streaming video of a surrounding environment, using the processing module to calculate a stream of depth maps of an object and a body portion in the FPV streaming video of the surrounding environment according to the FPV streaming video, using the physical characteristics recognition module to keep track of the body portion and output motion data of the body portion, and using the processing module to display a virtual streaming video on the see-through display module according to the motion data and the stream of depth maps of the object and the body portion.

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Dependent claims

A method for generating augmented reality performed by a head wearable electronic device having at least one image acquisition module, a physical characteristics recognition module, at least one see-through display module, and a processing module, the method comprising steps of:

using the at least one image acquisition module to acquire at least one first-person view (FPV) streaming video of a surrounding environment;
using the processing module to calculate a stream of depth maps of at least one object and a body portion in the at least one FPV streaming video of the surrounding environment according to the at least one FPV streaming video of the surrounding environment;
using the physical characteristics recognition module to keep track of the body portion and output motion data of the body portion;
and
using the processing module to display at least one virtual streaming video on the respective see-through display module according to the motion data and the stream of depth maps of the at least one object and the body portion.

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A head wearable electronic device for augmented reality, comprising:

at least one image acquisition module respectively acquiring at least one first-person view (FPV) streaming video of a surrounding environment, wherein the at least one FPV streaming video of the surrounding environment includes at least one object and a body portion;
a processing module coupled to the at least one image acquisition module, and calculating a stream of depth maps of the at least one object and the body portion surrounding environment according to the at least one FPV streaming video of the surrounding environment;
a physical characteristics recognition module coupled to the processing module, keeping track of the body portion in the at least one FPV streaming video of the surrounding environment, and outputting motion data corresponding to the body portion;
and
at least one see-through display module coupled to the processing module, and displaying at least one virtual streaming video on the respective see-through display module according to the motion data and the stream of depth maps of the body portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Head wearable electronic device for augmented reality and method for generating augmented reality using the same

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Head wearable electronic device for augmented reality and method for generating augmented reality using the same

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Abstract

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