Displaying items of interest in an augmented reality environment
AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Dotterweich, Christopher T. Schenken, Jeffrey Cooper
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Abstract
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for overcoming the technical problem of providing an augmented reality that displays an actual image of the item or a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item to a user. To overcome this challenge, two separate approaches can be used: a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach and a marker-based approach.
Claims18
A method for providing an augmented reality display comprising an image of an item, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user computing entity comprising one or more processors and a display, a communication transmitted from a beacon attached to an item;
- identifying, via the user computing entity, a tracking identifier for the item from the communication transmitted from the beacon;
- generating, via the user computing entity, a request for item information for the item, the request for the item information comprising the tracking identifier for the item;
- receiving, via the user computing entity, a response with the item information for the item, the response comprising a uniform resource identifier for an image associated with the item;
- retrieving, via the user computing entity, the image associated with the item using the uniform resource identifier;
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- generating, via the user computing entity, an augmented reality display comprising the image associated with the item.
An apparatus comprising a display, at least one processor, and at least one memory including program code, the at least one memory and the program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
- receive a communication transmitted from a beacon attached to an item;
- identify a tracking identifier for the item from the communication transmitted from the beacon;
- generate a request for item information for the item, the request for the item information comprising the tracking identifier for the item;
- receive a response with the item information for the item, the response comprising a uniform resource identifier for an image associated with the item;
- retrieve the image associated with the item using the uniform resource identifier;
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- generate an augmented reality display comprising the image associated with the item.
A computer program product for providing an augmented reality display comprising an image of an item, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- an executable portion configured to receive a communication transmitted from a beacon attached to an item;
- an executable portion configured to identify a tracking identifier for the item from the communication transmitted from the beacon;
- an executable portion configured to generate a request for item information for the item, the request for the item information comprising the tracking identifier for the item;
- an executable portion configured to receive a response with the item information for the item, the response comprising a uniform resource identifier for an image associated with the item;
- an executable portion configured to retrieve the image associated with the item using the uniform resource identifier;
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- an executable portion configured to generate an augmented reality display comprising the image associated with the item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.