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US 2019/0197791 A1Published application
Systems and methods for augmented reality representations of networks
AssigneeEDX Technologies, Inc.
InventorRoger Ray Skidmore
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Abstract
Augmented reality systems and methods are disclosed which provide for representing imperceptible aspects of telecommunications networks as visual, auditory, tactile, or audiovisual stimuli. In some embodiments, the representation is a type of augmented reality from the perspective of a user on the ground, such as a technician deployed in the field.
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A computer-implemented method for augmented reality, comprising:
- using a plurality of sensors to collect first data concerning a position and orientation of a viewing device arranged to allow a real world view of a geographic space as viewed by a user situated in the geographic space;
- determining, using one or more processors, a real world frustum based on the first data;
- applying, with the one or more processors, the real world frustum to a virtual world to identify virtual object candidates for augmentation, wherein the virtual world includes one or more virtual objects that describe one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view;
- selecting, with the one or more processors, one or more augmentations corresponding with one or more of the virtual object candidates including at least one virtual object that describes one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view;
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- providing, with an output device, at least one selected augmentation concurrently with the real world view, the at least one selected augmentation making perceptible one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view.
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An augmented reality system, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors configured to collect first data concerning a position and orientation of a viewing device arranged to allow a real world view of a geographic space as viewed by a user situated in the geographic space;
- one or more processors configured to execute computer readable program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
- determine a real world frustum based on the first data,
- apply the real world frustum to a virtual world to identify virtual object candidates for augmentation, wherein the virtual world includes one or more virtual objects that describe one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view, and
- select one or more augmentations corresponding with one or more of the virtual object candidates including at least one virtual object that describes one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view, and
- an output device configured to provide at least one selected augmentation concurrently with the real world view, the at least one selected augmentation making perceptible one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view.
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A computer program product for providing augmented reality, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- collecting from a plurality of sensors first data concerning a position and orientation of a viewing device arranged to allow a real world view of a geographic space as viewed by a user situated in the geographic space;
- determining a real world frustum based on the first data;
- applying the real world frustum to a virtual world to identify virtual object candidates for augmentation, wherein the virtual world includes one or more virtual objects that describe one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view;
- selecting one or more augmentations corresponding with one or more of the virtual object candidates including at least one virtual object that describes one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view;
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- providing to an output device augmented image data to output at least one selected augmentation concurrently with the real world view, the at least one selected augmentation making perceptible one or more qualities of one or more of network performance and asset configuration that are imperceptible in the real world view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.