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US 2026/0253413 A1Published application
Augmented , virtual and mixed-reality content selection & display for membership cards
OwnerStefan W. HERZBERG, Megan HERZBERGinventors
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Abstract
A membership card information system recognizes a real world membership card object relating to or associated with an organization, association, entity or group and uses augmented, mixed and/or virtual reality to display information relating to the organization, association, entity or group on a smart device such as a smartphone or AR glasses.
Claims17
A method of enabling interaction based on a physical membership credential evidencing membership in an enterprise, comprising:
- receiving a capture by a wearable camera device disposed on eyeglass frames, of an image of the physical membership credential having indicia disposed thereon, the physical membership credential defining, on a visible surface thereof, at least one recognition area containing no visible code;
- and
- configuring at least one processor and memory connected thereto to automatically perform operations by executing instructions stored in the memory, the operations comprising:
- recognizing the physical membership credential from the at least one recognition area in the captured image;
- determining whether a color and/or grey scale pattern in the at least one recognition area matches one of a number of patterns remotely stored in a database;
- when the determining determines the color and/or grey scale pattern in the at least one recognition area matches a stored pattern in the database, associating the recognized physical membership credential with a record relating to the matching stored pattern in the database;
- selecting a user-interactive media item in response to the determining matching;
- superimposing the selected user-interactive media item onto an image of the physical membership credential seeable through the eyeglass frames, as if the superimposed selected user-interactive media item were anchored to the physical membership credential such that change in position or orientation of the eyeglass frames does not detach the superimposed selected user-interactive media item from the captured image of the physical membership credential;
- enabling user interaction with the superimposed anchored selected user-interactive media item;
- presenting at least one further image on the display in response to a first user selection made through the enabled user interaction with the user-interactive media item;
- and
- enabling selection, over an electronic network, of an item associated with the enterprise based on a subsequent user selection through the enabled user interaction with the user-interactive media item.
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Smart eyeglasses for enabling interaction based on a physical membership credential evidencing membership in an enterprise, the smart eyeglasses comprising:
- eyeglass frames;
- a wearable camera device carried by the eyeglass frames and configured to capture an image of the physical membership credential having indicia disposed thereon, the physical membership credential defining, on a visible surface thereof, at least one recognition area containing no visible code;
- a display carried by the eyeglass frames;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory storage that stores instructions which configure the at least one processor to automatically performing operations comprising:
- cause the portable handheld or wearable camera device to display the captured image;
- recognize the physical membership credential from the at least one recognition area in the captured image;
- determine whether a color and/or grey scale pattern in the at least one recognition area matches one of a number of patterns remotely stored in a database, such that the recognized physical membership credential is associated with a record relating to the matching stored pattern in the database;
- in response to a determined matching, superimpose a user-interactive media item onto a display of the captured image of the physical membership credential on the display, to appear as if the superimposed user-interactive media item were anchored to the physical membership credential such that change in viewing angle of the eyeglass frames does not detach the superimposed user-interactive media item from the captured image of the physical membership credential;
- enable user interaction with the superimposed anchored user-interactive media item;
- cause the display to present at least one further image in response to a first user selection made through the enabled user interaction with the user-interactive media item;
- and
- enable selection, over an electronic network, of an item associated with the enterprise based on a subsequent user selection through the enabled user interaction with the user-interactive media item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.