Method and apparatus for augmented reality visualization
AssigneeSiemens Corporate Research, Inc.
InventorFrank Sauer
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Abstract
A videoscope system comprises a pair of imaging cameras for capturing a stereoscopic view of a workspace, and a tracking camera for capturing a field of view including a marker structure, and a display for displaying the stereoscopic view of the workspace captured by the pair of imaging cameras and augmented with a computer graphic according to a position and orientation of the imaging cameras relative to the workspace. The videoscope system further comprises a processor for determining the position and orientation of the imaging cameras relative to the workspace based on the location of the marker structure in the field of view captured by the tracking camera, and an articulated support apparatus adapted to support a videoscope head comprising at least the imaging cameras.
Claims37
A videoscope system for generating and displaying an augmented reality view to a user comprising:
- a pair of imaging cameras for capturing a stereoscopic video view of a workspace;
- at least one tracking apparatus for determining a pose of the imaging camera with respect to the workspace;
- a processor for compositing the stereoscopic view by overlaying computer graphics onto said stereoscopic video view in correspondence to the pose of the imaging cameras;
- a display for displaying the stereoscopic view of the workspace captured by the pair of imaging cameras and augmented with said computer graphic according to a position and orientation of the imaging cameras relative to the workspace;
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- a support apparatus adapted to support the weight of a videoscope head comprising at least the imaging camera and the display, wherein the support apparatus can be positioned into a plurality of positions by a user so that the user can look through the videoscope head to see a plurality of augmented reality views of the workspace.
A supported videoscope display system for generating and displaying an augmented reality view to a user comprising:
- an imaging camera for capturing a view of a workspace;
- a tracking means for determining a pose of the imaging camera with respect to the workspace;
- a display for displaying the view of the workspace captured by the imaging camera and augmented with computer graphics according to the pose of the imaging cameras;
- a support apparatus adapted to support the weight of a videoscope head comprising the imaging camera, the support apparatus being manually positioned by a user so that the user can look through the videoscope head to see a plurality of augmented reality views of the workspace;
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- a processor coupled to the imaging camera, the tracking means and the display for creating the augmented view as a combination of video images and graphics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.