IP Library Granted Patent US 8,373,725
Granted Patent B2
US 8,373,725 · App. 13/378,421 · Granted Feb 12, 2013

Method for providing information on object which is not included in visual field of terminal device, terminal device and computer readable recording medium

Inventors: Jung Hee Ryu (Seoul, KR); Ha Na Ryu (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kyoung Suk Lee (Seoul, KR); Chan Jin Ju (Seoul, KR); Hae Il Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,373,725
App. No.
13/378,421
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field of a terminal in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted to the terminal and information related thereto. The method includes the steps of: (a) specifying the visual field of the terminal corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle of the terminal; (b) searching an object(s) excluded in the visual field of the terminal; and (c) displaying guiding information on the searched object(s) with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality; wherein the visual field is specified by a viewing frustum whose vertex corresponds to the terminal.

Claims (49)

1. A method for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field of a terminal in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted to the terminal and information related thereto, comprising the steps of:

(a) specifying the visual field of the terminal corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle of the terminal;

(b) searching an object excluded in the visual field of the terminal; and

(c) displaying guiding information on the searched object with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the visual field is specified by a viewing frustum whose vertex corresponds to the terminal;

wherein, at the step (c), a location, on a screen of the terminal, where the guiding information on the searched object(s) is displayed is adaptively decided by referring to the relative location of the searched object(s) compared with a location of the visual field.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a computer readable program to execute the method of claim 1 .

3. A method for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field of a terminal in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted to the terminal and information related thereto, comprising the steps of:

(a) specifying the visual field of the terminal corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle of the terminal;

(b) searching an object excluded in the visual field of the terminal; and

(c) displaying guiding information on the searched object with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the guiding information includes at least one of a string of a name of the searched object and a graphic element representing a relative location thereof compared with a location of the visual field,

wherein, at the step (c), a location, on a screen of the terminal, where the guiding information on the searched object(s) is displayed is adaptively decided by referring to the relative location of the searched object(s) compared with a location of the visual field.

4. A method for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field of a terminal in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted to the terminal and information related thereto, comprising the steps of:

(a) specifying the visual field of the terminal corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle of the terminal;

(b) searching an object excluded in the visual field of the terminal; and

(c) displaying guiding information on the searched object with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the visual field is specified by a viewing frustum whose vertex corresponds to the terminal,

wherein, at the step (c), the guiding information on the searched object(s) is displayed differentially according to a degree of proximity to a boundary of the visual field.

5. A method for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field of a terminal in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted to the terminal and information related thereto, comprising the steps of:

(a) specifying the visual field of the terminal corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle of the terminal;

(b) searching an object excluded in the visual field of the terminal; and

(c) displaying guiding information on the searched object with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the guiding information includes at least one of a string of a name of the searched object and a graphic element representing a relative location thereof compared with a location of the visual field,

wherein, at the step (c), the guiding information on the searched object(s) is displayed differentially according to a degree of proximity to a boundary of the visual field.

6. A terminal for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field thereof in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted thereto and information related thereto, comprising:

a location and displacement measuring part for specifying the visual field thereof corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle thereof;

an information searching part for searching an object excluded in the visual field thereof; and

a user interface part for displaying guiding information on the searched object(s) with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the visual field is specified by a viewing frustum whose vertex corresponds thereto,

wherein the user interface part adaptively decides a location, on a screen of the terminal, where the guiding information on the searched obj ect(s) is displayed by referring to a relative location(s) of the searched object(s) compared with a location of the visual field.

7. A terminal for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field thereof in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted therein and information related thereto, comprising:

a location and displacement measuring part for specifying the visual field thereof corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle thereof;

an information searching part for searching an object excluded in the visual field thereof; and

a user interface part for displaying guiding information on the searched object(s) with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the guiding information includes at least one of a string of a name of the searched object and a graphic element representing a relative location thereof compared with a location of the visual field

wherein the user interface part adaptively decides a location, on a screen of the terminal, where the guiding information on the searched object(s) is displayed by referring to a relative location(s) of the searched object(s) compared with a location of the visual field.

8. A terminal for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field thereof in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted thereto and information related thereto, comprising:

a location and displacement measuring part for specifying the visual field thereof corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle thereof;

an information searching part for searching an object excluded in the visual field thereof; and

a user interface part for displaying guiding information on the searched object(s) with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the visual field is specified by a viewing frustum whose vertex corresponds thereto,

wherein the user interface part differentially displays the guiding information on the searched object(s) according to a degree of proximity to a boundary of the visual field.

9. A terminal for providing information on an object excluded in a visual field thereof in a form of augmented reality (AR) by using an image inputted therein and information related thereto, comprising:

a location and displacement measuring part for specifying the visual field thereof corresponding to the inputted image by referring to at least one piece of information on a location, a displacement and a viewing angle thereof;

an information searching part for searching an object excluded in the visual field thereof; and

a user interface part for displaying information on the searched object(s) with the inputted image in a form of the augmented reality;

wherein the guiding information includes at least one of a string of a name of the searched object and a graphic element representing a relative location thereof compared with a location of the visual field,

wherein the user interface part differentially displays the guiding information on the searched object(s) according to a degree of proximity to a boundary of the visual field.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2012
From: OLAWORKS
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028824/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2011
From: RYU, JUNG HEE; RYU, HA NA; LEE, KYOUNG SUK; JU, CHAN JIN; LEE, HAE IL
To: OLAWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 027404/0728 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0008588 · Jan 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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