IP Library Granted Patent US 10,019,842
Granted Patent B2
US 10,019,842 · App. 14/194,000 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Decorating system for edible products

Inventors: Douglas A. Boysen (Saint Paul, MN); Elizabeth K. Glover (Minnetonka, MN); Carlos A. Davila (Maple Grove, MN)
Assignee: Decopac, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,019,842
App. No.
14/194,000
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An augmented reality system for a food product includes an edible media or a food product decoration with an embedded augmented reality marker and a related application for a mobile device. The application presents augmented reality content associated with the augmented reality marker. The application permits access to the augmented reality content in response to detection of the application recognizing the embedded augmented reality marker.

Claims (35)

1. An augmented reality system for use during service of a food product, the augmented reality system comprising:

a decorative pic for inserting in part into an edible surface of the food product at point of service of the food product such that the decorative pic extends from the surface of the food product, the decorative pic including

an aesthetic decoration,

an openable flap, wherein at least a portion of the aesthetic decoration is presented on an outside face of the openable flap, and

an augmented reality marker embedded on an inside face of the openable flap; and

a software application executable by processing circuitry of a mobile device, the software application being configured to

recognize the augmented reality marker,

permit access by the mobile device to augmented reality content responsive to recognizing the augmented reality marker, wherein the augmented reality content is

associated with the augmented reality marker, and

present, upon a display of the mobile device, the augmented reality content.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aesthetic decoration includes an image of a graduation cap on the outside face of the openable flap.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein presenting the augmented reality content includes overlaying, on the display, a virtual graduation cap on an image of a user taken by a camera of the mobile device, the virtual graduation cap being located on a head of the user on the display of the mobile device, wherein the software application is further configured to cause the virtual graduation cap to move with the image of the user on the display of the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aesthetic decoration includes an image of a balloon on the outside face of the openable flap.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein presenting the augmented reality content includes overlaying, on the display, a plurality of virtual balloons on an image taken by a camera of the mobile device, wherein the software application is further configured to cause the plurality of virtual balloons to float through the image on the display of the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the software application is further configured to cause one of the plurality of virtual balloons to pop in response to the user touching the display of the mobile device at a location corresponding to the one of the virtual balloons.

7. The augmented reality system of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the augmented reality marker corresponds to a shape of the aesthetic decoration.

8. The augmented reality system of claim 6 , wherein the software application is further configured to record a score for each of the plurality of virtual balloons that is popped.

9. The augmented reality system of claim 1 , wherein the aesthetic decoration comprises a shape of a portion of the decorative pic.

10. The augmented reality system of claim 1 , wherein the aesthetic decoration comprises an image.

11. The augmented reality system of claim 1 , wherein the decorative pic comprises the likeness of a licensed character.

12. The augmented reality system of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality content corresponds to a theme represented by the aesthetic decoration.

13. A system for use during service of a baked good, the system comprising:

a food product decoration comprising

a prong to be inserted into the baked good,

a body attached to the prong, wherein

the body is configured to extend, upon insertion, perpendicularly from a surface of the baked good, and

the body includes an aesthetic decoration, and

an augmented reality marker embedded on or within the body; and

a software application executed by processing circuitry of a mobile device, the software application being configured to

present an outline of at least a portion of the body of the food product decoration upon a display of the mobile device, wherein the portion of the body comprises the augmented reality marker,

recognize, upon alignment of the portion of the body with the outline upon the display, the augmented reality marker within a captured image of the portion of the body,

permit access by the mobile device to augmented reality content responsive to recognizing the augmented reality marker, wherein the augmented reality content is associated with the augmented reality marker, and

present, upon the display of the mobile device, the augmented reality content.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the body includes an openable flap and the augmented reality marker is embedded on a surface of the body and accessible by opening the openable flap.

15. The augmented reality system of claim 13 , wherein the augmented reality marker comprises at least two of a shape, a color, and/or a contrast of at least a portion of the food product decoration as represented in the captured image.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2021
From: DECOPAC, INC.
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 056283/0091 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2021
From: PENNANTPARK LOAN AGENCY SERVICING, LLC
To: DECOPAC, INC.
Reel/Frame 056275/0019 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded May 17, 2021
From: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
To: THE LUCKS COMPANY, LLC; DECOPAC, INC.
Reel/Frame 056323/0902 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2017
From: DECOPAC, INC.
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043777/0482 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2017
From: DECOPAC, INC.
To: PENNANTPARK LOAN AGENCY SERVICING, LLC
Reel/Frame 043740/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2014
From: BOYSEN, DOUGLAS A.; GLOVER, ELIZABETH K.; DAVILA, CARLOS A.
To: DECOPAC, INC.
Reel/Frame 032461/0142 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 12852988 · Aug 9, 2010
Related Publication 20140176608A1 · Jun 26, 2014
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