IP Library Granted Patent US 11,313,695
Granted Patent B2
US 11,313,695 · App. 16/569,650 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Augmented reality navigational indicator

Inventors: Chen-Ping Yu (Santa Clara, CA); Xinyu Li (Jersey City, NY); Aaditya Chandrasekhar (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Phiar Technologies, Inc.
G01C21/3647G01C21/3415G01C21/365G01C21/3691G06T7/11G06T11/60G06T2207/30252
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Patent No.
US 11,313,695
App. No.
16/569,650
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method may generate a more realistic augmented reality (AR) overlay by generating a segmentation image and blending it with one or more other images. The system may generate a segmentation image based on an input image. The segmentation image may be blended with an AR path overlay image to generate an object-masked AR path overlay image. The object-masked AR path overlay image may be blended with the input image to generate an output image.

Claims (35)

1. A method, comprising:

generating a guidance indicator corresponding to a guidance route;

obtaining an image of the guidance route including an object;

generating a segmentation image based on the image, the segmentation image having first pixels corresponding to the object in the image;

modifying a portion of the guidance indicator based on at least a position of the first pixels in the segmentation image; and

displaying the modified guidance indicator on a display.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the segmentation image is performed by applying semantic segmentation on the image.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the image comprises an image of a roadway, and wherein the at least one object comprises at least one object on the roadway.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein generating the guidance indicator associated with the navigational guidance route comprises generating an augmented-reality path overlay image including the guidance indicator.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein modifying the guidance indicator based on the at least one object in the image comprises modifying pixels in the augmented-reality path overlay image that spatially correspond to the first pixels in the segmentation image.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein displaying the modified guidance indicator in association with the navigational guidance route comprises generating an output image by combining the image with the augmented-reality path overlay image having the modified guidance indicator.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising displaying the output image on a display of a mobile electronic device.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein displaying the modified guidance indicator in association with the navigational guidance route comprises projecting the augmented-reality path overlay image having the modified guidance indicator onto a windshield of a vehicle.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the navigational guidance route based on a global positioning system location and map information.

10. A navigation system comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

generating a guidance indicator corresponding to a guidance route;

obtaining an image of the guidance route including an object;

generating a segmentation image based on the image, the segmentation image having first pixels corresponding to the object in the image;

modifying a portion of the guidance indicator based on at least a position of the first pixels in the segmentation image; and

displaying the modified guidance indicator on a display.

11. The navigation system of claim 10 , wherein generating the segmentation image is performed by applying semantic segmentation on the image.

12. The navigation system of claim 11 , wherein the image comprises an image of a roadway, and wherein the at least one object comprises at least one object on the roadway.

13. The navigation system of claim 12 , wherein generating the guidance indicator associated with the navigational guidance route comprises generating an augmented-reality path overlay image including the guidance indicator.

14. The navigation system of claim 13 , wherein modifying the guidance indicator based on the at least one object in the image comprises modifying pixels in the augmented-reality path overlay image that spatially correspond to the first pixels in the segmentation image.

15. The navigation system of claim 14 , wherein displaying the modified guidance indicator in association with the navigational guidance route comprises generating an output image by combining the image with the augmented-reality path overlay image having the modified guidance indicator.

16. The navigation system of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for displaying the output image on a display of a mobile electronic device.

17. The navigation system of claim 16 , wherein displaying the modified guidance indicator in association with the navigational guidance route comprises projecting the augmented-reality path overlay image having the modified guidance indicator onto a windshield of a vehicle.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

generating a guidance indicator corresponding to a guidance route;

obtaining an image of the guidance route including an object;

generating a segmentation image based on the image, the segmentation image having first pixels corresponding to the object in the image;

modifying a portion of the guidance indicator based on at least a position of the first pixels in the segmentation image; and

displaying the modified guidance indicator on a display.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein generating the segmentation image is performed by applying semantic segmentation on the image.

20. The navigation system of claim 18 , wherein the image comprises an image of a roadway, and wherein the at least one object comprises at least one object on the roadway.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: PHIAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 061919/0013 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2020
From: YU, CHEN-PING; LI, XINYU; CHANDRASEKHAR, AADITYA
To: PHIAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 051648/0701 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16255825 · Jan 24, 2019
Provisional Application 62737563 · Sep 27, 2018
Related Publication 20200103247A1 · Apr 2, 2020
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