Techniques for providing an augmented reality view

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10008010-B2
Application number	US-201314129930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Sep 12, 2013
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for providing an augmented reality view in which eye movements are employed to identify items of possible interest for which indicators are visually presented in the augmented reality view. An apparatus to present an augmented reality view includes a processor component; a presentation component for execution by the processor component to visually present images captured by a camera on a display, and to visually present an indicator identifying an item of possible interest in the captured images on the display overlying the visual presentation of the captured images; and a correlation component for execution by the processor component to track eye movement to determine a portion of the display gazed at by an eye, and to correlate the portion of the display to the item of possible interest. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus to present an augmented reality view comprising:
a processor component;
a camera operably coupled to the processor component;
an elevation sensor to determine an elevation of the camera;
an orientation component for execution by the processor component to determine a current orientation of the camera;
a presentation component for execution by the processor component to visually present images captured by the camera on a display, and to visually present an indicator identifying an item of possible interest in the captured images within a field of view determined by the processor component using at least the elevation, the current orientation, and angular measurements of the camera indicating a size of the field of view, the indicator being presented on the display overlying the visual presentation of the captured images; and
a correlation component for execution by the processor component to:
track eye movement to determine a portion of the display gazed at by an eye of a user, and to correlate the portion of the display to the item of possible interest, and
correlate the portion of the display to a neighboring item located within a vicinity of a line of site corresponding to the item of possible interest, the vicinity comprising an area of the display within a specified distance and at a maximum offset angle from the line of site, and the presentation component to visually present another indicator identifying the neighboring item on the display overlying the visual presentation of the captured images.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising:
an interface to receive at least one of global positioning system (GPS) satellite signals or signals from a wireless network access point (AP); and
a location component for execution by the processor component to employ the received signals to determine a current location.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , comprising a communications component for execution by the processor component to transmit the current location to a computing device and to receive location data identifying items in the vicinity of the current location and specifying locations of the items relative to the current location.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , comprising an interface to transmit the current location and the current orientation to a computing device and to receive location data identifying items in the vicinity of the current location and in the field of view the location data specifying locations of the items relative to the current location.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , the correlation component to employ the current orientation, the portion of the display and the location data to identify the item of possible interest.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising an eye tracker.

7. An apparatus to present an augmented reality view comprising:
a processor component;
a camera operably coupled to the processor component;
an elevation sensor to determine an elevation of the camera;
an orientation component for execution by the processor component to determine a current orientation of the camera;
a correlation component for execution by the processor component to:
correlate a portion of a display gazed at by an eye of a user to a line of sight from the camera, and to identify an item in the line of sight as an item of possible interest, and
correlate the line of sight to a neighboring item located within a vicinity of the line of sight, the vicinity comprising an area of the display within a specified distance and at a maximum offset angle from the line of site; and

a presentation component for execution by the processor component to visually present scenery in a field of view on the display determined by the processor component using at least the elevation, the current orientation, and angular measurements of the camera indicating a size of the field of view, and to visually present an indicator identifying the item of possible interest and another indicator identifying the neighboring item on the display overlying the scenery.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , comprising:
an interface to receive at least one of global positioning system (GPS) satellite signals or signals from a wireless network access point (AP); and
a location component for execution by the processor component to employ the received signals to determine a current location.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , comprising a communications component for execution by the processor component to transmit the current location to a computing device and to receive location data identifying items in the vicinity of the current location and specifying locations of the items relative to the current location.

10. A computing-implemented method for presenting an augmented reality view comprising:
determining a current orientation and an elevation of a camera on a display;
visually presenting an indicator identifying an item of possible interest within a field of view determined using at least the elevation, the current orientation, and angular measurements of the camera indicating a size of the field of view, the indicator being presented on the display overlying a visual presentation of images captured by the camera on the display;
tracking eye movement to determine a portion of the display gazed at by an eye of a user;
correlating the portion of the display to the item of possible interest in the captured images;
correlating the portion of the display to a neighboring item located within a vicinity of a line of site corresponding to the item of possible interest, the vicinity comprising an area of the display within a specified distance and at a maximum offset angle from the line of site; and
visually presenting another indicator identifying the neighboring item on the display overlying the visual presentation of the captured images.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , comprising:
receiving at least one of global positioning system (GPS) satellite signals or signals from a wireless network access point (AP); and
employing the received signals to determine a current location.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , comprising:
transmitting the current location to a computing device; and
receiving location data that identifies items in the vicinity of the current location and specifies locations of the items relative to the current location.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , comprising:
transmitting the current orientation and an indication of a size of the field of view to the computing device, the items identified in the location data limited to items within the field of view.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , comprising correlating the current orientation, the portion of the display and the location data to identify the item of possible interest.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , comprising correlating the portion of the display to a line of sight from the camera in the field of view to identify an item in the line of sight as an item of possible interest.

16. At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
determining a current orientation and an elevation of a camera on a display track eye movement to determine a portion of the display gazed at by an eye of a user;
correlate the portion of the display to an item of possible interest in images captured by a camera;
visually present an indicator identifying the item of possible interest within a field of view determined using a

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Ferens Ron
• Kamhi Gila
• Hurwitz Barak
• Moran Amit
• Reif Dror

Classifications

• G02B2027/0187

  slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye · CPC title

• G06F3/011

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0138

  comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title

• G02B27/01

  Head-up displays · CPC title