Systems and methods of generating augmented reality experiences

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10037077-B2
Application number	US-201615188811-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	Jun 21, 2016
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

This disclosure relates to system and methods for providing users with augmented reality experiences based on a specific location of a user. An augmented reality experience may include augmented reality objects, and/or other content. Augmented reality objects may be associated with one or more real-world locations. Requests for augmented reality experience may include identifications of real-world locations of client computing devices, and/or other information. An instance of an augmented reality object may be overlaid onto visual information obtained from client computing devices. An interaction between users and/or users and one or more augmented reality objects may be facilitated.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An augmented reality system, comprising:
storage media storing machine readable instructions, and one or more physical processors configured by the machine-readable instructions to:
manage experience information, the experience information comprising associations between augmented reality objects and real-world locations, the experience information comprising an association between a first augmented reality object and a first real-world location;
obtain requests for experiences for users, individual users being associated with individual computing devices, the requests comprising identifications of the real-world locations of the individual computing devices associated with the users, the requests including a first request for a first experience for a first user and a second request for the first experience for a second user, the first user being associated with a first computing device, the first request identifying the first real-world location, the second user being associated with a second computing device, the second request identifying the first real-world location;
identify, from the experience information, one or more augmented reality objects associated with the real-world locations included in the requests, the first augmented reality object being identified based on the first real-world location;
obtain view information generated by the individual computing devices associated with the users, the view information comprising visual information generated by individual image sensors of the individual computing devices, each image sensor being configured to generate visual output signals conveying the visual information within a field of view of each image sensor, and computing device location and orientation information, the view information including first view information obtained from the first computing device, the first view information including first visual information and first computing device location and orientation information;
determine the experiences based on the view information, such determination including one or more of size, shape, and/or position of the identified one or more augmented reality objects, the experiences including the identified one or more augmented reality objects and the visual information associated with the individual computing devices; and
effectuate presentation of the experiences on the individual computing devices, such that the identified one or more augmented reality objects are overlaid on the visual information associated with the individual computing devices, the first experience being presented on the first computing device, the first experience including an overlay of a first instance of the first augmented reality object on the first visual information included in the first view information, wherein presentation of the first instance of the first augmented reality object being determined based on the first computing device location and orientation information, and the first experience not being presented on the second computing device; and wherein presentation of the first experience on the second computing device being determined based on whether the first experience is being presented on the first computing device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the requests for the experiences are generated by the one or more physical processors.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first request is generated by the first user via the first computing device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the requests for the experiences include a third request for the first experience from the first computing device at the first real-world location, and wherein presentation of the first experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the requests for the experiences includes a third request for a second experience from the first computing device at a second real-world location, wherein the second experience includes a second augmented reality object, and wherein presentation of the second experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the second augmented reality object.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein for the second request for the first experience for the second computing device at the first real-world location, the first experience includes the first augmented reality object, and wherein presentation of the first experience on the second computing device includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the requests for the experiences include a third request for a second experience from the second computing device at the first real-world location, wherein the second experience includes a second augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the second experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the second augmented reality object.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the requests for the experiences includes a third request for the first experience from the second computing device at a second real-world location, wherein the second experience includes the first augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the first experience at the second computing device includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device interacts with the first instance of the first augmented reality object through user input at the first computing device, the user input including one or more of a text input, a voice, input, or a gesture input.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user input at the first computing device effectuates a first action of the first instance of the first augmented reality object.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the experiences determination further includes the user input and the first action of the first instance of the first augmented reality object.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical computer processors is further configured by computer readable instructions to:
obtain the users' real world locations;
identify the one or more augmented reality objects associated with the users' real world locations; and
send a notification to the users' individual computing devices to view presentation of the experiences including the identified one or more augmented reality objects at the users' real world locations.

13. A method of presenting augmented reality experiences, the method being implemented by a computing system including one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
managing experience information, the experience information comprising associations between augmented reality objects and real-world locations, the experience information comprising an association between a first augmented reality object and a first real-world location;
obtaining requests for experiences for users, individual users being associated with individual computing devices, the requests comprising identifications of the real-world locations of the individual computing devices associated with the users, the requests including a first request for a first experience for a first user and a second request for the first experience for a second user, the first user being associated with a first computing device, the first request identifying the first real-world location, the second user being associated with a second computing device, the second request identifying the first real-world location;
identifying, from the experience information, one or more augmented reality objects asso

Assignees

• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Auten Robert
• Murdock Malcolm E
• Nakaya Joshua

Classifications

• G06F3/011 Primary

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

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title

• G06F3/012

  Head tracking input arrangements · CPC title