Methods and apparatus to generate an augmented environment including a weight indicator for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11922693-B2
Application number	US-202217850587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2022
Priority date	Oct 15, 2018
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate an augmented environment including a weight indicator for a vehicle. An example disclosed system includes a camera to capture image data including a first location of an object in a vehicle, processor circuitry to execute instructions to generate a map of loads on the vehicle, and a user interface to present an augmented environment identifying the first location of the object and a load correlated with the object, the load correlated with the object based on the map of loads.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a camera to capture image data including a first location of an object in a vehicle;
processor circuitry to execute instructions to generate a map of loads on the vehicle; and
a user interface to present an augmented environment identifying the first location of the object and a load correlated with the object, the load correlated with the object based on the map of loads.

2. The system of claim 1 , further including a mobile device, the mobile device including the camera and the user interface.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the mobile device includes at least one of a smartphone, a tablet, a smart watch, a headset, or smart glasses.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is coupled to the vehicle and the vehicle includes the processor circuitry.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a display integrated in the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry executes the instructions to:
identify a visual anchor on the vehicle indicating a known location on the vehicle; and
determine the first location of the object relative to the visual anchor.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry executes the instructions to:
generate a visual indication including an instruction to move the object to a second location on the vehicle; and
modify the augmented environment with the visual indication.

8. A method comprising:
capturing, via a camera, image data including a first location of an object in a vehicle;
generating, via a processor, a map of loads on the vehicle; and
presenting, via a user interface, an augmented environment identifying the first location of the object and a load correlated with the object, the load correlated with the object based on the map of loads.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the camera and the processor are integrated into a mobile computing device.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the camera and the processor are integrated into the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user interface is a display integrated in the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 8 , further including:
identifying a visual anchor on the vehicle indicating a known location on the vehicle; and
determining the first location of the object relative to the visual anchor.

13. The method of claim 8 , further including:
generating a visual indication including an instruction to move the object to a second location on the vehicle; and
modifying the augmented environment with the visual indication.

14. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed cause one or more processors to at least:
capture, via a camera, image data including a first location of an object in a vehicle;
generate a map of loads on the vehicle; and
present, via a user interface, an augmented environment identifying the first location of the object and a load correlated with the object, the load correlated with the object based on the map of loads.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the camera and at least one of the one or more processors are integrated into a mobile device.

16. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the mobile device includes at least one of a smartphone, a tablet, a smart watch, a headset, or smart glasses.

17. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the camera and at least one of the one or more processors are integrated into the vehicle.

18. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the user interface is a display integrated in the vehicle.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:
identify a visual anchor on the vehicle indicating a known location on the vehicle; and
determine the first location of the object relative to the visual anchor.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:
generate a visual indication including an instruction to move the object to a second location on the vehicle; and
modify the augmented environment with the visual indication.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Rogness Anton
• Lazarevski Peter Simeon
• Rajasingh Joshua
• Niedert Andrew
• Pearson Elliott

Classifications

• G06V20/20 Primary

  in augmented reality scenes · CPC title

• G01G19/12

  having electrical weight-sensitive devices · CPC title

• G01G23/32

  Indicating the weight by optical projection means · CPC title

• G06F18/25

  Fusion techniques · CPC title

• G06T19/006

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