EP2428915A2
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Method and apparatus for providing augmented reality (AR)
Assignee: Pantech Co Ltd
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Filing: 2011-08-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2031-08-12
Abstract
Abstract There is provided a method of providing Augmented Reality (AR) using the relationship between objects in a server that is accessible to at least one terminal through a wired/wireless communication network, including: recognizing a first object-of-interest from first object information received from the terminal; detecting identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object-of-interest, and storing the identification information and AR information about the related objects; recognizing, when receiving second object information from the terminal, a second object-of-interest using the identification information about the related objects; and detecting AR information corresponding to the second object-of-interest from the AR information about the related objects, and transmitting the detected AR information to the terminal.
Inventors
- 👤 Seung-Jin Oh
- 👤 Sung-Hyoun Cho
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:41
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/70; G06F16/78; G06F16/783; G06F16/7837; G06V; G06V10/00; G06V10/94; G06V10/95; G06V20/00; G06V20/20; G06V30/00; G06V30/10; G06V30/14; G06V30/142
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A method for providing Augmented Reality (AR), the method comprising: obtaining first object information; obtaining identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object information; storing the identification information and AR information about the related objects; recognizing, if second object information is received, an object-of-interest from the second object information using the stored identification information about the related objects; and detecting AR information corresponding to the object-of-interest.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining first object information includes recognizing an other object-of-interest from the first object information received from a terminal; wherein obtaining identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object information includes detecting the identification information and the AR information about the related objects associated with the other object-of-interest; wherein detecting AR information corresponding to the second object-of-interest includes detecting the AR information corresponding to the second object-of-interest from the stored AR information about the related objects; and the method forther comprising:transmitting the detected AR information to the terminal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
95 words
The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining first object information includes acquiring the first object information and transmitting the first object information to a server; wherein obtaining identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object information includes receiving the identification information and the AR information about the related objects associated with the first object information from the server; detecting AR information corresponding to the object-of-interest includes detecting the AR information corresponding to the object-of-interest recognized from the second object information; and the method further comprising: outputting the detected AR information.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
44 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recognizing of the object-of-interest and/or the recognizing of the other object-of-interest comprises acquiring location information of the terminal and recognizing the respective object-of-interest based on to the acquired location information of the terminal.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
53 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the recognizing of the object-of-interest and/or the recognizing of the other object-of-interest comprises, if a plurality of objects are included in the first object information received from the terminal, preferentially recognizing objects based on a specific criteria from among the plurality of objects.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
70 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the detecting of the identification information and the AR information about the related objects comprises classifying the identification information and AR information about the related objects associated with the object-of-interest and/or the other object-of-interest based on individual terminals, and the storing of the identification information and the AR information about the related objects comprises storing the results of the classification.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
58 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the related objects are at least one of an object located within a specific distance from a location of the object-of-interest and/or the other object-of-interest, a parent object of the object-of-interest and/or the other object-of-interest, a child object of the object-of-interest and/or the other object-of-interest, and combinations thereof.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
70 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: detecting AR information about the other object-of-interest recognized from the first object information; and transmitting the AR information about the other object-of-interest to the terminal, and wherein, preferably, the transmitting of the AR information about the other object-of-interest comprises transmitting the identification information and the AR information about the related objects associated with the other object-of-interest to the terminal.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
18 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the AR information is filtered using context information.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
33 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 9, further comprising providing information about the related objects or access paths to the related objects, while outputting the AR information corresponding to the object-of-interest.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
161 words
A server to provide Augmented Reality (AR) information, the server comprising: a communication unit adapted to process signals received from and to be transmitted to a terminal; a full information storage adapted to store identification information and AR information about an object; a related object information storage adapted to store identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the object; and a controller adapted to recognize a first object-of-interest from a first object information received from the terminal, to identify identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object-of-interest, to store the identification information and AR information about the related objects in the related object information storage, to recognize, if a second object information is received from the terminal, a second object-of-interest from the second object information using the stored identification information about the related objects, to detect an AR information corresponding to the second object-of-interest, and to transmit the AR information to the terminal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
206 words
A terminal to provide Augmented Reality (AR), the terminal comprising: a communication unit adapted to process signals received from and to be transmitted to a server through a wired/wireless communication network; an object information acquiring unit adapted to acquire information about an object included in an image of a real environment; an output unit adapted to output information obtained by synthesizing the information about the object with AR information about the object; a storage adapted to store AR information corresponding to an object received from the server, and to store identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the object; and a controller adapted to transmit first object information received from the object information acquiring unit to the server, to receive identification information and AR information about related objects associated with the first object information from the server, to store the identification information and AR information about the related objects in the storage, to recognize, if second object information is received from the object information acquiring unit, an object-of-interest from the second object information using the identification information about the related objects stored in the storage, to detect AR information corresponding to the object-of-interest, and to output the AR information through the output unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The server of claim 11 or the terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is adapted to acquire location information of the terminal, and to identify the first object-of-interest or the object-of-interest based on the location information of the terminal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The server of claim 11 or 13 or the terminal of claim 12 or 13, wherein the controller is adapted to preferentially recognizing objects first from among the plurality of objects, if a plurality of objects are included in object information received from the terminal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
The server of any of claims 11, 13 and 14 or the terminal of any of claims 12 to 14, wherein the controller is adapted to classify the identification information and the AR information about the related objects associated with the first object-of-interest or the object-of-interest based on individual terminals, and to store the results of the classification.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
69 words
The server of any of claims 11, 13 to 15 or the terminal of any of claims 12 to 15, wherein the related objects are at least one of an object located within a specific distance from a location of the first object-of-interest or the object-of-interest, a parent object of the first object-of-interest or the object-of-interest, a child object of the first object-of-interest or the object-of-interest, and combinations thereof.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
The server of any of claims 11, 13 to 16 or the terminal of any of claims 12 to 16, wherein the controller is adapted to transmit the identification information and the AR information about the related objects associated with the first object-of-interest or the object-of-interest to the terminal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
37 words
The server of any of claims 11, 13 to 17 or the terminal of any of claims 12 to 17, wherein the AR information is filtered AR information filtered using context information, preferably stored in the storage.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
52 words
The server of any of claims 11, 13 to 18 or the terminal of any of claims 12 to 18, wherein the controller is adapted to output information about the related objects or access paths to the related objects, while outputting the AR information corresponding to the first object-of-interest or the object-of-interest.
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