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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher J. Butler, Hawthorn East, AU;

Rahil Garnavi, Macleod, AU;

Timothy M. Lynar, Kew, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 27/01 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2200/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

An augmented reality display system used to diminish (for example, obscure, obfuscate, hide, make less distracting, block out, 'white wash' and/or make less discernible) certain portions of a base image (for example, a user's view of a part of the real world as seen through eyeglasses). Some examples of visual subject matter that can be diminished include: (i) driver distraction phenomena; (ii) advertising; and/or (iii) subject matter the user is not authorized to view.


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