The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Charles Benton, Edgecomb, ME (US);
Inventor:
Charles Benton, Edgecomb, ME (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 39/00 (2006.01); G01C 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A navigation system utilizing augmented reality is provided which utilizes captured images to generate orientation information, wherein the pitch, yaw and roll are periodically derived from an inexpensive sensor, and in-between the periodical update, the pitch, roll, and yaw information are derived by capturing and image of the observed scene, identifying reference image components (RIC's) in a images and comparing those RIC's with subsequently captured images, to derive orientation information.