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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
William A. Brown, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard W. Muirhead, Tyler, TX (US);
Francis X. Reddington, Sarasota, FL (US);
Martin A. Wolfe, Alpharetta, GA (US);
William A. Brown, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard W. Muirhead, Tyler, TX (US);
Francis X. Reddington, Sarasota, FL (US);
Martin A. Wolfe, Alpharetta, GA (US);
International Businesss Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Augmenting reality for a user including creating a model of a region of the user's environment in a direction of the user's field of vision; determining, in dependence upon the model of the region of the user's environment, that an object located within the user's environment is invisible to the user; determining, in dependence upon the direction of the user's field of vision, the object's location, and the model of the region of the user's environment, a location to display a representation of the object on a transparent display in front of the user's field of vision; and displaying the representation of the object at the determined location on the transparent display in front of the user's field of vision.