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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2012
Primesense Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Aviad Maizels, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Alexander Shpunt, Tel Aviv, IL;
Tamir Berliner, Beit Hashmonay, IL;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus and methods for interactive reality augmentation, including a 2-dimensional camera () and a 3-dimensional camera (), associated depth projector and content projector (), and a processor () linked to the 3-dimensional camera and the 2-dimensional camera. A depth map of the scene is produced using an output of the 3-dimensional camera, and coordinated with a 2-dimensional image captured by the 2-dimensional camera to identify a 3-dimensional object in the scene that meets predetermined criteria for projection of images thereon. The content projector projects a content image onto the 3-dimensional object responsively to instructions of the processor, which can be mediated by automatic recognition of user gestures.