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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventor:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G09B 21/003 (2013.01); H04N 13/0239 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a method for communicating navigation information on a physical environment to a user. The method comprises receiving, by one or more computer processors, at least one digital image of a physical environment of a user that is captured by one or more digital video devices and converting the at least one digital image into a three-dimensional image. Furthermore, the method includes analyzing the three-dimensional image using object analysis to generate output data where the output data corresponds to the physical environment. Additionally, the method includes determining a device associated with the user and formatting the output data for use with the device.


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