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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mike Scavezze, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jason Scott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonathan Steed, Redmond, WA (US);
Ian McIntyre, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Krauss, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Daniel McCulloch, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephen Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to augmenting an appearance of a surface via a see-through display device. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, on a computing device comprising a see-through display device, a method of augmenting an appearance of a surface. The method includes acquiring, via an outward-facing image sensor, image data of a first scene viewable through the display. The method further includes recognizing a surface viewable through the display based on the image data and, in response to recognizing the surface, acquiring a representation of a second scene comprising one or more of a scene located physically behind the surface viewable through the display and a scene located behind a surface contextually related to the surface viewable through the display. The method further includes displaying the representation via the see-through display.